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"A pregnant woman in Australia is under fire for her extreme plant-based diet. Loni Jane Anthony revealed on her blog Aleven:11 that she sometimes eats 20 bananas a day as part of her fruit-based meal plan.         UPDATE! This is why Iv been mia from insta and blogging lately, I&amp;amp;#39;m 6 MONTHS PREGNANT! A little miracle has been growing inside my belly and it&amp;amp;#39;s so exciting. Such a beautiful thing the human body is, seeing and feeling changes over the last 24 weeks has been insane. We really are amazing machines. I feel so blessed to have a loving partner and someone who will be the most amazing Dad. Being vegan and mostly raw has changed my life in every aspect and I feel so grateful for the path I&amp;amp;#39;m now on, the energy you give out is the energy you get back! I love all my followers and I look forward to sharing the rest of my pregnancy with you\u2764\uFE0F A photo posted by FEEL THE LEAN\u2122 (@lonijane) on Oct 27, 2013 at 4:09pm PDT     According to News Australia, for the last three years Anthony has been following Doug Graham&amp;#039;s 80/10/10 Diet (80% carbs, 10% fat, 10% protein), which requires eating a lot of uncooked fruits and vegetables. &amp;quot;I came across the 80:10:10 Diet from an extreme fruitarian,&amp;quot; Anthony told News Australia. Happy with the results, Anthony, who has more than 100,000 instagram followers, often posts selfies of her pregnant bikini- (or bra-) clad body. News of Anthony&amp;#039;s unusual pregnancy diet has sparked much controversy. Many accused Anthony of starving her unborn child. On The Frisky, hotamale007 worried that Anthony was &amp;quot;image obsessed.&amp;quot; MC89 wrote, &amp;quot;Nutritional deficiency during pregnancy isn&amp;#039;t something to be messing around with.&amp;quot; And OhYeahBaby wrote, &amp;quot;Considering all her exercise, she&amp;#039;s only consuming about 1,000 calories per day. That&amp;#039;s called malnutrition.&amp;quot; More From Delish: Eating for Two: Pregnancy Traditions and Superstitions Around the World But Anthony is defending her diet. &amp;quot;The negative feedback doesn&amp;#039;t get to me because the people who are slamming me for it haven&amp;#039;t tried it themselves and don&amp;#039;t have any education about it,&amp;quot; she told News Australia. She added, &amp;quot;They&amp;#039;re probably deep down interested but they don&amp;#039;t have the will-power to give up their ice-cream or greasy McDonalds.&amp;quot; Even the Australian Medical Association got behind Anthony. &amp;quot;The key toxins for unborn children are tobacco and alcohol so for avoiding both of those she should be congratulated,&amp;quot; said president Steve Hambleton. He added that it is okay to be a vegetarian while pregnant. &amp;quot;It sounds like broadly the diet she&amp;#039;s consuming is not inappropriate, in a sense that you can eat a variety of things in a variety of ways. The principals of a good diet are to get a broad access to nutrients and our bodies are pretty good at synthesising [sic] stuff.&amp;quot; More From Delish: New Book Claims Coffee and Alcohol Consumption Okay During Pregnancy In addition to bananas, Anthony says she is eating a range of vegetables and fruits combined with healthy fats and protein like, &amp;quot;coconut yoghurt, hemp seeds, avocados, chia seeds, miso soup, sea vegetables and sauerkraut.&amp;quot; To her naysayers, she says, &amp;quot;I feel like if I were to sit here and post a picture up of me eating a tub of ice-cream and a large McDonalds [sic] meal, on the couch with swollen feet and a headache, people wouldn&amp;#039;t blink an eyelid but I eat some bananas, smoothies, super foods, and abundant fruits and veggies, and I&amp;#039;m labeled as irresponsible and extreme. Society can be really weird.&amp;quot; Prior to her extreme eating regimen, Anthony was a self-proclaimed heavy drinker who used to spend many of her nights partying. She believes the diet changed not only her body, but her personality. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve become so much more grounded and connected with myself and all of my surroundings. I see things more clearly. I&amp;#039;m more accepting. I feel so different and like I have so much more to give to the world and people around me,&amp;quot; she told News Austrailia. What do you think of Anthony&amp;#039;s diet? Find more great food content on Delish:   Search for the perfect recipe from our homepage Find out the latest food news Get a recipe book to save your favorite dishes Sign up for our free newsletters Check us out on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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