Nutritional Health : How to Eat a Raw Food Diet

A raw food diet can be a healthy choice because raw foods maintain their fiber and vitamin levels much better than cooked food, so they offer higher food volume in addition to more nutrients. Consider transitioning into a raw food diet with advice from a licensed dietitian and nutritionist in this free video on healthy eating.

Expert: Heidi Kaufman
Bio: Heidi Kaufman is a licensed dietitian and nutritionist, and she is a certified diabetes educator for Partners in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Filmmaker: Rendered Communications

[natureasintended]

the raw plant food diet contains all the protein needed for health. also there are plenty of athletes who are living testimonies to the raw plant food diet. i go to the blog on the rawforlife website for thoroughly researched information. hope this helps

[crazynance]

Aim to increase the percentage of raw food/unprocessed food from wherever you're at now, to 80% or so raw. Probably best to do it over time.. slowly adding more good items and dropping more bad items.. nuts are high in fat, but not the same kind of fat... greens have building blocks of protein that your body puts together.. especially with a squeeze of lemon juice..

[hcmontessori]

I think I would do a "mostly" raw food diet and I'd just eat cooked beans... soaking them would take too long! Garbanzo beans and black beans are my favorites.

[DaLeSy.]

I was told that leafy greens are made up of protein (amino acids). And if you eat a variety of leafy greens you will get the essential amino acids (protein) that you need.

[bigfoot_]

Food is so high now. The amount you'd spend on fresh raw food would break ya. Hell I'm struggling just to feed us anything at this point.

[Doriesep]

Careful with uncooked rice eating. My sign other ended up going to a doctor because of stomach pains after eating uncooked rice all week. It is terrible for birds because it swells in the stomach. People are cautioned to refrain from throwing rice at weddings now.

[tfr]

This diet is a form of rehabilitation for both physical and mental injuries

[NineofAstora]

I got bored and searched "how to eat food" and got here ;D

[LeppardPrintAnimal]

@RosieLeighGreen You miss the point. The point is that vegetables have alot of protein in them.

[natureasintended]

also there is info about the raw food plant diet in Victoria Boutenko's book, Green for Life

[stargatesgau]

see she knows more than me but I know something she doesn't know is that the body only needs about 3, 4, or 5% of protein, well here is the kicker plants all have veggie plants I do not know about fruit, but vegi plants all have 5% protein what we need, wow wasn't our creator smart

[papetua]

Pesticides are in most non-organic fruits and vegetables, so you need to plant you own or buy organic always.

[abcdukan]

en 5 semanas he perdido 12 kilos con la dieta dukan!!, estoy encantada, probadla que es muy buena!!!

[Gabe]

I agree with everything except the protein "Myth". Humans do not need to seek protein. Proteins are chains of amino acids. There are 24 amino acids essential to the human body, 12 of which we produce ourselves and the other 12 we need to consume. Raw Fruits and leafy Greens have all the amino acids we need in the form of live enzymes. There has never been a case of protein deficiency in medical history, and excess protein has been linked to many diseases. Living food for the living body

[justdvl]

second reason is incorrect, our body absorb more energy from raw food than from standard foods, that's why you can eat much less and having more energy. however, calories are becoming irrelevant on raw food diet.

[madaboutguitar]

For protein try Hemp protein powder. Its amazing, has all the amino acids (important for building muscle) and lots of other nutrients.

[RosieLeighGreen]

@LeppardPrintAnimal I got the point, actually. I think you missed my point, the point being that some people enjoy a varied diet.

[joyki]

Protein in veg lots of info in raw food communities like raw food rehab, raw food kempo master, life regenerator

[bluesquirrel]

Raw foods DO contain enough protein! Vegetables have protein and most American's eat too much protein, which cause problems for the body - so this video is not a great source of information .

[polidic]

@TerryNoble actually if you eat fish today you are asking for trouble - GMO salmon is good eat it ;) Watch raw for 30 that is about the only thing that works for diabetics.