Challenges Of Eating A Raw Food Diet And Tips To Deal With Them

Lack of protein may result from eating a plant-based and fully raw foods diet, although this can be dealt with by eating enough beans, legumes, nuts and seeds, which are high in protein.

Listen to your body. I’ve read that the condition of one’s hair is a good indication of protein levels – if it starts falling out excessively, it may be time to crank up protein intake.

In addition, because raw food diets are generally lower in caloric content, you will need to learn to eat a good volume of raw foods to meet your energy needs.

If your body is of colder constitution or if you live in a cooler climate, you may also find that you feel cold more easily.

If you find that you are craving sweet foods, then it’s time for you to eat more fruits or drink some fresh fruit juice!

As far as quantity of raw foods is concerned, I feel that there is no particular need to limit or restrict oneself while on a raw foods diet. I think it is okay to eat as much raw foods as one sees fit to, as it is quite impossible to overeat and to become overweight on a raw diet, simply because raw foods have very high nutrient, fiber and water content.

Overall, it is unclear, based on available evidence, if eating mainly or fully raw can meet the nutritional needs of people in various stages of life. More care and attention is thus necessary to plan and monitor such diets, especially for special groups of people such as children and pregnant women.

Going raw on your travels

Going raw while traveling is probably even more challenging than going organic or vegetarian. You’re going to have to seek out health food stores and restaurants which serve raw recipes.

Certain foods, such as apples, bananas, raw nuts and perhaps even dried fruit, would be useful companions in such situations.

Eating cooked food

If going fully raw stresses you, then don’t sweat about it. It is important to be flexible and not to be too hard on yourself. If you are stressing yourself out over your ability to keep to your raw foods diet, then I think you may want to re-look the situation.

I feel it is actually okay to eat cooked foods, just try to consume as much raw and fresh plant foods as possible. 90%, 70% or even 50% raw is better than no raw at all.

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