Raw foodists?

Are there any raw foodists out there?  I am a vegan thinking of trying raw foodism.  Any info would be greatly appreciated!

Mmm, I'm a big proponent of the "live food" nutrition plan. Eating "raw" takes some getting used to but you can ease into it and decide how far to take it in your own life.

http://www.living-foods.com/faq.html

 This site has a list of websites:

http://www.live-food.com/resources/weblinks.h tml

 

yeah, I've been interested in it for quite a while.

I'm just now going vegan for lent and when I'm older and have money... and a job... I will most likely be around 85-90%

very fun :)

oh! if you wanna talk to other raw foodists I like to go onto this site with a lot of other veg*ns :)

www.veggieboards.com

Hi, I never post but have been lurking for years.  I recently swapped over to a raw vegan diet from seven years of being vegetarian.  This book has been my lifeline: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1600940005?tag=aniph yocom-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&a mp;linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=1600940005&a mp;adid=03AZHVGS2534AAAQF1YD&;.

Buy a food processor and start researching seaweed. 

 

 

See if you can hunt down this member, she was lots of help when I had some questions.

Does it work to do a partial raw food diet?  Or does your body start to rebel against cooked foods?  I have felt for a few years that my body would prefer a raw food diet, but I am not ready to make that plunge.

Original Post by twalker23:

Does it work to do a partial raw food diet?  Or does your body start to rebel against cooked foods?  I have felt for a few years that my body would prefer a raw food diet, but I am not ready to make that plunge.

I suppose it depends on your definition of "work"?

I'm not 100% live food although I do make an effort. I eat locally. I juice high nutrient veggies. You can certainly add a fresh salad to every meal or start drinking fresh juice or cut down on packaged, processed foods.  I don't see how you can go wrong by adding raw, whole foods - especially veggies - into your diet.

I went raw for four months. I lost 30 lbs along the way toward it and once on it. The most difficult thing for me is eating with other people, which always means eating in a restaurant or at their place (I live in a tiny apartment). I got interrupted from the raw diet by having to be in court for 6 weeks and couldn't take raw food into court with me, plus eating in restaurants with my court buddies for lunch. It's been over a year now and I still have not totally gotten back on it, but I'm almost there.

When on a raw diet, all food cravings go away pretty quickly. But as soon as I eat something cooked or processed, I get all kinds of cravings back. I sometimes have trouble, which I never had before, digesting cooked or processed foods. This could either be because of being raw, or it could be because I'm 57 and just getting old. BTW, a raw food diet does wonders for my skin and makes me look much younger! It also gives me much more energy.

I just started tracking my foods in this website and I'm seeing how extremely high in fats this raw diet is because of all the nuts and seeds I eat. I don't think I'd get enough protein or be full enough without them. I'm getting an A score every day, but fat is 45% of my diet when I eat 1 serving of nuts, 1/2 an avocado, and regular salad dressing on my salad. I try to use 2 Tbs of ground flax every day, too, for the omega oils. I don't want to eat any processed foods, so I'm not going to eat those fakey low-fat or non-fat dressings!

I just want to say that every bit of raw, unprocessed food you eat helps your health a lot! If you eat 2/3 raw--say raw, fresh fruits for breakfast (which is when you should eat them) plus raw leafy green salads with broccoli, carrots, etc. on them, and some nuts for lunches, you'll be ahead of the game, believe me!

I recommend Victoria Boutenko's book on green smoothies. Look her up in amazon.com. Green smoothies are easy to make with a good blender, give you all the fiber and nutrients you can imagine, and are very tasty! Try blending any fruit with an entire bunch of parsley, stems and all, with a cup or two of water and you'll see what I mean. I especially like parsley blended with mango, or with banana, or with pineapple. Collard greens are mild tasting and make a nice addition, too. They are incredibly healthy.

I'm really curious about raw food diets so im glad this topic came up. Honestly i can never see myself being on a completely raw diet because i love food too much. I read all the FAQs and another article on that website that someone posted and it seemed semi logical but I don't agree with everything.

but I think that raw foods are still good for you and it would not hurt to get more into anyone's diet.

One thing I was really curious about though... do raw foodists consider anytihng refrigerated to be raw?

And also how to they get their food in winter?

My wife and I switched to a living foods lifestyle.  We blog about it and link to other blogs... check it...

http://www.lifeontheleft.com

 

This is also a great raw food resource. She has a website and has links from it that are pretty good! My raw food friends really love her pizza.

And as the other poster said above, a raw food diet does amazing things for your skin! I used to be a vegetarian and did mostly raw.....had to switch up the diet for medical reasons, but eat as much raw food as I can still.

Good luck and have fun!