List of Foods For Raw Food Diet

Many people ask for a list of foods for Raw Food Diet, a friend of mine was asking me what she could eat on a raw food diet, and she had concluded that cold boiled eggs and cold packet ham were permitted! So for clarity here is a list of foods for the raw food diet.

Fruits

All fruits can be eaten in there unprocessed, uncooked, raw state!

Some of the more common fruits are:

Apple, Apricot, Avocado, Breadfruit, Banana, Blackberry, Blackcurrant, Blueberry,Cherimoya, Cherry, Clementine, Coconut, Cranberry Durian, Fig,Grapefruit Grape,Guava, Jackfruit, Kiwi, Lemon, Lime, Loganberry, Mandarin, Mango, Mangosteen, Melon, Nectarine,m Orange, papaya, Peach, Pear, Persimmon, Pinapple, Plum, Pomegranate, Quince, Satsuma, Sharon Fruit, Strawberry, Tamarillo, Tomato, Ugli Fruit and Watermelon.

Vegetables

Edible vegetables that can be eaten raw include, but are not limited to:

Artichoke, Asparagus, Aubergene, Beet, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Carrot, Cauliflower, Celeriac, Celery, Chard, Chicory, Collards, Corn, Cress, Cucumbers, Gourds, Jerusalem Artichoke, Kales, Kohlrabi Leek, Lettuce, Melons, Mushrooms, Okra, Onions, Parsnips, Peas,Peppers,Potatoes, Pumpkins, Radicchio, Radish, Rhubarb, Rutabaga, Shallots,Spinach, Squash, Swede, Sweetcorn, Turnips and Watercress.

Some vegetables are more palatable raw than others- experiment until you find a selection you really like. Trying to eat raw foods when you do not really like the flavor or texture will not help you in your endeavours to stick to a raw food diet.

Other foods to eat on the raw food diet include:

• Nuts
• Seeds
• Beans and Legumes
• Grains
• Sundried Fruits
• Seaweeds
• Freshly juiced fruit and vegetables
• Young coconut milk

When selecting nuts, one should be careful, as many nuts are described as raw but have actually gone through a heating process to remove the shells, and therefore are not suitable for a raw food diet.

It is advisable to sprout beans and legumes, and seeds can be made more digestable by soaking them overnight.

Superfoods

There has been a lot of discussion on 'superfoods' in raw food communities of late- "superfoods" are extremely high in nutrients and phytochemicals, which are special chemicals that have been noted to have disease-fighting properties. Basically superfoods are the opposite of junk foods!

Many superfoods grow in tropical climates and have been discovered because tribes and populations that live in these specific areas have very long life spans and far fewer diseases then here in the West.

Superfoods include:

Acai, Wheatgrass Juice, Blueberries, Cranberries,Goji berries, Mangosteen, Maca, Hemp Seeds, Raw Cacao, Spirulina.

Foods For Raw Food Diet Videos

Below is a video by Chris from the Raw Food Family explaining which foods should optimally be eaten on a raw food diet.

Here Chris details some foods to avoid in your local supermarket, which appear to be raw, but actually are not.

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