Raw vegan lifestyle?

GemstoneofHeart

daniwilford wrote: »

The people I know that did this had bad breath. I know of no proven health benefit of this way of eating over many other less restrictive ways of eating.

Proven health benefits include lowering cholesterol, heart disease, etc among others. Raw vegan food is not processed and of course has no animal proteins, which contribute to both health issues.

And for those of you saying God gave us meat, yes He did. But not until after the Flood. In the beginning of Genesis, God gave us only plants to eat, so it would make sense that our bodies tend to prefer a plant based diet. After the Flood, later in Genesis, God gave us the animals to consume most likely because vegetation was destroyed and humans needed to eat something-however that is an inference.

Not trying to get into a religious argument. Just playing devils advocate on the "God gave us meat" argument

Windrunner666

GemstoneofHeart wrote: »

daniwilford wrote: »

The people I know that did this had bad breath. I know of no proven health benefit of this way of eating over many other less restrictive ways of eating.

Proven health benefits include lowering cholesterol, heart disease, etc among others. Raw vegan food is not processed and of course has no animal proteins, which contribute to both health issues.

And for those of you saying God gave us meat, yes He did. But not until after the Flood. In the beginning of Genesis, God gave us only plants to eat, so it would make sense that our bodies tend to prefer a plant based diet. After the Flood, later in Genesis, God gave us the animals to consume most likely because vegetation was destroyed and humans needed to eat something-however that is an inference.

Not trying to get into a religious argument. Just playing devils advocate on the "God gave us meat" argument

Well raw food doesn't have more benefits than well-balanced vegan diet. Reasons for staying raw is nothing more than pseudoscience kittening that prevents majority of people being or staying vegan. Also it turns away most sane people off of veganism in general.
And some people gain weight on mostly Raw regime, so it's not benefical for weightloss either.

kshama2001

cwolfman13 wrote: »

newstart1988 wrote: »

What is your opinion on a raw vegan lifestyle? Is it healthy eating nothing but raw fruits and vegetables?

No...vegetables and fruit are good for you, but there is far more to a proper diet. Dietary fat and protein are essential. Also, there are some vegetables in particular where the cooking process actually allows for more nutritional value. Not to mention, many nutritional powerhouses cannot be eaten raw like beans and lentils...potatoes, etc.

Vegan is one thing...but healthy and knowledgeable vegans eat far more than just veg and fruit.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-katz-md/raw-food-diet_b_2015598.html

Good article, thanks for posting.

@lemurcat12 I know you're a David Katz fan so wanted to make sure you saw this.

angelexperiment

I don't think it's that sustainable. You must eat very large quantities of food, it's expensive and unless you know your nutritional stuff risk deficiency Long term. ( if you eat this wAy exclusively for many years) as I've heard of people reverting to eating vegetarian after 20 or 10 years of eating this way bc they encountered health issues due to certain deficiency and dental issues. I think it is better to occasionally eat this way incorporated in a balanced vegan or vegetarian diet

Windrunner666

angelexperiment wrote: »

I don't think it's that sustainable. You must eat very large quantities of food, it's expensive and unless you know your nutritional stuff risk deficiency Long term. ( if you eat this wAy exclusively for many years) as I've heard of people reverting to eating vegetarian after 20 or 10 years of eating this way bc they encountered health issues due to certain deficiency and dental issues. I think it is better to occasionally eat this way incorporated in a balanced vegan or vegetarian diet

Agreed. There is absolutely no scientific basis that Raw is more beneficial than well balanced vegan or vegetarian diet.

janejellyroll

GemstoneofHeart wrote: »

daniwilford wrote: »

The people I know that did this had bad breath. I know of no proven health benefit of this way of eating over many other less restrictive ways of eating.

Proven health benefits include lowering cholesterol, heart disease, etc among others. Raw vegan food is not processed and of course has no animal proteins, which contribute to both health issues.

And for those of you saying God gave us meat, yes He did. But not until after the Flood. In the beginning of Genesis, God gave us only plants to eat, so it would make sense that our bodies tend to prefer a plant based diet. After the Flood, later in Genesis, God gave us the animals to consume most likely because vegetation was destroyed and humans needed to eat something-however that is an inference.

Not trying to get into a religious argument. Just playing devils advocate on the "God gave us meat" argument

If the vegetation was destroyed, what were the animals eating? Did animals like cows temporarily become carnivores?