Jax
30-07-2009, 03:54 PM
This post is about an article that considers the potential problems of a 100% raw food program, so please bear in mind when reading the article they are looking at it from the higher raw perspective and not one of say around 75% raw.
From this article I deduce that when deciding to embark on including more raw food in your nutrition, to do it gradually so that the weight loss comes off at a slower rate and isn't a too dramatic change for your body.
The following is stated in the article -"But raw foodists, along with vegans, need to make sure they’re getting enough vitamin B12, calcium, iron, and omega-3 fatty acids, most of which are found naturally in animal products."
I would challenge some of this - B12 does seem to be difficult to obtain from plant based foods (http://www.vegsoc.org/info/b12.html) (NB there are other sites that state the same), Calcuim is found in many leafy green plants in abundance, this link (http://www.vegsoc.org/info/b12.html) links to many studies for Vegans, iron levels (http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ilsi/nure/2002/00000060/00000005/art00001?crawler=true) may need to be monitored, but that can be said across the spectrum of eating regimes (http://www.springerlink.com/content/v4w31106g7h1k887/), Iron can also be found in dried apricots, prunes, leay green veg, pulses and tofu. Omega 3 fatty (http://www.drmirkin.com/nutrition/1708.html) acids are available from nuts, seeds and green leafy vegetables, but you can also include in your nutrtion cold pressed seed oils such as Good Oil (http://www.goodwebsite.co.uk/) or Cool Oil (http://www.groovyfood.co.uk/thingswemake/cooloil.html), the latter having the closest ratio to what the human body requires (Suzi Grant).
When talking about Vit D for non meat eaters (http://www.vegansociety.com/food/nutrition/vitaminD.php), I personally think again, that this should be applying to everyone to monitor regardless of what they eat with the advent of skin scares and slathering on suncream - there's a whole big debate going on about that too though.
Link to the WebMD article - Raw Food Diet (http://www.webmd.com/diet/raw-food-diet) (many thanks to a friend for providing the link)
Here's a link to someone who seems to like to bust food myths (http://zerocarbonista.com/top-ten-food-choice-myths-busted/)
From this article I deduce that when deciding to embark on including more raw food in your nutrition, to do it gradually so that the weight loss comes off at a slower rate and isn't a too dramatic change for your body.
The following is stated in the article -"But raw foodists, along with vegans, need to make sure they’re getting enough vitamin B12, calcium, iron, and omega-3 fatty acids, most of which are found naturally in animal products."
I would challenge some of this - B12 does seem to be difficult to obtain from plant based foods (http://www.vegsoc.org/info/b12.html) (NB there are other sites that state the same), Calcuim is found in many leafy green plants in abundance, this link (http://www.vegsoc.org/info/b12.html) links to many studies for Vegans, iron levels (http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ilsi/nure/2002/00000060/00000005/art00001?crawler=true) may need to be monitored, but that can be said across the spectrum of eating regimes (http://www.springerlink.com/content/v4w31106g7h1k887/), Iron can also be found in dried apricots, prunes, leay green veg, pulses and tofu. Omega 3 fatty (http://www.drmirkin.com/nutrition/1708.html) acids are available from nuts, seeds and green leafy vegetables, but you can also include in your nutrtion cold pressed seed oils such as Good Oil (http://www.goodwebsite.co.uk/) or Cool Oil (http://www.groovyfood.co.uk/thingswemake/cooloil.html), the latter having the closest ratio to what the human body requires (Suzi Grant).
When talking about Vit D for non meat eaters (http://www.vegansociety.com/food/nutrition/vitaminD.php), I personally think again, that this should be applying to everyone to monitor regardless of what they eat with the advent of skin scares and slathering on suncream - there's a whole big debate going on about that too though.
Link to the WebMD article - Raw Food Diet (http://www.webmd.com/diet/raw-food-diet) (many thanks to a friend for providing the link)
Here's a link to someone who seems to like to bust food myths (http://zerocarbonista.com/top-ten-food-choice-myths-busted/)