Raw Foods You Could Eat While On A Raw Diet

Thinking of going on a raw diet, either fully or partially, permanently or for a short period? Here is a list of raw foods you could eat while going raw.

This list was first compiled and published on another website in 2008.

List of Raw Foods – some ideas

While I do not focus on specific raw diet plans in this article, this list of raw foods which I have compiled will give you some ideas on what raw foods can be added to your diet.

This raw food information will thus be able to help you in formulating a raw food diet plan or a raw food diet menu.

Generally, according to raw foodists, foods which are not heated above 116 degrees Fahrenheit are considered ‘raw’.

FRUITS
As fresh and as recently picked as possible
Don’t eat seedless fruits – they have been genetically modified and are not natural

• Apple
• Apricots
• Avocadoes
• Bananas
• Berries – like acai berries, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries
• Cherries
• Coconuts
• Cranberries
• Dates – look out for sun-dried ones
• Durians
• Grapefruits
• Grapes
• Honeydew
• Kiwi fruits
• Lemons
• Limes
• Mangoes
• Mangosteens
• Noni fruits
• Oranges
• Papayas
• Pears
• Persimmons
• Tangerines
• Watermelons
• other melons

VEGETABLES
As fresh and as recently picked as possible

• Basil
• Beets
• Broccoli
• Carrots
• Capsicums
• Cauliflower
• Cayenne pepper
• Celery
• Chard
• Collards
• Corn
• Cucumbers
• Garlic
• Ginger
• Kale
• Kelp
• Lettuces
• Olives
• Onions
• Parsley
• Peppers
• Pumpkins
• Spinach
• Tomatoes
• Zucchini
• other green leafy vegetables, for example organic baby greens

BEANS & LEGUMES

• Lentils
• Mung beans
• String beans

NUTS
Make sure they are really raw, and not pasteurized, roasted or cooked in any other way
Restrict your consumption of nuts; don’t eat too much

• Almonds
• Cashew nuts
• Macadamia nuts
• Pecans
• Pine nuts
• Walnuts

SEEDS

• Flax seeds
• Hempseeds
• Pumpkin seeds
• Sesame seeds
• Sunflower seeds

GRAINS
Can be soaked and eaten

• Buckwheat
• Wheat grain

SPROUTS
You can carry out your own fresh sprouting

• Alfalfa
• Barley grass
• Broccoli
• Buckwheat (unhulled)
• Fenugreek
• Mung beans
• Sunflower seeds
• Wheatgrass

OILS
Healthy, cold-pressed oils you could use

• Flax seed oil
• Hempseed oil
• Olive oil

OTHER RAW FOODS

• Balsamic vinegar
• Wheat germ

SOME WAYS TO PREPARE RAW FOODS

• Juices – fruits and vegetables, freshly prepared
• Salads – can be blended or tossed; fruit salads can also be prepared
• Smoothies
• Vegetable soups (raw)

SUPPLEMENTS
Healthy and nutrition-packed supplements you can add to your raw diet

• Barley grass powder
• Wheat grass powder
• various herbs and herbal dietary supplements
• Superfood mixture, containing barley grass, wheat grass, spirulina, chlorella, and / or some other of nature’s healthy whole foods
• Probiotics

You can also use various vegetables to prepare vegetable broths, drinking it and not consuming the cooked vegetables.

If you are not intending to go fully raw, then some of the above list of raw foods, as well as other vegetables, can also be cooked lightly. This includes asparagus, cabbage, leeks, lentils, potatoes, rice, rhubarb, spinach, turnips, etc.

Preferably, they should be steamed or lightly boiled. Steaming your food is an excellent way of preserving as much of its taste, flavor and nutrient value as possible during the cooking process.

I hope the above list of raw foods gives you an overall idea of the various types of foods which can be eaten raw. Have fun!