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Raw Food Diets
There are a number of diet plans based on Raw Foods. Generally these diets are plant-based, and are comprised of at least 75% raw food. Apparently raw foods contain the enzymes that are thought to be removed during the cooking process.
Raw Food
A Raw Food diet is generally made up fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds, sprouted seeds and grains, dried fruit and juices, rolled or flaked grains, herbs and spices. Some people add cooked grains and legumes, good quality fish and poultry (although a number “raw food-ers” are strict vegans).
List of Raw Food Based Diets
| 80 10 10 Diet | A raw food version of a low fat plant based diet, similar to that popularized by Dr. Dean Ornish and Dr. Doug McDougall. |
| Drie’s Cancer Diet | A raw diet that is designed to help your body fight cancer. |
| Eating For Beauty | Raw food advocate David Wolfe outlines his recommendations for a diet that will cleanse and nourish the body as well as increase beauty. |
| Eating In the Raw | Written by supermodel Carol Alt who says that now in her late forties she claims that she is at the healthiest, slimmest and most energetic that she has ever been due to a raw food diet. |
| Fruitarian Diet | Fruitarianism: The path to paradise is written by Anne Osborne who is a long term fruitarian. For eighteen years Obsorne has eaten only fruit and has also raised her two children on a fruit diet. |
| Gabriel Method | Not a strictly Raw Food Diet but has a strong raw food emphasis. |
| Hallelujah Diet | The diet is fundamentally a vegan raw food diet. The basic guidelines of the diet are simple: consume 85% raw foods and 15% cooked foods. |
| Instinctive Nutrition | Based on eating raw foods that instinctively appeal to us. It can renew health and vitality, alleviate chronic illness and promote weight loss. |
| Live Food Factor | Referred to as the encyclopedia of the raw food diet, outlines the theory and practice of eating a diet based on uncooked foods and highlights the variety of benefits. |
| Liver Cleansing Diet | This liver detox diet is raw foods based. |
| Metabolism Diet | Mostly raw or slightly cooked approach based on your metabolism type. |
| Mucusless Diet | Focuses on healing the body using only vegetables. Which can be consumed raw. |
| Neanderthin | A Paleolithic diet based on what a caveman would eat which was basically raw food based. |
| Quantum Eating | An advanced level in the raw food lifestyle where you eat a 100% raw food diet with two meals a day that are taken in the first part of the day. |
| Raw Food Detox Diet | Written by nutritionist Natalia Rose as a guide to help those who wish to gradually transition into a raw food diet. |
| Raw Food Diets | A general review of all raw food diets, describing their basic components. |
| Raw Food Revolution | This diet will help you to lose weight, gain energy and feel younger while feasting on foods that nourish your body and delight your senses. |
| Sunfood Diet | A raw vegan diet that contains a balanced intake of green vegetables, sweet fruits and plant-based fats. These foods make up 80% of the diet with the remaining 20% coming from other raw foods or any other foods that one feels is appropriate for them. |
Sample Meal Plan
| Breakfast Fresh fruit salad topped with chopped fresh almonds, wheat germ, and pumpkin seeds; organic sheep’s milk yogurt or coconut cream. |
| Lunch Mixed salad of various leaves, tomatoes, yellow capsicums, onions and parsley with olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing. Topped with sprouted lentils. |
| Dinner Raw mixed vegetable soup (blended); home-made sunflower seed cheese; 1/2 avocado; raspberry and banana sorbet. |
| Drinks Water, juices, fruit smoothies, coconut milk. |
Raw Food for Weight Loss
Weight loss is almost a certainty on this diet, due to it’s vast differences to the conventional Western diet. Calorie and carbohydrate intake are reduced leading to weight loss. It is hard to overeat on a diet due to the high water and fiber content – another reason why weight loss may occur.
This diet can be very challenging to follow, particularly from a social and shopping perspective. However cooking time can be reduced!
Protein can be low unless appropriate levels of legumes, nuts, and seeds are eaten.
Generally a good diet, but potentially difficult to sustain. Proponents of the diet claim the diet has anti-aging properties.
Mary, I don’t think it would be a good idea for your body type. It sounds like you are already very petite. I had a friend try this and she was about your size. It did work but she also wasn’t getting enough nutrients and fainted a lot.Or would constantly be light-headed
I am new to the raw food diet as prescribed by Natalie Rose in ‘the raw foods detox diet’.
* I am wondering what kind of raw grains or starches are out there. I don’t want to simply eat nuts for dinner because I feel they are addictive (but important)
*Does anyone know how this would work for a 20 yr old 5′2” 115 lbs girl. Would my body even lose anything?
I am waiting for the results to happen but I am optimistic. Overall, the diet feels very freeing
Hello, I am a vegan and just yesterday I decided that I would start transitioning into the raw food diet. I have been vegetarian my whole life, and have never really been overweight but not as healthy as I would like to be. I reckon it will be hard to stick to because cooked food is everywhere! But reading all of these positive comments make me feel like its well worth it. I will definitely try this!
I have found that eating a raw vegan diet has helped ease the mental stress of eating disorders because you become more connected with the food you eat and your body’s functions. you also feel better about what you are eating!
i am about to start this! wish me luck. also how long will it take to lose 20 pounds on this diet?
thanks!
was wondering if you are allowed to have any alcohol if you eat only raw foods. love my red wine also are baked potatoes ok?