Going Raw! help?

I have never heard of a "raw" diet so I can't really help. However, I have an honest question for you - if, as you say, you don't know that much about it, how do you know it's something you want to do??

I am an alkalarian, I eat most of my food raw. I have been eating like this for 2 weeks. I can't eat broccoli raw unless it's in a soup. I do steam it a bit, not till it's limp. Today I made an asparagus recipe, it sucked, I didn't like it. I did steam those a bit.

Oh forgot to mention, alkalarian diet is 70-80% alkaliazing food 20-30% acidic foods. The theory behind this diet is, all disease is based on how acidic your body is. This diet balances the body acidicity level. Your common cold, to cancer to aids, it's based on a acidic enviorment in the body. There are microforms in the body, that waste products is what creates the acid.

Guess what some of these microtoxins live on? Sugar, this is why fruit is against the alkalarian diet. Most raw foodist eat a lot of fruit... There is no reason for you to go to a raw food diet unless it's for health. I personally think the alkalarian diet is healthier.

To cook you can buy an electic skillet, with those you can control the tempreture, anything about 118 degree's kills enzymes. WHich defeats the benefits of raw food.

Fair enough. But, after Googling it and seeing what it is, I have my doubts. You can avoid processed foods and still cook your meals. I think it would be very difficult to eat a raw diet for the long term. Good luck though. Hope it works for you.

Tiger that's what i thought of my diet. I tried it years ago and had an epic failure. I knew the health benefits of it and I always wanted to do it again. I was on a low carb diet, out of the blue I was like "why wait for trying the alkalarian diet?" So Here i am doing it. Its all about the recipes. Sitting back eating pieces of raw fruit can get boring and be very tough. There are a ton of recipes, I even seen raw chocolate pie.

Hi guys! I am new to these forums and i gotta say, I LOVE ALL THE TOPICS!

I have done a raw foods challenge for three weeks and the results were AMAZING! My skin was glowing, I felt great and of course lost weight! The problem is, I went to a family vacation/reunion and while i did bring my blender and had my green smoothies in the morning, it was hard to eat raw a lot. So slowly, as days went by I was back to eating more cooked foods...

However, I will say this. I am a Vegetarian eating cheese on rare occasions. I have been a V for a long time and I think it's easier for me to raw than say somebody who eats meat. it's a big change actually can be harmful to the body if you go from eating a SAD (standard American diet) from 100% raw.

I took a test and scored at a level 3 which means I was to "eat raw until dinner." It was awesome because by the time dinner rolled around you weren't craving "bad foods," and after a raw salad (you should eat raw something first and then have the cooked/steamed food or whatever you eating) I felt 100% satisfied.

A good book for people learning about raw foods is one by Natalie Rose, "The Raw Food Detox." There was so much useful information in it and I found it WAY more helpful than other books I had skimmed.

If you are interested, I suggest going about it the right way. Just like with being a Vegetarian, you have to make sure you are eating a WHOLE foods diet and a huge array of foods. I am healthy, but some of my other V friends are on a carbs/fake meat/Cheetos diet. Well, that ain't good! LOL

Things have been pretty crazy for me on a person note so I have gotten off track with my eating and working out (two things I enjoy doing), so I will be starting my raw foods plan up again starting Monday.

Another trick is to make sure you have all your veggies washed and ready to go, staring at you when you open the door. A girlfriend just came to my house last night, opened my fridge and said, "wow... it's so pretty." LOL That is because I have washed fruits in bowls, cut up veggies and fruits in clear containers, and all of my greens in the crisper drawers.

Anyway, I am thinking of posting a new challenge for raw foods and exercise soon, so feel free to jump in.

Also, there are a lot of AMAZING people doing raw foods! Even athletes and body builders. It. Can. Be. Done. If you want. It just depends on why you are doing it. Might be fun to check out the book from the library and give it a go!

Good luck, you will feel great! Google Freelee or youtube her. AMAZING!

P.S. When eating raw foods, keep in mind that you will be eating A LOT! My friend tried it and ate AN apple every few hours! Well that might work for a short term plan, but you need to get many different nutrients from many different plants, fruits, nuts and seeds. If you eat this way, you will have more success!

I briefly tried a raw food diet (but without most fruit sugars, so I was eating veggies, avocados, young coconuts, nuts and seeds. And that's it).

I did greatly enjoy grating zucchini and eating that as pasta with tomatoes and avocado. I found it a yummy meal. I also loved veggies dipped in cashew hummus or seed pate. But i ultimately knew I couldn't eat like this forever - it's so limited.

Now for the terrible part...

The gastro-intestinal results were so uncomfortable, I knew I couldn't continue. I couldn't even go to work with all the stomach pain from all those veggies, and from the explosions down below. I am very sorry to be gross. I've heard a lot of people say "Oh, your body adjusts..." but I talked to an ex- long term raw foodist and she said the poop will always be weird. If you currently enjoy normal BMs without much mess or effort, you're in for a whole different ride if you go raw. And you will use a lot more TP. Not fun at all.

I again apologize for being indelicate. This is exactly the info I kept searching for when I began raw, and couldn't find it anywhere on the net as everyone wanted to gloss over it and hype up how great it is to be raw. To each their own...

As I mentioned I am on a alkalarian diet. Mostly vegetables and I usually eat raw or semi steamed. Yeah the first week with hell on the porcelin throne, now I am fine. the thing is your body is detoxing getting rid of all the crap(pun intended).

eat raw snakes and roaches good proteinz

Haha... because you said RAW! I thought... raw, like a dinosaur.

Are you already a vegetarian? You may want to start there and then work towards the raw... I have a friend who eats like that. Her hair started to fall out. So High 5... and I hope you have lots of hair. (this is said in complete sarcasm).

Good luck starving yourself.

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Most vegeterians eat crap, twinkies and cupcakes and chips and soda fall in to this category of "vegeterian." Most of my calories come from green vegetables, I can get in 2000 calories a day... how is this starvation?