To observe a raw food diet completely is very difficult. I ate raw for a year. It was very obsessive and very antisocial--but in my opinion--very healthy. My eyes were whiter, my skin was clearer, my energy higher. Here are steps for following a raw diet.
Instructions
1. Eat raw foods when possible. A raw diet is a vegan diet in which food is never cooked in over 118-degree heat. Your oven starts at 250, so even remotely warmed food is made in expensive hydrators.
2. Include fruits such as young coconuts and coconut water, nuts, avocadoes, vegetables, dried fruits and vegetables, soaked grains, beans and nut pastes.
3. Be creative. Dehydrate flax seeds and nuts to make crackers and faux pizza or sweet pie crusts. Puree fruits and nuts to fill the pie crusts and use expensive high-powered "vitamix" blenders to puree cauliflower into faux mashed potatoes. Zucchini peels with tomatoes can work as pasta and frozen pureed cocoa and coconut can become ice cream.
4. Eat fresh raw vegetables instead of cooked when possible. At a restaurant, order the salad over the grilled vegetable option. Drink fresh green juices (mixed with fruit).
5. Replace energy bars with raw peanut butter when you crave a snack.
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