Comments on: Conditioning and the Raw Diet

By: Tressey

Tressey — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:20:19 +0000

I have enjoyed your site and book. You mentioned its better to eat some cooked foods than load up on nuts/seeds and other fats. But cook foods appear to cause joint/muscle stiffness in me. But when I decrease my nut/seed intake I am no longer regular. I do green smoothie followed by tons of fruit for breakfast. Veggie juice with large assorted salad. Snack on fruit if hungry, but usually not. Dinner is a varied assortment of marinated raw veggies. Nutritionist recommends more nuts/seeds/grains/beans. Nuts tend to tickle my throat. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

By: Vegan Raw Diet

Vegan Raw Diet — Fri, 22 May 2009 04:55:26 +0000

Hi Marnie, Thanks for your questions. Legumes aren't generally part of a vegan raw diet since they are difficult to eat raw and hard to digest. You can sprout some legumes to eat although they are not normally part of a raw food diet. Regarding the cravings, they often come from a lack of trace minerals and nutrients in your diet along with addictions. By adding lots of deep leafy greens you add the often missing nutrients your body is craving and they go away. Most transitioning to a raw food diet eat a small salad and consider that their salad for the day. Your body requires much more than that and adding a wider variety of greens, herbs and other green vegetables helps. I talk about these issues and others in depth at www.10in14raw.com and Raw.LearnHealthyMeals.com as well. Hope that helps! Mark

By: marnie hestand

marnie hestand — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:50:31 +0000

In your info regarding complete raw food diet, where are the legumes/ I was led to believe that they are mandatory for diet and health. Please advise. Also, I continue desperately to try and follow a raw diet, and have been for awhile now. I can’t seem to shake cravings. Can you advise me on what to do for this problem. Thank you