| Raw foods and raw diets are among the most | | | | Century eggs, fermented meats and fish, and Kefir - |
| popular and healthy diet choices around. Athletes, | | | | a fermented milk product - are unique to the animal |
| Hollywood stars, and the everyday person are | | | | diet. Usually grains, nuts, and beans are not a part of |
| discovering that a raw diet makes you feel better | | | | this diet. Paleolithic dieters are very exclusionary. |
| than ever and improves your overall health. There | | | | They feel that harvested foods belong to the |
| are several different raw diets, each with their own | | | | Neolithic era and should not be a part of their diet. |
| proponents. | | | | Dieters who follow this diet plan are very particular |
| Raw Veganism | | | | about the temperature of their food. They do not |
| Foods in the raw veganism diet include only raw plant | | | | allow food to be cooked over 104°F. Raw vegans |
| food that has never been processed. This is the | | | | and raw vegetarians will eat foods that have been |
| most popular form of all of the raw diets. | | | | heated to 116°F. |
| Raw veganism can be further subdivided into raw | | | | Smoked meats can be included in the animal diet. |
| food specialties. Fruitarians eat only fruit, fruit juices, | | | | Some Paleolithic purists do not eat any smoked |
| and some nuts. Juicearians consume only juices. They | | | | foods but others include meat smoked in a cold |
| use a juicer to make juices from both vegetables | | | | smoker as a part of their diet. |
| and fruits. Sproutarians eat different vegetable | | | | The immediate concern for Paleolithic dieters is |
| sprouts like bean sprouts. | | | | bacteria. But, recent studies at Cornell University have |
| The foods consumed in raw veganism will leave you | | | | shown this may not be the huge issue it was once |
| energized, help you lose weight, and boost your | | | | believed to be. Beef from grass fed cows is 300 |
| health. | | | | times less likely to contain e. coli bacteria than grain |
| Raw Vegetarianism | | | | fed animals. |
| If you already are aware of the difference between | | | | What to Avoid |
| vegans and vegetarians you will understand the | | | | Just as with any diet there are certain foods to |
| difference between raw veganism and raw | | | | avoid in the raw diet. Some could be harmful to your |
| vegetarianism. Raw vegetarianism is very similar to | | | | health. For example, the greens from raw buckwheat |
| veganism in that it excludes all meat products. Other | | | | are very toxic and must always be disposed. |
| meat by-products like gelatin are also not eaten on | | | | Kidney beans are another food that cannot be |
| this diet. | | | | consumed raw. Both kidney beans and the sprouts |
| Raw vegetarianism is not as prevalent as veganism. | | | | from these beans are poisonous in their raw state. |
| Unlike veganism, a raw vegetarian may eat dairy and | | | | Also, apricot kernels contain a chemical that breaks |
| egg. | | | | down into cyanide, an extremely dangerous poison. |
| Raw Foods - Animal Diet | | | | The dangers of raw foods are few and no match |
| The raw diet that includes animal products is called | | | | for the many health advantages. Raw foodists claim |
| the Paleolithic diet. It is composed of food items that | | | | to be among the healthiest people on earth. Studies |
| can be eaten in their natural state - raw. Meat, | | | | are currently underway that just may prove this |
| organs, eggs, dairy products, and animal foods that | | | | claim true. |
| have been aged are favorites of Paleolithic dieters. | | | | |