Are there any Raw Foodists out there?
I’m just wondering if there are any raw foodists who would be filling to explain a little about their diet. We were discussing an article on raw foodism in class the other day and I was just wondering if there was anyone who could kind of explain their eating habits, how/where they get all of their dietary needs, what (if any) difficulties they encounter (have encountered). I’ve never really heard of this until recently and I’m just intrigued.
Thanks!
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This raw vegan "frequently asked questions" link will pretty much answer most of your questions:
http://www.living-foods.com/faq.html
I get excellent nutrition through raw fruit, raw vegetables, raw nuts (limited for me), raw juices, sprouted seeds, sprouted grains, seaweeds and so on. You get better nutrition from raw foods than cooked.
Feel 10,000 better since I gave up meat and dairy. And I hardly ever get sick now.
Agree with the above post. Difficulties = Eating out.
I use to love pasta or bread with lashings of organic butter. I no longer eat bread (or pasta), and like the post above, I also detest the stuff now. The texture and taste in my mouth is so vile, I can hardly believe that I use to eat it twice a day everyday.
The above is from a raw vegans point of view.
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There are also people who are classed as raw foodists but eat raw meat and drink raw milk – do a google search on the actress / model Carol Alt – as she follows a raw meat based diet. She wrote a book called "Eating in the Raw".
Personally the thought of eating raw meat makes me feel sick, but each to their own.
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Google ‘raw food forum’ , you’ll find lots of links that will lead you to forums with only raw foodists that will answer your questions.
well as being vegan i’m sure getting their dietary needs is the same concept as veganism but they would be getting more (nutrients). Since cooking food makes the value of vitamins and so on, decrease.. so if they don’t cook them they are getting more nutrients then those of us who do.
I am a healthy vegan living only on veggies, fruits, and other plants and have perfect levels of vitamins, minerals, proteins, omega3s, and so forth.
however for their difficulties i am not sure. couldn’t imagine that they would have any. they can go to the store for veggies, or grow their own w/o pesticides. theres probably some great food recipes out there too.
i would love to be a raw foodist sometime in my life.
(was vegetarian, now stepped up to veganism.. :) )
Hi!
Well, I think your question is a little vague and I’d end up typing a bucket load if I wanted to answer the vagueness but I’ll give it a go.
My eating habits.
They’re very basic, basically I go…
Breakfast: Green smoothie
Snack: Fruit
Snack: Nuts
Lunch: Green smoothie
Snack: Vegetable
Snack: Seeds
Dinner: Salad.
Of course I do treat myself occasionally and I made a raw vegan chocolate cake and ate that for dinner the other night but that’s rare, LOL.
Also I do take HEAPS of spirulina supplements.
How/Where do I get all my dietary needs?
Well, I just know what foods to eat in a day…
My smoothie for breakfast is a pretty good example.
Kale, spinach, 2 oranges, 2 apples, lots of blueberries, the juice of 2 carrots and the juice of two beetroot, flaxseed meal, kelp granules was what I had this morning. That was a lazy breakfast, normally I’d add more things and make it more complicated but you get the gist, I do eat lots of food.
Even a salad isn’t bland, I make it interesting. Here are my two favourites.
Baby spinach leaves, red onion, avocado, orange slices, and lemon/orange juice as a dressing.
Russian kale, spinach leaves (adult not baby), avocado, chili, tomato, grated carrot, flaxseed oil.
What difficulties do I encounter?
OK, for me there are two major difficulties.
1. Eating out. It’s almost impossible and will be one of the only times I do eat some cooked food or I’ll order a boring salad (I don’t eat lettuce, LOL. Most cheap salad bars use lots of lettuce).
2. Cravings. They vary but it’s normally due to either A) Nothing sweet in that day or B) I’m missing something but I can pin point that straight away.
ADD: I think I should say that I don’t eat any grains raw except corn and even when I eat cooked when going out I DO NOT EAT BREAD, I detest the stuff now. I’m also in the process of cutting raw corn out of my diet and am planning on trying to eat different sprouts when I crave that as well.
I eat about 80 percent raw, the rest lightly cooked, steamed or dehydrated. I found that I missed bread too much, and having to be gluten free due to food allergies further complicated that. Now, I make gluten free bread, and dehydrate some of it into crackers. I love raw food-it makes sense to eat food as nature intended it. At first, I tried all of those fancy, complicated raw "recipes", but soon realized I liked things just as they were meant to be eaten-whole, fresh, raw. I love the crunch and satisfaction of raw veggies, such as kohlrabi, radishes, carrots, celeriac, thai green coconuts, fruits, etc. The fact that the enzymes of the food remain intact makes it much easier to digest. I love the simplicity of it most of all. Raw milk quite literally saved my life. I make raw butter, yogurt, kefir, and raw cheese from my cow’s fresh, lovely milk. For balance, I bake whole grains such as buckwheat, quinoa and oats into breads, muffins, cookies, etc. My diet is actually MUCH more varied and interesting than when I ate a conventional food diet-which is really a lot of processed garbage! I love raw! If you are intrigued, go to the library and get a couple of books and give it a try. My biggest recommendation would be to not follow silly "rules" and just try a few things raw, then take it from there. No need to go all or nothing. I feel MUCH healthier eating this way. Been this way for about 8 years.