I forgot to mention she lost 160lbs! So she went from fatty to babe, plus grew a fancy British accent!!

More info on her page : www.rawreform.com

i gotta admit this is sad but probably true. eating fresh stuff out of the ground without boiling the hell out of it has got to be a good idea.

no more lasagne for you!

Not saying this is unhealthy... but just to put this in perspective you need about half a pound of walnuts (cheap high calorie nut) or nine avocados (the highest calorie-content fruit/veggie) a day to get your energy requirements.

I think she probably lost most of her weight because of low caloric content. The non-cooked factor probably doesn't have much to do with it.

It's hard to stick with it for me.

I've tried it a few times, and it works. I usually feel better, lose weight, and have more energy, but then one day I'll just have to have a hamburger or some pizza or stir-fried rice, and once I've done that, it's hard to settle for just veggies again.

This link contains a very comprehensive comparison of the value of eating raw versus cooked food.

The paper goes into a lot of detail but the most general conclusions are:

• Virtually all foods contain more nutrients in the raw state. On the other hand, the differences are not very great: ranging from approximately 10-25% in the case of most vitamins, while the difference is negligible (almost zero) with respect to minerals.


• However, there are also digestibility, antinutrients/toxicity, and bioavailability to take into consideration when assessing how many nutrients can actually be assimiliated from a particular food. Cooking can affect these considerations positively or negatively, depending on the circumstance.

I'm a VAGITARIAN.... does that count?

Actually i just saw a program on this on Danish television, where doctors and nutritionists warned against this diet, because it often caused a severe deficiency of protein and other stuff that only becomes digestible to humans through cooking. they cited several cases of parents forcing a raw-vegan diet on their children, giving them malnutrition and hormonal and developmental problems

I'll look for some English sources after i've had some eggs & bacon.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_food#Criticism_and_controversies

I keep a 3 lb bag of unsalted, generic brand peanuts in my desk drawer. Think it cost 3.99... for 5440 calories, very good value for money. 13g fat, 7g protein, 7g carbs. A bit high fat - but definitely better than anything out of the vending machine. No transfats. Having to shell them means you can't just eat a handful
Walnuts and almonds are high in omega-3s which are very good for you- http://www.videosift.com/video/Dramatic-Effects-of-Omega-3-on-Rat-Brain-Function

Ugh. SHE LOST WEIGHT BECAUSE SHE ATE LESS. THERE IS NOTHING MAGICAL ABOUT LOSING WEIGHT.

We have been cooking food for a very, very long time and it has been a factor in our evolution. Eating raw food isn't better for you than eating cooked food. You can eat a very healthy diet of cooked food. This dumb bitch's problem was that she was eating a lot of junk food.

And, yes, there are currently raw food vegans in prison because they killed their or endangered one or more of their children. There was recently a couple who wouldn't even feed their newborn breast milk.

Food is the most powerful drug known to man.

Carbohydrates have 4 calories per gram, protein 4 calories per gram, and fat 9 calories per gram. At a protein to carbohydrate ratio of 0.70, the body exhibits an optimal hormonal response.

40% carbs, 30% protein, 30% fat (emphasis on monounsaturated) at every meal will give you more energy than you've ever had in your life.