Vegan/raw plant diet.

I'm not actually sure why you are doing this, and I won't discourage you, but I will say that raw vegan is an extremely difficult way to eat, runs the risk of nutrient deficiencies, especially for someone who is diving right in from a typical diet, and nearly all of the health benefits of a well-designed vegan diet are caused by an increase in fruits, vegetables, and nuts.

For the record, I am vegan and I haven't eaten meat in over 20 years. I still would probably not attempt this challenge.

I know this isn't the answer you are looking for, but I think you should reconsider your plan. If you are truly interested in a plant based diet, just start adding in some meatless meals to your regular meal plan. They don't have to be hard; you can often use your old recipes with a few substitutions. You can gradually decrease the animal foods in your diet while learning about how to make sure you are still getting adequate nutrition.

This blog has some amazing plant based recipes. The difficulty level varies, but there is a quick and easy section IIRC

http://ohsheglows.com

amwood1528 wrote: »

@tudoroaks4 doing this as an alternative to medicine for a health condition. Just got diagnosed with a health condition and I want to know if my diet is the cause of it; I have to do a follow up in a few months so I'm going to see if I can do this instead of taking medication. As I stated in a response to another post, I believe the body solely needs water, fruits and veggies to function and maintain great Heath. I have learned a lot via my research: pros & cons of the diet, how it effects the women's body, challenges what will occur etc. there are a lot of recipes out there on the Internet, I was just wondering if some people can give me some simpler recipes they use and like; simply just collecting ideas to try during this time of my plant base diet.

Could a person survive on a diet of only water, fruits, and vegetables? Probably, we're very resilient. Is it the diet I'd choose for optimal health? Absolutely not.

What are you basing this on? Population studies? Clinical research? How did you arrive at the conclusion to only eat fruits and vegetables?

I have been vegan for over nine years and I think the plan you're contemplating will deprive you of the great nutrition to be found in nuts, grains, legumes, and other plant foods.

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@amwood1528 it was alright. I did it in the winter, and it's really cold where I live, so I was pretty happy to have a hot meal after I was done. I lost 7 lbs and was able to keep it off after that. The experience was good, but I couldn't do it all the time. I try to incorporate a lot more raw food into my diet though, when my budget allows for it, and I now grow a huge garden in the summer. I find it's a lot easier to eat raw then.

Smoothies are a staple in my diet. I always use 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk, 1 cup frozen chopped spinach and then add a variety of fruits from there. Usually use half a frozen banana, some sort of frozen berries. My favorite right now is to peel a lemon and throw it in with raspberries. It's like having a raspberry lemonade slushy for breakfast. :-)

It can be done, but why would you want to do it when equal or better results can be achieved with less effort? Vegan eating is more about having control over going into your body than it is about health. There is no health benefit to being vegan, but it does seem to give you points on the superiority scale.

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amwood1528 wrote: »

Hello all,

I have decided to do a challenge with my friend; raw diet for two months. I know I know, might sounds crazy but I wouldn't know if I could do it if I didn't try. I have done a lot of research on this lifestyle and there is a lot of information out there. However, do any one know of any good smoothie recipes or simple recipes in general for a plant base diet? A lot of recipes I found are complicated, require a lot of ingredients(someone things I never heard of) and may be heavy on my pockets.

Thanks
Ms Doubleu

You dont need to supplement on a raw vegan diet IF you eat enough the only thing most take are b12 shots / sublingual drops but this is something even meat eaters are deficient in because our soils dont have the b12 they used to have before humans destroy it.

As for calcium youll prob be getting more beneficial calcium from plants / superfoods thst have calcium / than meat eaters hecause milk isnt beneficial to adults, it leeches calcium from our bones actually ( in tinyy amounts)

The US is the country that consumes most dairy of all countires and they also have most osteoporosis. The country that has least osteoporosis, doesnt even have dairy in the diet.

Enjoy your raw diet experience! Please see fullyrawkristinas youtube channel for inspiration / rawvana / dateswithlove / thisrawsomeveganlife - she has a nice blog

Xxxx

Ps ive just got blood results after 1 year vegan and im perfect and my cholestrol came way down !

^ To be fair, the topic at hand is some vegan recipes, not our thoughts on veganism. But it's a public forum, so I guess we could derail if we must.

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LoupGarouTFTs wrote: »

It can be done, but why would you want to do it when equal or better results can be achieved with less effort? Vegan eating is more about having control over going into your body than it is about health. There is no health benefit to being vegan, but it does seem to give you points on the superiority scale.

Veganism is actually an ethical position on animal exploitation and suffering.

Given your deep hostility to veganism and vegans, it might be a better idea for you to stay out of threads involving it unless you have something useful to contribute. Your main interest here is to proclaim your own superiority and to remind everyone what you think of vegans. It isn't necessary or helpful.

Veganism is a means of control over what you put in your body, nothing more, nothing less. It's like any other way of eating. Nothing I said was untrue. If a person believes that it has an impact on "animal exploitation and suffering," then that's all well and good. However, most people who take this position know nothing about animals or farming and buy into the animal rights propaganda. Since I have a vested interest in correcting the misconceptions perpetrated by animal rights propaganda AND because this is an open forum for comments on ways of eating, I feel I have every right to comment on a thread in which the OP seems to think that is some health benefit to having a vegan diet.

There is no benefit to eating a vegan diet, not in terms of weight loss or in terms of health. You can maintain the same standard of health eating a balanced, omnivorous diet. However, taking an "ethical" stance on food by extension judges what other people are eating as "unethical." If that's not all judgeypant superiorpointscoring I don't know what is.

So you would consider anyone with a position that an act may be unethical to be acting superior? Honestly, your insistence on demonstrating your paranoia about being judged in every thread about veganism is very derailing.

I was raw vegan for a few years. I was hoping that my pituitary tumor that I had partially removed ( the other part was inoperable) would not grow back. I read a lot regarding the diet and a lot of the health claims about reversing disease. I was very strict in my diet. The tumor grew back. Certain conditions cannot be turned around by diet.