i go on a 100% raw diet every now and again to get more nutrients. lately i have gained 10 kg via emotional bingeing. i hear that eating a raw food diet will lead to quick weight loss, but for me its a hard lifestyle to maintain for life. is there a way i can eat cooked food and maintain any weight loss i achieve through raw foodism (if i of course watch my calorie intake)? or is there more to it? thx
im not asking about weight loss. im asking about weight MAINTENANCE on a more cooked-food diet after eating all raw to lose the weight. thx

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I’ve heard of raw vegans or raw foodists, and would like someone to explain this lifestyle.

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Does it have an impact on the physical, spiritual, psychological, and/or environmental aspects of life. And, is it possible to keep it up as a lifestyle?

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I am trying to think of moral reasons etc. for such a lifestyle…. Is it just a diet, similar to the concept of going on Jenny Craig (sans cooking and meat)?

I’m just curious.
Thanks
Hmmm, maybe I am missing something. I thought a raw diet had only uncooked foods.

Standard vegans definitely cook their food… and can get lots of calories and fat.

And I suppose I should add that I am not looking to go on a diet; I have just been seeing a lot of "raw" questions lately.

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I’ve been reading many books on raw foodism, I am almost 14 and I really want to make it my lifestyle, but my parents complain that fresh produce is too expensive… it’s not like I’m expecting the to buy everything organic but I do understand that we’re going through a tight spot in a 5 person family with my dad on unemployment.

So… I need some realistic suggestions for me right now.

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Do people who are on this diet actually prefer eating cold food vs. warm?
Why can’t raw meats/fish be included in this diet? I am obviously talking theoretically about safe raw meat free of diseased bacteria. Vegetables can contain poisons from the environment just as likely as an animals meat can contain harmful bacteria’s, so given this theory – why is meat and fish left out of this lifestyle?
happybid – I think you need to reread the question. It was not, what is a Vegan? It was, why does this diet have to be veggie or Vegan?
Heelbell – you too, I know that meats and veggies can have harmful things in them; this is why I was speaking theoretically, as I stated. You can get harmful bacteria at a farmers market, nothing is absolute. Besides I grow my own. This was a question of the raw diet not including meat and fish, (which by the way I would eat steak tartar and sashimi multiple times a week without a problem.) And it's not "obvious that there are a lot of people" on it. I just happend to be a very informed, intelligent person, who likes to learn new things all the time. So next time you want to answer my question I'd appreciate it if you were not so smug and answer the question asked. Not trying to be pissy here but kind of annoid.

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