In A Vegan Raw Food DIet what else do you have to eat besides fruit and vegies to get all the vitamins?
like you wont get enough nutrients just from fruit and vegetables i heard so what else do you eat to get all the nutrients? i heart like nuts? but what kind or what is it?
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nuts, wheat,rice, corn products and cereal products but really if man was meant not to eat meat, fish etc then God would not have put them on the earth – think about it
To the person who mentioned B12, yes it is in animal products, but I believe it is also in nutritional yeast, but this is not a raw product as far as I know of….but it is a vegan product.
guacamole and salsa, food ‘cooked’ slowly in a dehydrator, bean sprouts, which are very high in nutrients.
Man was not meant to eat raw grains and beans. I’m not understanding your last two questions, though.
I use nuts for protein and avocados and olive oil for healthy fats. Get some raw almonds which you might be able to find at HEB, Whole foods, and some local health food stores. Soak 1 cup of the nuts in filtered drinking water for about 6 – 12 hours. You can soak longer than that if you like. When you’re done soaking them you should rinse them at least 2 times. Go ahead and eat one, they are actually kind of sweet. To make some really good milk from the nuts put the cup of soaked nuts into a blender with some water (about 2 cups water to start with). Blend them up really good and add water as you go to get the thickness or thiness that you like. You can add agave necture or a raw sugar to sweeten it up if you like. When you’re done blending them up really well strain the liquid out of the nuts. I use a small hand held wire strainer and pour in just enough to fill it to the top, then I use a spoon to press the liquid out of the nuts. Once I’ve done that, I dump the nut mixture out and do it again until I’ve strained all of the milk out. You can use this milk to put into your green smoothies or even on your cereal. It’s a good source of protein. Other than that you can get green powder at a health food store, it’s not very tasty though. I also take blue green algae tablets. Best of luck to you. I forgot to mention that B12 is in blue green algae which is also called spiralina. Someone at your local health food store can help you pick out which is best for you.
Vitamin B12 is avaliable only from animal sources (meat, egg yolks, and cheese). A lack of vitamin B12 is often seen in vegans, and if left untreated, results in neurological damage (brain damage) and anaemia. The Vegan Society, the Vegetarian Resource Group, and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine all reccomend that vegans take vitamin B12 supplements.
Besides this, vitamin D (which we get from the sunlight) is often seen lacking in vegans. This is because we need Calcium to absorb it, and many soy products don’t have as much Calcium as animal milk. However, there are certain mushrooms which contain small amounts of vitamin D, but these are hard to get hold of. Lack of calcium and vitamin D can cause rickets, osteoporosis, and osteomalacia.
Iodine deficiencies are observed in vegans who don’t use large amounts of salt, as most people get iodine from animal products. It can be obtained by eating multivitamins or frequently eating kelp. Iodine deficiencies lead to hypothyroidism, depression, goitre, mental slowing, weight gain, and other problems.
There are other deficiencies, but these are the most severe. If you want to live as a vegan diets are often advertised as being "wholesome and natural" with health benefits, but there are far more health risks involved. On top of this, many of the meat-alternative products and multivitamins that are taken cause more animal deaths and discomforts than simply living on a vegetarian diet (allowing milk and eggs), due to the manner in which they must be obtained. However, if you are convinced that this is the lifestyle you want, you should take multivitamins for vegans (there are many products avaliable) which include most, if not all, of the commonly lacking nutrients.