Guest guest Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Hi, I've just joined the group in the past week, after thinking about raw and reading about it online for quite a while. I've been trying to find information online about how to structure a raw diet so that you get all your nutrients, but I can't find anything. Does anyone know of any good books that explain how you can get enough calcium, protein, Vitamin D and B12, etc, on a raw diet? I've read an amazing book, Becoming Vegan, that goes through the process in detail - is there anything like that for raw diets? Also, I've seen it mentioned in passing several times about combining foods. What effect does combining certain foods have? Are there any books about it? I'd like to learn the specifics of what/what not to do. I'm not overly interested in the extreme raw theories - i.e. fruitarian, excluding garlic, onions, spices, nuts, etc. Just the basic raw, living foods diet. I'm not raw yet, but I'm hoping that my research will help lead me there - I just need to make sure that I do it right, from the beginning. Thanks, Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Hi Jen, I'd recommend Gabriel Cousens' various books (he's an M.D. and raw) and also Rhio's book. Judy Pokras vegwriter editor/founder/designer Raw Foods News Magazine _www.rawfoodsnewsmagazine.com_ (http://www.rawfoodsnewsmagazine.com/) Celebrating the raw foods lifestyle and bringing raw foodists together since March 2001, with breaking news, authoritative info, and fun features. Post your comments and sign up for our free newsletter. Recommended by best-selling author Harvey Diamond, Writer's Digest, EnergyTimes, The Vegan Guide to NYC, the Japanese magazine Engine, breathing.com, and the national radio program Carolyn Craft's Inner Wisdom. Selected by SRQ magazine as a 2005 Hot List Item. In a message dated 1/13/2006 6:52:20 AM Eastern Standard Time, jencorris writes: Hi, I've just joined the group in the past week, after thinking about raw and reading about it online for quite a while. I've been trying to find information online about how to structure a raw diet so that you get all your nutrients, but I can't find anything. Does anyone know of any good books that explain how you can get enough calcium, protein, Vitamin D and B12, etc, on a raw diet? I've read an amazing book, Becoming Vegan, that goes through the process in detail - is there anything like that for raw diets? Also, I've seen it mentioned in passing several times about combining foods. What effect does combining certain foods have? Are there any books about it? I'd like to learn the specifics of what/what not to do. I'm not overly interested in the extreme raw theories - i.e. fruitarian, excluding garlic, onions, spices, nuts, etc. Just the basic raw, living foods diet. I'm not raw yet, but I'm hoping that my research will help lead me there - I just need to make sure that I do it right, from the beginning. Thanks, Jen Groups Links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Two books I highly recommend are Harvey & Marilyn Diamond's " Fit for Life, " publish way back, 1970's sometime I think, and Alissa Cohen's " Living on Live Food. " Fit for Life is not about raw foods, specifically, but it explains food combining *very* well (at least, I got it!). Living on Live Food also does a very good job explaining food combining, and gives a structured beginner's schedule kind of thing (which, sadly, I did not do when I bought the book; might have helped). Both of these books delve a bit into nutrition, but I don't recall that they give a breakdown for each food they talk about. I found a book at a local supermarket called " Dr Richter's Fresh Produce Guide " which gives a breakdown of nutrition basics (calories, fat, protein, etc) for every food it talks about, but it doesn't really talk about vitamins and minerals for those foods. Also, it is definitely not a raw food book, but it is most assuredly not a cookbook, either. I hope that helps some! Carolyn I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalog: " No good in a bed, but fine against a wall. " - Eleanor Roosevelt What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce. - Mark Twain " If it is to be, it is up to me. " _____ Jennifer Corris Hi, I've just joined the group in the past week, after thinking about raw and reading about it online for quite a while. I've been trying to find information online about how to structure a raw diet so that you get all your nutrients, but I can't find anything. [snip] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Dear Jen. You will hear all kinds of things on here. I'm not sure anyone really knows the science of this, but I can tell you it works. Just eat raw food. You won't believe the difference in your health and appearance. It's amazing. The best way to do it is to eat plenty of fruit. That has all the nutrients you need. There is still some controversy about B-12, but it would take you years to run out, and if you ever 'slip' then more years. The rest, you have plenty of what you need, it seems. Good luck to you, Lane PS I find it helpful to have plenty! of bananas around, and also dates. I am starting a banana grove in my garden. I also have oranges and loquats and paw paws. Surnam cherries as well. I also grow my own lettuce. My avocado tree died in Hurricane Fabian but new ones are sprouting from the upturned roots. - Jennifer Corris rawfood Thursday, January 12, 2006 6:59 PM [Raw Food] books to help start Hi, I've just joined the group in the past week, after thinking about raw and reading about it online for quite a while. I've been trying to find information online about how to structure a raw diet so that you get all your nutrients, but I can't find anything. Does anyone know of any good books that explain how you can get enough calcium, protein, Vitamin D and B12, etc, on a raw diet? I've read an amazing book, Becoming Vegan, that goes through the process in detail - is there anything like that for raw diets? Also, I've seen it mentioned in passing several times about combining foods. What effect does combining certain foods have? Are there any books about it? I'd like to learn the specifics of what/what not to do. I'm not overly interested in the extreme raw theories - i.e. fruitarian, excluding garlic, onions, spices, nuts, etc. Just the basic raw, living foods diet. I'm not raw yet, but I'm hoping that my research will help lead me there - I just need to make sure that I do it right, from the beginning. Thanks, Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 That is so cool about your new avocado trees sprouting up! I wish I lived in a place where I could have avocado trees and orange trees in my back yard. That would be so great! Carolyn rawfood , " Lane Martin " <lanie@p...> wrote: > > [snip] My avocado tree died in Hurricane Fabian but new ones are sprouting from the upturned roots. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Thank you Carolyn. I do feel blessed. Lane - butterflyintransit rawfood Friday, January 13, 2006 9:55 AM Re: [Raw Food] books to help start That is so cool about your new avocado trees sprouting up! I wish I lived in a place where I could have avocado trees and orange trees in my back yard. That would be so great! Carolyn rawfood , " Lane Martin " <lanie@p...> wrote: > > [snip] My avocado tree died in Hurricane Fabian but new ones are sprouting from the upturned roots. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Jennifer, When switched from Vegan to Raw, I found David Wolfe's book 'The Sunfood Diet Success System' extremelyuseful. It covers various topics which builds your awareness about the rawfood and transition to rawfood. He covers following topics - Importance of rawfood Importance of body cleansing - detoxification & fasting Myth about Protien and how rawfood gives you enough protien How one can get minerals & vitamins from rawfood diet What combination of diet one should eat to get fat, carbohydrates, protiens, minerals & vitamins you want B12 deficiency ! Importance of organic vs non organic food Guidelines for a transition diet and specific sample menus for transition diet Few pages on food combination There is whole lot more in the book. I list only those topic that are relevant based on your mail. He also has few chapters on philosophy of life which I found very useful. I will highly recommend this book to any who wants to become rawfoodist. I have been rawfoodist for more than 18 months. I still read this book. It's loaded with very useful information. David has read a lots of books and studied them well. He has compiled relevant information from various books into one book. He refers to various books on different topics from time to time. If you want to study particular topic in detail, you can always buy the books he has refered. I hope this help ! Have a wonderful day ! - Hemant. Photos – Showcase holiday pictures in hardcover Photo Books. You design it and we’ll bind it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 With all due respect, I wouldn't put too much credence on Harvey Diamond's views on nutrition, his million-selling book notwithstanding. At least, one should read such critiques as: http://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/fitforlife.html before deciding to follow the guy's advice. I'm not 100% raw, Jennifer, partly because of the difficulty (IMO) of getting enough of the critical nutrients you inquire about, so I'm not the best one to answer your question. I'm not saying it can't be done -- I'm rather sure it can -- I just found it overly inconvenient. So, now I " supplement " my otherwise raw diet with cooked beans (including cooked-soy products such as tofu, tempeh, and soymilk), and it's a happy medium that works well for me. There is a raw tofu recipe in the book The Raw Truth, but it was just too complicated and time-consuming for me. Best of luck! audie rawfood , " Carolyn " <omgimaduck1@c...> wrote: > > Two books I highly recommend are Harvey & Marilyn Diamond's " Fit for Life, " > publish way back, 1970's sometime I think, and Alissa Cohen's " Living on > Live Food. " Fit for Life is not about raw foods, specifically, but it > explains food combining *very* well (at least, I got it!). Living on Live > Food also does a very good job explaining food combining, and gives a > structured beginner's schedule kind of thing (which, sadly, I did not do > when I bought the book; might have helped). Both of these books delve a bit > into nutrition, but I don't recall that they give a breakdown for each food > they talk about. I found a book at a local supermarket called " Dr Richter's > Fresh Produce Guide " which gives a breakdown of nutrition basics (calories, > fat, protein, etc) for every food it talks about, but it doesn't really talk > about vitamins and minerals for those foods. Also, it is definitely not a > raw food book, but it is most assuredly not a cookbook, either. > > I hope that helps some! > Carolyn > > > I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased > to read the description in the catalog: " No good in a bed, but fine against > a wall. " - Eleanor Roosevelt > > What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce. - Mark Twain > > " If it is to be, it is up to me. " > > _____ > > Jennifer Corris > > > Hi, > > I've just joined the group in the past week, after thinking about raw and > reading about it online for quite a while. I've been trying to find > information online about how to structure a raw diet so that you get all > your nutrients, but I can't find anything. [snip] > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 I've read that article before. I don't put much credence in *it.* Regardless of Harvey Diamond's background, what he says makes sense and it is supported by similar statements from others. There must be some basis for it, and so far it hasn't harmed me. :::shrugs::: Must not be too bad. Carolyn I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalog: " No good in a bed, but fine against a wall. " - Eleanor Roosevelt What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce. - Mark Twain " If it is to be, it is up to me. " _____ audsquad With all due respect, I wouldn't put too much credence on Harvey Diamond's views on nutrition, his million-selling book notwithstanding. At least, one should read such critiques as: http://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/fitforlife.html before deciding to follow the guy's advice. [snip] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Harvey Diamond is definitely NOT a quack! I've interviewed him and he's a very bright guy, full of integrity and very spiritual. To see my interviews, go to _www.nasarasota.com_ (http://www.nasarasota.com) and click on " articles " on the left side of the page. My interveiws witrh Harvey are listed there. Judy Pokras vegwriter editor/founder/designer Raw Foods News Magazine _www.rawfoodsnewsmagazine.com_ (http://www.rawfoodsnewsmagazine.com/) Celebrating the raw foods lifestyle and bringing raw foodists together since March 2001, with breaking news, authoritative info, and fun features. Post your comments and sign up for our free newsletter. Recommended by best-selling author Harvey Diamond, Writer's Digest, EnergyTimes, The Vegan Guide to NYC, the Japanese magazine Engine, breathing.com, and the national radio program Carolyn Craft's Inner Wisdom. Selected by SRQ magazine as a 2005 Hot List Item. In a message dated 1/13/2006 10:15:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, omgimaduck1 writes: I've read that article before. I don't put much credence in *it.* Regardless of Harvey Diamond's background, what he says makes sense and it is supported by similar statements from others. There must be some basis for it, and so far it hasn't harmed me. :::shrugs::: Must not be too bad. Carolyn I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalog: " No good in a bed, but fine against a wall. " - Eleanor Roosevelt What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce. - Mark Twain " If it is to be, it is up to me. " _____ audsquad With all due respect, I wouldn't put too much credence on Harvey Diamond's views on nutrition, his million-selling book notwithstanding. At least, one should read such critiques as: http://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/fitforlife.html before deciding to follow the guy's advice. [snip] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Groups Links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 rawfood , vegwriter@a... wrote: > > > Harvey Diamond is definitely NOT a quack! I've interviewed him and he's a > very bright guy, full of integrity and very spiritual. Some people are more skeptical than others (I tend toward that extreme). Some of us like to see more than just charisma and anecdotal evidence when making decisions regarding our well-being, and I have not found anything more than that in Diamond's work. And unlike another reader who has commented on this, his ideas didn't make any sense to me, and when I found an utter lack of credible evidence to support them, I decided I'd move on. But if it works for you, that's great. audie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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