I have read and seen (on tv) a bit about the raw food diet over the past couple of years and it has always intrigued me. As someone who doesn’t eat meat, drink alcohol, and limits other things in my diet I consider myself a pretty disciplined person. The raw food diet looks challenging not only because of the limitations -forget eating out at a ”regular” restaurant ever again - but because of the constant creativity one would need to keep this diet moving in the right direction.

Here is a brief description for those who are not familiar with the diet: What is it?
Plants-based foods in their original, un-heated (uncooked) state are considered raw and alive. Raw food may include fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, sprouts, grains and legumes in sprout form, seaweeds, microalgae (spirulina, chlorella, etc…), and fresh juices. These live foods contain a wide range of vital life force nutrients (vitamins, minerals, amino acids, oxygen) and live enzymes. Their nutritional properties are essential to the proper maintenance of human bodily functions.

Here are a few interesting links regarding the raw diet:

Raw for 30 days

Planet Raw restaurant

Living and raw foods

I teeter back and forth between thinking these people are brilliant and insane…maybe the answer is somewhere in the middle. I would be very interested to hear any personal experiences regarding the raw food diet. I did a 30 day cleanse following a vegan diet, among other things, and it was intense to put it mildly. I have a lot of respect for anyone who can be that disciplined all of the time.

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