I’ve been a vegan for a while now, but I’d like to make raw foods more central to my diet. I try to eat all my snacks and one meal or so a day raw (or high raw; I’m not especially strict), and so far I feel great!
The problem is: I’m getting a bit sick of the same old smoothies, salads, and homemade Larabars though and would like to follow some new raw food blogs to get inspiration.
I already follow ChoosingRaw.com and Rawmazing.com.
I don’t own a juicer or dehydrator as of right now, so the simpler recipes the better!
Any suggestions?
And no hate; if you don’t agree with Veganism or raw foodism than don’t comment, please.
My doctor recently told me that for health reasons I should consider drastically changing my diet. I was considering going vegan and someone suggested I should try going raw. Is there any good books or websites that allow me to do this without breaking my budget on a food plan?
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?
I need help on which diet works better raw food or vegan? If it is raw food how does it work better and what foods would I be allowed to eat? And if its vegan what foods would I be able to eat and would it work better? I’m trying to loose weight all over ((mostly my stomach)) but which one would work better? Please help!
Is it possible to be healthy on a raw food diet? I’ve been considering going vegan for some time now, and everything I’ve read about the raw food diet has been incredible (as far as the benefits go). I’m already slim, and I don’t want to lose too much weight, however. Can I go on raw food diet and still keep my weight in a healthy range?
I got a free meal from my a school event today. It was so packed and so hard to find my friends (who don’t care to use their cell phones except at night) that I decided to grab the meal and eat at our student center, an 8 minute walk away.
When I arrived and sat down, I discovered that my sandwich, which I’m certain I picked from the "veggie" table, was actually roast beef. I’m currently a pescatarian, (seafood eater) and plan to be full vegan by the end of the semester. I’ve not eaten a bite of meat or poultry since late June, and when I sat looking at my sandwich today I was like a recovering alcoholic looking at a beer. I love the taste, but I know it’s not healthy and I can’t turn a blind eye to livestock cruelty.
I ended up taking the meat off the sandwich and tossing it. I didn’t want to be wasteful of the poor animal’s flesh, but I felt like eating it would be cheating my ethics. What do you guys think? Would eating it have been morally permissible?
Clarification: I noticed the meat before I took a bite. I opted to eat everything on the sandwich except the meat since nobody I knew was in the dining area. In hindsight I suppose I could’ve saved it for some of the cats on campus, but the cats don’t trust people so I don’t know if they’d have eaten it.
My motivations are dual: Despite loving the taste of meat, I don’t want to eat it because it’s unhealthy for me and it comes from unethically treated animals. Additionally, I feel like I’m kicking an addiction and I don’t want to even put the real thing in my mouth or else I’ll break my stride.
So anyways I’m 16 and a vegan. I’m started really improving my times this year by over a minute, minute and a half for the mile and the two mile. I’m going to be running a lot this summer to get in shape for crosscountry and track and I also have to do a LOT of strength training to straighten my knees. I really need someone who has experience with this type of stuff to tell me a healthy eating plan and what supplements to take. I already eat extremely healthy like no junk food or pop or anything like that. I really need to know what to eat to up my energy levels so that I won’t get injured. Please if you know a site or any place to find a sports nutritionist or something can you tell me. I really want to go to state for track and I’m not sure if I’ll be able to if I can’t figure something out. Thanks so much for your time.
I have a polish friend who wants to turn veggie, he is coming over tomorrow night for some advice (I’m vegan and hubby is veggie) but I dont really know polish food. I dont mind if the answers have polish links, i’l print it off for him, my polish is very limited!! We’re doing a meal plan tomorrow to help him stick to a budget. I dont want to just throw a load of strange food at him when he is trying to change his diet too. Any help appreciated.
I am almost 14 years old and a vegan (the only one in my family, that’s kinds hard) I was thinking of switching to a raw diet, maybe 50 – 90 percent raw food. Can someone give me tips and maybe websites on how to live raw and maybe some great raw recipe websites?
so i’ve been a vegan for a year and now i’m starting to eat raw foods only. i went to the grocery store yesterday and bought dates, carrots, apples, bananas, arugula, a papaya, watermelon, red bell pepper, almonds, avocado, bean sprouts and honey dew melon. so i’ve basically been eating a lot of fruits and veggies. i haven’t made any raw meals from recipes yet because they’re kind of daunting.
i’ve been eating more fruits than veggies also because i just like fruit a lot more. is it possible to each too much fruit?
if anyone could give me any pointers, or recipes, i’d really appreciate it :)
Is it possible to be healthy on a raw food diet? I’ve been considering going vegan for some time now, and everything I’ve read about the raw food diet has been incredible (as far as the benefits go). I’m already slim, and I don’t want to lose too much weight, however. Can I go on raw food diet and still keep my weight in a healthy range?
Am I going to starve on this diet?? I signed of for a 28 day detox that involves only raw food. I’m already a vegan and incorporate raw foods in my diet, but always crave pasta and rice. I’m so afraid I’m going to be hungry all the time.
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.
[mage lang="" source="flickr"]detox diet oprah[/mage] Question about detox diets and Dr Oz from Oprah?
I know that Dr Oz says that detox liquid diets have not proven anythign and he doesn’t think they work but I also know that he said they can be a good way to re-introduce healthier foods into your diet without craving sweets and things you shouldn’t be having. I know he says this is not a good tool for weight loss. Please read and understand that I am saying I am not interested in a detox diet for the purposes of weight loss or detoxing. I am ONLY interested in trying it for only a few days for the pusposes of halting my eating of sweets and things I shouldn’t be eating and re-introducing as Dr OZ says good things like fruits vegetables and whole grains. Nothing else is working and I don’t want other options. I want to know if anyone knows wher eI can read more about this or has opinions or suggestions
Well I think that Or Oz just glamorizes health and tries to make things sound more clear cut than they are.
Detox diets do work – BUT an only liquid detox diet can be harmful and will also make you GAIN weight as soon as you reintroduce food to your body.
I did a detox diet. I pulled bits and pieces from other diets and wrote down my own plan. It worked. I did it for a week and it was great- I lost 8 pounds and I feel a million times better in mind and body and health than ever.
I cut out ALL: animal products, wheat, sugar, gluten, additives, candy, high fat foods, junk- all that.
I ate/drank ONLY: water, pure 100% fruit juice, fruits, veggies, beans, pure tea- that’s pretty much all!
After that, I cut out ALL soda and junk like that.
You might want to try something like that.
OPRAH winfrey show BODY DETOX NATURAL COLON CLEANSING cleanser OPRAHFANSTV.COM .wmv
