| Is there a difference between vegetarian and raw | | | | about sushi being considered a raw food, but it is. |
| food diets? A raw foodist is a vegetarian, but one | | | | Raw food, though, generally means eating raw, |
| who generally is not going to cook his vegetables or | | | | uncooked fruits, vegetables, dried fruits, seaweeds, |
| fruits. A vegetarian is someone who simply | | | | etc. |
| doesn’t eat meat, fish or poultry, but only | | | | But to be a raw food purist means raw broccoli, not |
| consumes vegetables, pasta, and rice. A vegetarian | | | | steamed. To a vegetarian, someone committed to |
| might eat meatless spaghetti sauce or order onion | | | | not eat meat or fish or animal products, steamed |
| rings in a restaurant. (Not the healthiest choice, but | | | | vegetables are just as good, although everyone |
| sometimes it’s hard to find something to eat | | | | would agree that steaming can take out nutrients |
| in a restaurant if you’re vegetarian — | | | | from foods, rendering them less nutritious. A |
| even harder if you’re a raw foodist.) Is there | | | | vegetarian might consume dairy or egg products; |
| a difference between vegetarian and raw food diets? | | | | however a vegan will not consume any animal |
| A raw foodist is a vegetarian, but one who generally | | | | products at all. And a raw foodist is a vegan who |
| is not going to cook his vegetables or fruits. A | | | | consumes only uncooked, unprocessed raw foods. |
| vegetarian is someone who simply doesn’t eat | | | | Proponents of the raw diet believe that enzymes are |
| meat, fish or poultry, but only consumes vegetables, | | | | the life force of a food and that every food contains |
| pasta, and rice. A vegetarian might eat meatless | | | | its own perfect mix. These enzymes help us digest |
| spaghetti sauce or order onion rings in a restaurant. | | | | foods completely, without relying on our body to |
| (Not the healthiest choice, but sometimes it’s | | | | produce its own cocktail of digestive enzymes. |
| hard to find something to eat in a restaurant if | | | | It is also thought that the cooking process destroys |
| you’re vegetarian — even harder if | | | | vitamins and minerals and that cooked foods not only |
| you’re a raw foodist.) | | | | take longer to digest, but they also allow partially |
| There are different categories of vegetarians, like | | | | digested fats, proteins and carbohydrates to clog up |
| vegans, or fruitarians, and raw foodist is a category | | | | our gut and arteries. |
| of vegetarianism. We haven’t seen anything | | | | |