Follow me in my journey of being a Raw Vegan!!!

SherahLovesHealth

Hello MFP,

I started my first day of my journey getting back into the lifestyle of being 100% raw vegan. Please follow me in my journey through my blog!

http://rawvegannaturalbeauty.blogspot.com/

kickitlarson

Following!! Stay strong!!

Mmart

Excellent. Only raw foodies can truly appreciate the difference in love grown vs corpo-agri-business grown. Your tongue thanks you!

SherahLovesHealth

Mmart, you are so right! I had the best homemade avacodo dressing!! Never thought I would be making my own salad dressings lol.

tiffanygil

okay..... fill me in what is 100% raw vegan?

beccasetsfire

Me and my roommate may be trying to go raw soon... not yet, but soon!

beccasetsfire

okay..... fill me in what is 100% raw vegan?

Vegan - No dairy, No eggs, No animal products
Raw Vegan - all that ^ and everything raw...

July24Lioness

More power to you. I tried this and I ended up gaining weight, having no energy and feeling horrible.

I wish you the best of luck.

Do you have a plan to get in your protein requirements?

SherahLovesHealth

Protein is not something that only comes from animals products. I workout constantly so I use raw protein powders. Hemp protein powder is a good option and so is Garden of Life Raw protein powder. But protein can come from nuts, seeds and beans. It is really not hard to get the protein requirement being a vegan. Also I know people who eat meat and unhealthy foods and they still dont meet there protein requirements. What did you eat when you were a raw vegan? I have actually lost weight since yesterday, probably water weight but still. You were probably feeling horrible due to the detox your body was going through, I feel it right now. Can you tell me what you typically ate?

alex8118

That's so exciting,.. I hope to be 100% one day or at least 95% raw.
How long did it take you to transition before you decided to go 100%? I want to go 100% raw RIGHT NOT but I don't know if that's the right way,.. so I taking it slow. At the moment I am about 80% raw(or at least I try to be)

SherahLovesHealth

Hi Alex8118 I actually decided one day that I was going cold turkey lol no pun intended. But I really didnt eat much meat anyways. I mainly ate fish and rarely some beef. I decided to go cold turkey because I felt that was the best thing for me. I am currently going through the detoxing stage of going raw and its not fun lol but I can see the rainbow at the end of the tunnel. Good Luck with transitioning and it is so exciting to be making a positive change in my lifestyle.

mommared53

No dairy, no eggs, no animal products!? I couldn't imagine going raw vegan, It's definitely not for me, but good luck to you Rahshe03. :flowerforyou:

Phoenix_Rising

Pardon my bluntness but .....

Why?
What is the point of going raw vegan?
I understand those who want to cut processed foods. I get that take.
What's the draw of raw vegan-ism? or benefit rather?

kickitlarson

Pardon my bluntness but .....

Why?
What is the point of going raw vegan?
I understand those who want to cut processed foods. I get that take.
What's the draw of raw vegan-ism? or benefit rather?

People go VEGAN because they care about animals and don't agree with using animals for personal gain or entertainment. The way animals are treated in feedlots, battery cages, and slaughterhouses is down right despicable and vegans don't want to put their money to abusing animals. Animals raised for human consumption lead horrible lives and aren't even that healthy so why would you want to put them inside your body is beyond me. Cows have no room to move, they stand in crap all day long, they don't get to eat grass which they are naturally made for, their babies are taken away from them, they are slaughtered in very painful ways. Chickens never see the sun, they are fed sugar water to fatten them up as quickly as possible. Pigs are treated just as bad as cows. Egg laying chickens live in a small cage about two feet by two feet with 4-6 other chickens, they never go outside, their feathers fall out, they are overworked and hang themselves in the cages. Dairy cows are treated like horribly and support the veal industry, their milk is so full of nasty puss bacteria that is why its pastuerized. Most factory farms don't have veterinarians looking after their animals - if an animal becomes useless they just pop a bolt action gun to the head a couple times to kill it. Then they send it to the refiner guys who will take anything where they grind the dead animals (other animals as well - dead dogs & cats come here) and make what they call animal protein & then also skim the fat for makeup & stuff. The animal protien is then sent out and made into dog food, cat food, and sent to factory farms to feed back to the animals we eat. These refiners take anything...doesn't matter how sick the animals are.
Factory Farms feed the animals so much antibiotics that the virus keep getting stronger and stronger and that is why we have mad cow disease, bird flu, swine flu, e.coli, salmonella. We created this mess. The feed the animals growth hormones and little 10 year girls have boobies now.
Other than all of the health reasons to go vegan it is right. I'm not sure how someone can see things that happen or call themselves an animal lover or even say they are an environmentalist but still continue to eat meat. Meat has feces in it for goodness sakes!!!!

People go RAW because at 115F the enzymes inside of fruits, veggies, nuts, seeds, and grains are broken down & the food is dead. The enzymes are gone and at this point your body can't break it down and considers it a foreign object - not nurishment. Each fruit, veggie, grain, seed is crafted in this magical way by mother nature to provide all the enzymes in balance so your body can use them but when they are processed and/or heated these go away and the body is taxed to do something with this stuff.



Taken from rawfoodexplained.com:
Fresh uncooked foods will supply the body with a superabundance of all the food factors we require and with all the vitamins, known and unknown. Cooking foods diminishes nutritional support.

Food consists of those substances which are useful in building the body (as in growth), in the healing and reparative processes which sustain life, and finally, as a source of sufficient energy for the performance of metabolic purposes, and for fuel to maintain body temperature. Seven million new blood cells must be produced every second we live. The material from which these must be manufactured is food.

Optimum nutrition can be obtained when the food eaten is optimum in all nutrient values. These food values are optimum in freshly-picked, organically-grown, ripe fruits and vegetables and eaten uncooked and as soon after picking as possible. These freshly-picked whole foods are rich in all food factors properly proportioned as designed by nature's wonderful food factories, the living plants.

LoveMy4Kids

So you NEVER eat ANYTHING cooked? So even the nuts you eat are raw etc.?

kicklikeaGIRL

this is interesting. i have never heard of a "raw vegan". i don't think i could ever eat that much fruit in my diet, i'd be so bloated and gas-y no one would want to be around me. :laugh: not to mention the massive amounts of just fruits & veggies that i'd have to eat in order to sustain myself. i love my fruits & veggies but i definitely need more variety.

other than the "save the animals" (which i do respect those opinions) is there anyone else out there who sees any other benefits to eating raw vegan?? are there other benefits? i know someone mentioned something about having to have food at a certain temperature- i guess i'm not understanding this very well. I'm just really curious about this. not that i'm very interested in it...but just wanting to learn more about others' lifestyles. do you get very bloated on the diet? are you allowed to eat grains?? how do you find variety in your meals? not to sound rude, but doesn't eating the same 3 fruits and the same 5 vegetables get a little old? i remember coming across a girl in one of my college classes who would eat like 5 cups of mashed bananas for breakfast and then just bits of lettuce with dates & tomatoes for dinner. 5 cups of mashed bananas! That seems crazy to me. it just doesn't seem like enough or a variety of things to sustain your body. how do you eat enough to sustain an intense working out lifestyle, like for those who are doing marathons?

anyways, i'm honestly not trying to be rude, i am curious.

hiddensecant

Wow, how many calories are you getting in?

kickitlarson

@LoveMy4kids - yes the nuts are raw - you can purchase them raw in many stores

Raw Vegan is one thing - people can also be vegan or raw without the other. There are some people who follow a raw diet but also consume raw animal products (milk, meat & such) although the majority of raw foodist do not do this.

As far as bloated & gas-y. This is an issue for some however very easily fixed. http://www.momssoapbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/food_combining.jpg Food combining is important in any diet not just raw foods. It only become apparent in raw foods as you become more intune with your body.


--are there other benefits? no cancer, no premature aging, healthier, more energy, feeling amazing, never depressed, low cholesterol, no heart attacks, environmentally friendly

--i know someone mentioned something about having to have food at a certain temperature- i guess i'm not understanding this very well. I'm just really curious about this. not that i'm very interested in it...but just wanting to learn more about others' lifestyles.

Cooking creates diseases on several counts. The most salient are as follows:

Cooking deranges and destroys nutrients. To the extent that this occurs, we are denied needed vitamins, minerals, proteins, essential fatty acids and other nutrient factors.
The deranged nutrients become, via cooking, unusable substances that are toxic in the system. This is readily evidenced by the doubling and tripling of the leukocyte count in the blood in half an hour to an hour after eating a meal of cooked foods. Any poison or drug taken into the body occasions the same body response.
The body must expend tremendously of its nerve and other energies to expel the offending substances of cooked foods and to clear itself of their contamination. Cooked food eaters have "hangovers" and "withdrawal" symptoms just as do drinkers of coffee, tobacco smokers or other drug addicts who forego their regular round of stimulation.
The body cannot build really healthy cells and tissues with poor quality materials. That which must be cooked to be palatable is not worthy of the human diet. Cooking makes it less so! Shun cooked foods and guide your clients to raw foods. Living foods of our adaptation are the road to magnificent health, and anything less than the ideal results in development, growth and functions that are less than ideal.

Thus cooked foods as articles of diet are pathogenic in that they poison us on one count and result in deficiencies on yet another count.

RAW foods are not just for weight loss they are for HEALTH.

--do you get very bloated on the diet? no, proper food combining needs to be used

--are you allowed to eat grains?? I personally don't but many do. I follow lfrv and also follow hygienic practices.

--how do you find variety in your meals? not to sound rude, but doesn't eating the same 3 fruits and the same 5 vegetables get a little old? Well I love the fruit I eat and don't really care for something that will weigh me down. I eat to live not live to eat. Food addicts are rough but once you get over them its very liberating

--i remember coming across a girl in one of my college classes who would eat like 5 cups of mashed bananas for breakfast and then just bits of lettuce with dates & tomatoes for dinner. 5 cups of mashed bananas! That seems crazy to me. it just doesn't seem like enough or a variety of things to sustain your body. how do you eat enough to sustain an intense working out lifestyle, like for those who are doing marathons?
I eat about 4 cups of banana for breakfast with water & blended its amazing, easy to digest, and full of energy. I then have dates for snack, another banana smoothie maybe with mangoes in it for lunch, more dates, then a huge salad full of greens, cucumbers, celery, tomatoes - whatever I want. I eat a ton of food to provide energy. I am never hungry and feel satisfied. Bananas & mangoes make me smile. I consume about 1700 calories a day which is on point for what I do. There are many LFRV who consume 3-4K per day - these are your marathoners....check out Harley - AMAZING!! He eats up to 70 bananas a day. He bikes across the world.
Harley - bike rider : http://www.youtube.com/user/durianriders
Freelee - female athlete : http://www.youtube.com/user/Freelea

GREAT CHANNELS:
http://www.youtube.com/user/RawRadiantHealth
http://www.youtube.com/user/RawFoodMuscle

kickitlarson

As far as variety I don't eat a wide range because I don't want to. Bananas & mangoes grow in my yard so I'm not going to pay for other stuff when I have all I want for free. But here's a list of stuff you can eat: (this list is very small)
Arugula
Asparagus
Beets
Bell peppers
Bok Choy
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots
Cassava
Cauliflower
Celery
Collard greens
Cucumbers
Eggplant
Fennel
Garlic
Ginger
Green beans
Green peas
Jicama
Kale
Leeks
Mushrooms, crimini
Mushrooms, shiitake
Mustard greens
Olives
Onions
Peas
Radish
Romaine lettuce
Sea vegetables
Spinach
Squash, summer
Squash, winter
Swiss chard
Taro
Tomatoes
Turnip greens
Watercress
Yams

Acia
Avocado
Apples
Apricots
Bananas
Blueberries
Breadfruit
Cantaloupe
Carob
Coconut
Cranberries
Durain
Figs
Gooseberry
Grapefruit
Grapes
Guava
Jackfruit
Kiwifruit
Lemon/Limes
Lychee
Mango
Mangosteen
Mulberry
Oranges
Papaya
Passionfruit
Peach
Pears
Pineapple
Pummelo
Plums
Prunes
Quince
Raisins
Raspberries
Sapodilla
Sapote
Strawberries
Star Fruit
Soursop
Tangerine
Watermelon

Almonds
Brazil
Cashews
Flaxseeds
Hazelnut
Hemp Seeds
Peanuts
Pecans
Pine nut
Pistachios
Pumpkin seeds
Sesame seeds
Sunflower seeds
Walnuts

Barley
Brown rice
Buckwheat
Corn
Millet
Oats
Quinoa
Rye
Spelt
Whole wheat

Sprouted beans

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lydaugherty

Brown rice

Raw?


....no thanks lol

sailady

I wouldn't go with sprouted raw brown rice but thats my personal taste, sprouted wild rice which isn't a grain but a type of grass is really really gorgeous and nutty.
Grains that are sprouted are really good and filling and a great way of creating different texture in salads etc.

kicklikeaGIRL

@mindelicious - thanks for the clarification on things. very interesting to know that some people live that kind of lifestyle. i definitely couldn't hack it. i love my raw veggies but i also enjoy cooking with them, and i feel healthy. but i guess that is the beauty of this world- we can all be different and have our own unique things that make us completely different than the person next door. BTW, i wish I had a banana & mango tree in my yard! How fun!!

Phoenix_Rising

Thanks for the clarification.
So the meat aspect takes on more of a 'cruelty free' vibe. I get that.
But what about free range animals? Free range and fed chemically free organic foods?
Is it still (for you, at least) about not killing an animal? The meatless part, anyhow.

SherahLovesHealth

Hi ghanie, I get alot of calories so much more than when I was eating meat/fish. I would average around 1700-1800 calories when I was eating fish now I eat around 2000-2980 and I know you may thing OMG you are going to get fat lol but I have lost weight since switching to being raw. I also workout crazy so I have to eat more in order to meet the protein, carbs and fats requirement. I am still at the point of tweeking how much I eat but those calories come from nothing but fruits ,veggies, sprouts beans etc. As far as the questions about why vegan. I did not switch to raw veganism due to animal crulty, which would be a great reason to switch but when I was eating meat it was only beef, lamb and fish. I did not eat pork, chicken, turkey or any shellfish and I never have since I have been on this earth. I cut out beef because it was making me so lethargic and sick. There were times I would eat beef and want to throw it back up. So I cut beef out and only ate fish. But then I started get tired of eating fish and fish reheated tastes much different from fish eaten fresh out of the oven. So I decided to cut out all animal products which really isnt hard because I barely ate meat. And to be honest it is so much easyiernot having to cook my foods! Also, I have done alot of research on how raw foods helping the body function much better and heal. Check out video blogs on Youtube. Just type in raw vegan and lots of vlogs will come up. I had never heard of raw veganism until I watched some of those videos. I also told myself I could not do it but here I am lol. I feel so much better! The detox does suck but eating all the fruits I love beats that hands down!

hiddensecant

I read about it when I was learning how to grow sprouts so the concept isn't new to me. I went vegan for a short while for religious reasons (kosher for passover). But it's interesting to read about how you're pulling it off.

What do you put in your green smoothies?

sailady

my favourite green smoothie is banana, mango, coconut water with some spirulina which is a 'superfood' that makes it green, but you can add celery, lettuce, spinach. Anything green!

A great smoothie is celery, cucumber and coconut meat and water for during training. I take that on bike rides and it is really hydrating.

Check out the liferegenerator on youtube who has a massive set of videos that gives loads of info on raw veganism with loads of smoothie and juice recipes.
He is very inspirational!

Alleghany

:flowerforyou: That's awesome! I'm definitely following you, girl!

kickitlarson

Thanks for the clarification.
So the meat aspect takes on more of a 'cruelty free' vibe. I get that.
But what about free range animals? Free range and fed chemically free organic foods?
Is it still (for you, at least) about not killing an animal? The meatless part, anyhow.

Its not just about the cruelty free thing. We are not meat eaters.
Check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05zhL1YUd8Q - very easy to understand & to the point. We are the only animal that has changed the type of food we eat - voluntarily. Our bodies have not choosen this and fight every step but we don't listen. So many people are lactose intolerant because we all are!! However some bodies have just given up dealing with it and now they are labeled lactose intolerant. We are the only animal that drinks milk into adulthood and drinks other animals milk.

Meat takes 4 hours sometimes to digest - it makes us tired! How can we be limber, energetic, and healing our bodies when we take 4 hours to digest junk? If we eat meat at 3 meals a day we are digesting for 12 hours - and that's just to get it out of the stomach!!!!!!!!! When will we work on cleaning our organs & blood, when will we strengthen our immune system? When will we get a chance to destroy bad bacteria and get rid of cancerous cells....i guess we won't thats why we spend billions of dollars in disease research yet more and more people are dying from this stuff. We need to think of prevention and cutting out meat is the first step in fighting terminal diseases, saving the environment, and a happier population in general.

OH and at first I stopped eating meat because of the health benefits - not the ethical reasons - I felt much better!! More energy & not sick as much. I actually cured a couple of health problems that I was told I would have to take medications for the rest of my life. I currently take no meds & have never felt better. I don't get headaches or the flu or any of that crap. After a couple months I learned all the horrible things they do to animals & then I learned all the scientific stuff behind how our bodies really work. If you would like to learn a bit more check this out: http://www.rawfoodexplained.com/science.html Just scroll down a little & every question regarding health & nutrition is there.

SherahLovesHealth

@ Ghanie, I also observe passover so I am wondering what I will do when it comes around next year because you lamb is part of the feast during that time. It usually depends on what I have at my house, when it comes to a green smoothie. This morning I put 1 mango, cantaloupe, blackberries, 1 banana, 4TBS of hemp protein powder, water and a handful of Kale. It really taste delicious and it smells so fresh. Especially if the fruit is really ripe.

@ Alleghany thanks!

kimber607

Just jumping in to see what do u think would make a better smoothie/juice...using coconut milk or almond milk
I've been doing a juice/clean fast for the past few days.....have been using berries, apples, mangoes, spinach, celery etc
Not as bad as I thought..LOL

Kim

SherahLovesHealth

Just jumping in to see what do u think would make a better smoothie/juice...using coconut milk or almond milk
I've been doing a juice/clean fast for the past few days.....have been using berries, apples, mangoes, spinach, celery etc
Not as bad as I thought..LOL

Kim

Hi Kimber507 I have not tried Coconut milk in a smoothie yet but I have tried Plain Almond milk and I really like the taste. Almond milk is very smooth and it helps bring the sweetness out in the fruit. If you try coconut milk, let me know how it taste please.