Raw Vegan Diet
List of Raw Foods You Can Eat

What is the raw vegan diet? Can you only eat raw vegetable on this kind of diet? I have done the research to give you the true facts and to provide you with the list of raw vegan foods you can eat.

The raw vegan eating plan combines raw foodism and veganism. It is one of the 3 divisions of raw foodism. The other two are raw omnivorous and raw carnivorous diets. It is also the most popular type of raw food diet.

If you decide to go on the raw vegan eating plan, you are not limited to eating raw vegetable. You can also eat other plant foods like fruits. But you may eat only uncooked, unheated, unprocessed, and mostly organic plant foods.

What does the raw vegan food diet consist of?

In this type of diet, you can only eat plant foods such as . . .

• All kinds of vegetable including seaweeds,

• Fruits,

• Seeds,

• Nuts and nut pastes,

• Herbs,

• Fresh juices, and

• Sprouted grains and legumes.

You may wonder if raw vegetarianism is another term for raw veganism. Well, it is not. Raw veganism is completely different because raw vegetarianism allows you to consume animal by-products such as dairy, eggs and honey.

However, it will be good to know that not all edible plant foods are safe to be eaten raw.

Below is a list of foods to avoid eating raw . . .

• Kidney beans and sprouts because of the chemical called phytohaemagglutinin

• Pea seeds can cause lathyrism

• Buckwheat greens because of the chemical component called fagopyrin which can cause severe photosensitivity of the skin and other skin problems

• Sweet potato contains goitrogens which can mess up iodine utilization and cause hypothyroidism

• Parsnips contain furanocoumarin

• Apricot kernels

• Alfalfa sprouts

• Some cassava types

Is raw veganism perfect? No, it is not. Some nutritional concerns about going on a raw vegan diet is its deficiencies in some vitamins and minerals such as calcium, vitamin B-12, vitamin D, iron, zinc, proteins and calories.

There are vitamins and antioxidants in vegetables such as carrots and tomatoes that are increased with cooking.

Studies on people who strictly follow this type of diet found out that majority of them are underweight and 30% of the women 45 years and younger had anemia. If you're a raw vegan, take Spirulina supplements to prevent anemia.

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However, Dr. Joel Fuhrman, a nutritionist and author of "Disease-Proof your Child", recommends that 80 percent of what you put on your plate should be raw and vegetable-based.

The deficiencies of the raw vegan diet can be met with the correct supplements. The pros definitely outweigh the cons.