Foods to Eat
Use organic fruits and vegetables as they have less pollutants and chemicals. Organic food also has a higher nutritional content than non-organic commercialized produce.
Basically your diet should mostly consist of juiced, raw, frozen, or lightly steamed fruits and veggies. Corn and avocados should be avoided, white potatoes can be eaten only in moderation. Eating a variation each day will ensure you are getting enough vitamins and keep this diet as interesting as possible.
Foods to Avoid
Here is a brief list of foods to avoid while on this plan. To get the full detoxing effects, stick to the diet and be sure that you don’t cheat!
Dairy and animal products
Bread, pasta, grains, cereal
Chocolate
Nuts
Sauces
Pickled vegetables or canned fruit
Alcohol and cigarettes
Coffee and tea (except green and herbal)
Meal Plans
- Breakfast
Variations of fruit or fruit puree are great for breakfast. They are nutritious, filling and the natural sugars will give you energy to get through the morning.
To make a fruit puree, cut up your fruit and place in a pot on the stove with a small amount of water. Cover and leave it on a low heat until the fruit is soft. Now just throw it in the blender and add a squeeze of fresh lemon to taste. I also like to add a little cinnamon.
My favorite blends contain apples, plums, nectarines, pears and berries, but really anything goes. You can also mix it up a bit by using your blender to achieve different consistencies.
- Lunch & Dinner
For your main two meals its important to keep calories low but nutrition high. A vegetable puree soup is the answer. This will give you energy to get through the day and all the nutrients you need.
Cut up your vegetables, add approximately one cup of vegetable stock, and cover on a low heat until the vegetables are soft. Now throw it in the blender and spice it up with a raw clove of garlic or jalapeño pepper (only a little as it’s very spicy!). I also like to add cilantro and a little olive oil.
I like to experiment with different vegetables for this soup. Great ideas are spinach and broccoli, collard greens, zucchini, onion, carrots and sweet potatoes. Beans also make a great addition. I like to use chickpeas but be sure they are organic.
- Desserts & Snacks
This diet can sometimes leave you feeling hungry (it wouldn’t be a diet if it didn’t!), so its important to have some filling snacks around for when you need a boost.
Fruit smoothies are a great options for dessert or a snack between meals. You need to buy packs of frozen organic fruits from your supermarket. These lock all the goodness into the fruit and are very convenient. I actually find that frozen bananas taste much better in a smoothie than fresh ones so I peel ripe bananas and put them in a ziplock bag in the freezer.
Just add ice and a little water, then blend away! I like blends of blueberries, strawberries, blackberries and banana. Its really up to you to find a few combinations that you love. Be creative!
- Drinks
Freshly squeezed juices are very detoxing and a great way to get some condensed nutrition into your body. Fresh juice is also packed full of enzymes which are fundamental in maintaining good health and preventing disease.
Some ideas for recipes – try playing around with these super-healthy ingredients. Cucumbers, apples, carrot, ginger, garlic, beet and broccoli.
Don’t forget to drink Green Tea. This is so effective as a diet aid because it increases your metabolism and reduces your appetite. It has also been used for more than 4000 years in Chinese medicine, to cure ailments ranging from headaches to depression.

oh and right now im 5 ft 7 and 120lbs and i want to get down 5-10lbs

Alright, due to medical recommendations, I’m removing animal products from my diet. I’m not going the unhealthy meat substitute route where you eat a bunch of gross processed mock-meat foods. I’ve been eating mostly fruit and veggies (variety of deep leafy greens, etc), making sure to get in B12, taking a vitamin supplement and tofu for protein. What cookbooks and recipes would you recommend for a vegan? Also, any opinions on raw foods?

Okay, I know the basics – eating raw food and not cooking veggies and fruit.

But I am a little curious as I have been vegan for a while and thought I might want to incorporate certain new things in.

I heard that as long one eats >50% raw food that it is more beneficial because the chemical makeup of cooked food is considered unstable and toxic for the body, any other benefits?
Also, does that >50% go by calories or volume or nutritional value?
Do raw foodists generally eat raw animal products? (ie. unpasteurized cheese and milk, raw eggs)

Thanks :)

I never know how to explain my way of eating to people because im not really a vegetarian, so it gets confusing and people always ask me.
The foods I eat are extremely simple. I dont eat anything that has been processed, or altered by man in any way. So pretty much raw fruits, raw veggies, and then tuna, shrimp and sometimes grilled chicken. But I never add anything to it, not even salt, and I dont eat cooked food, or food recipes, Its just..plain and simple healthy food, the way God made it. My main concern isnt avoiding animal products, but avoiding the chemicals and oils that are put into processed foods. I get tired of trying to explain it to everyone, and it seems to be similar to the raw food diet, but I hate to call it that because im not on a diet..It would be a lot more simple if I could just say "im a…. whatever-tarian" and leave it at that. So, does anyone know if there is a name for this or not?

thanks :)

Hi all,

I like to choose natural and organic foods for both moral and health reasons…plus I just think they taste better. I love Whole Foods so much, but even when I shop sales and utilize their coupons, I find I am spending too much money! I tried Trader Joes and I love the atmosphere and definitely found a few staples (great tea and waffles!), but I am sorry to say alot of their produce and meats went bad immediately or just didn’t taste right.

I am very budget conscious being a Graduate Student of engineering so it’s hard for me to stick to a natural foods diet. To make it harder, my husband does body building part time in addition to his regular job as a dietician…and he not only eats a TON but he is also a total carnivore sometimes! I like meat, but I find it so expensive to buy without it being pumped full of antibiotics and totally abused while it was alive, so if I had my way I wouldn’t buy nearly as much of it as we do.

We are basically looking for ways to buy things like cage-free eggs, organic product, non antibiotic pumped and abused animal products, bread, organic wine, anything like this on a budget? Any ideas out there? I live in the Boston area if that helps.

All serious insight welcome and 10 pts to the best answer. If you don’t like my life style choices then please don’t comment because I have no intention of joining the fast food band wagon.

Thanks!!
We live in a city apartment and have no yard. Also, farmer markets are a good idea thanks, but in New England we tend to not have any as winter approaches.

I’m an avid exerciser who does lots of weight training. I also find it challenging to get all my greens since I’m not really a very big fan of them.

I have been using Nature’s Plus Fruitein with green foods, but some time after I bought it, I noticed it contains bee pollen. So, since I don’t like to waste (and spent ), I decided to finish the container. Now that it’s just about gone I’m looking for a replacement product that does not contain any animal products. I like the idea of there being both greens and protein in one because I’m cheap and don’t want to buy two different things.

Anyone have any recommendations? Brands? Links are super cool. Thanks in advance all!

so im going to become vegan, im already a vegetarian so i’ve been slowly giving up animal products & please don’t lecture me about eating animals b/c it is my own choice k…so this is what im planning to eat is it alright?
so BK : 2 slices whole grain toast w/ 1 tbsp. almond butter & 1/2 cup strawberries & 1/2 cup blueberries
Snack : ? i don’t know lol
Lunch : 1 whole grain wrap, 1 cup kidney beans, 1 cup vegetables, 1/4 cup soya cheese
Snack: 1 cup fruit
Dinner: 2 cups vegetables & 1/2 cup of beans or soy protein or 1 veggie burger

My mom has had Hepatitis C for 40 years or so now. It is now advanced a bit and after some research we know a "raw diet" is good for her. My book says to avoid all animal products except raw goat milk and goat cheese. She’s a 1st grade teacher and wants to have some good snacks that she could even share w/ the kids. Anyone have any good sites or recipes for snacks and meals to make raw food exciting? All I can think of is salad! Thanks guys!! (I plan on giving best answer!! 10 pts! wooo hooo!)

first off, I’m already a vegetarian. I’ve been a vegetarian for three years now, going back and forth to veganism. I’ve been studying about raw foodism for a while now, so I know about how I can get my nutrients…which doesn’t have to come from processed foods and animal products. raw foodism can be the healthiest diet if you eat the right fruits and vegetables. anyways, this is my plan:
week one: each of my meals and snack will consist of fruits and/or vegetables (cooked or raw)
week two: each of my meals and snacks will consist ONLY of fruits and vegetables (cooked or raw)
week three: at least two meals a day has to be all fresh fruits and/or vegetables (as well as snacks)
week four: at least two meals a day has to be all fresh fruits and/or vegetables (as well as snacks)
after week four everything will be raw fruits and vegetables.

someone that just don't eat cooked foods. but is okay with eating animal products as long as they are not cooked; like sushi. I'm not talking about raw vegans, which I know about, I'm talking about raw foodist.