Comments for SuperFoods http://superfood.brighterplanet.org Healthy Choice Food Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:01:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Comment on raw vegan…………………………..? by Freeeeezing ! http://superfood.brighterplanet.org/living-raw-foods/raw-vegan/comment-page-1#comment-3112 Freeeeezing ! Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:53:59 +0000 http://superfood.brighterplanet.org/living-raw-foods/raw-vegan#comment-3112 Ohhh this is really interesting. I am also 16 and a vegetarian and have been for 3 years. i hardly know anything about Raw Vegan ....but i just looked up wikipedia... .>>> Raw veganism is a diet which combines vegan ism and raw food ism. It excludes all food of animal origin, and all food cooked above 48 degrees Celsius (118 degrees Fahrenheit). A raw vegan diet includes raw vegetables and fruits, nuts and nut pastes, grain and legume sprouts, seeds, plant oils, sea vegetables, herbs, and fresh juices. There are many different versions of the diet, including fruitarianism and sproutarianism. Sometimes the definition of a raw vegan diet is loosened to include vegan diets with at least 75% raw foods. so i am only assuming the foods above are cooked above 48 degrees which they exclude. I think its a good thing ..and maybe one day i would try it..but for now i will stick to being a vegetarian. GOOD LUCK !<br><b>References : </b><br> Ohhh this is really interesting. I am also 16 and a vegetarian and have been for 3 years.

i hardly know anything about Raw Vegan ….but i just looked up wikipedia…
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Raw veganism is a diet which combines vegan ism and raw food ism. It excludes all food of animal origin, and all food cooked above 48 degrees Celsius (118 degrees Fahrenheit). A raw vegan diet includes raw vegetables and fruits, nuts and nut pastes, grain and legume sprouts, seeds, plant oils, sea vegetables, herbs, and fresh juices. There are many different versions of the diet, including fruitarianism and sproutarianism. Sometimes the definition of a raw vegan diet is loosened to include vegan diets with at least 75% raw foods.

so i am only assuming the foods above are cooked above 48 degrees which they exclude.

I think its a good thing ..and maybe one day i would try it..but for now i will stick to being a vegetarian.

GOOD LUCK !
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]]> Comment on raw vegan…………………………..? by momo http://superfood.brighterplanet.org/living-raw-foods/raw-vegan/comment-page-1#comment-3111 momo Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:45:59 +0000 http://superfood.brighterplanet.org/living-raw-foods/raw-vegan#comment-3111 ive actually been considering going raw for awhile but i most of the foods i eat are part of the category you listed.<br><b>References : </b><br> ive actually been considering going raw for awhile but i most of the foods i eat are part of the category you listed.
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]]> Comment on raw vegan…………………………..? by ☮Jen D☮ http://superfood.brighterplanet.org/living-raw-foods/raw-vegan/comment-page-1#comment-3110 ☮Jen D☮ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:20:59 +0000 http://superfood.brighterplanet.org/living-raw-foods/raw-vegan#comment-3110 That is the diet of one person, not raw vegans. Those are self-imposed restrictions, not restrictions of raw foodism. As a raw vegan, I eat many of the items you list, as do most others. Cold pressed olive oil, agave nectar (a sweetener), Bragg's, Shoyu, garlic, onions, dates, raw nut butters, and dehydrated foods are staples of a raw food diet, and figure prominently in every raw cookbook I own. (and I own sixteen.) In fact, you can't make most recipes without a high speed juicer or a dehydrator. Food combining and fat percentage calculation are not generally considered part of raw foodism. Many online sources of raw food information are just one person's opinion, and some are just plain nonsense. Heck, Wikipedia states that most raw foodists eat raw meat. Good information sites: http://www.rawfoodlife.com/ http://www.living-foods.com/ http://www.rawfamily.com/index.htm The best books are "Raw Food Made Easy" by Jennifer Cornbleet (recipes that don't require special equipment like a high speed juicer, spiral slicer, or a dehydrator) and "The Complete Book of Raw Food" by Lori Baird and Julie Rodwell. (Basic recipes, resources and tons of information.)<br><b>References : </b><br> That is the diet of one person, not raw vegans. Those are self-imposed restrictions, not restrictions of raw foodism.

As a raw vegan, I eat many of the items you list, as do most others.
Cold pressed olive oil, agave nectar (a sweetener), Bragg’s, Shoyu, garlic, onions, dates, raw nut butters, and dehydrated foods are staples of a raw food diet, and figure prominently in every raw cookbook I own. (and I own sixteen.) In fact, you can’t make most recipes without a high speed juicer or a dehydrator.

Food combining and fat percentage calculation are not generally considered part of raw foodism.
Many online sources of raw food information are just one person’s opinion, and some are just plain nonsense. Heck, Wikipedia states that most raw foodists eat raw meat.

Good information sites:
http://www.rawfoodlife.com/
http://www.living-foods.com/
http://www.rawfamily.com/index.htm

The best books are "Raw Food Made Easy" by Jennifer Cornbleet (recipes that don’t require special equipment like a high speed juicer, spiral slicer, or a dehydrator) and "The Complete Book of Raw Food" by Lori Baird and Julie Rodwell. (Basic recipes, resources and tons of information.)
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]]> Comment on raw vegan…………………………..? by vegan_babe_erin http://superfood.brighterplanet.org/living-raw-foods/raw-vegan/comment-page-1#comment-3109 vegan_babe_erin Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:11:59 +0000 http://superfood.brighterplanet.org/living-raw-foods/raw-vegan#comment-3109 Yeah, I don't know if this is just a personal take on a raw vegan diet you have come across or a list of someone who is trying out something they are very particular about but, as far as I am aware, you can dehydrate foods and they will still be raw. And I thought raw vegans ate dried fruit too and well the reason raw vegans (100%) don't eat beans is because beans need to be cooked in order to be edible. When you buy say cannelli beans in a tin, they are cold but, they are not raw. They have already been cooked. You can buy them in their oringinal state in a dry packet which you soak them over night in and then cook. Although i know that some raw foodists eat them after they are soaked and don't cook them so that is raw but personally i don't think it's that nice. Anyway, I think the raw vegan diet is great, I hope to go 100% raw soon, at them moment i'm on and off raw but i always include a lot of raw foods in my diet. i think you should give it a 30 day trial. Here is a link to a documented raw foodists 30 day raw trial diary. I wish you luck, and I think it's super that you are so well informed, as when i was 16 I was still eating take outs. Like most people. I'm 18 now and vegan for nearly 2 years. Good luck!<br><b>References : </b><br>http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2008/01/raw-food-diet-day-1/ Yeah, I don’t know if this is just a personal take on a raw vegan diet you have come across or a list of someone who is trying out something they are very particular about but, as far as I am aware, you can dehydrate foods and they will still be raw. And I thought raw vegans ate dried fruit too and well the reason raw vegans (100%) don’t eat beans is because beans need to be cooked in order to be edible. When you buy say cannelli beans in a tin, they are cold but, they are not raw. They have already been cooked. You can buy them in their oringinal state in a dry packet which you soak them over night in and then cook. Although i know that some raw foodists eat them after they are soaked and don’t cook them so that is raw but personally i don’t think it’s that nice.
Anyway, I think the raw vegan diet is great, I hope to go 100% raw soon, at them moment i’m on and off raw but i always include a lot of raw foods in my diet. i think you should give it a 30 day trial. Here is a link to a documented raw foodists 30 day raw trial diary.
I wish you luck, and I think it’s super that you are so well informed, as when i was 16 I was still eating take outs. Like most people. I’m 18 now and vegan for nearly 2 years.
Good luck!
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http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2008/01/raw-food-diet-day-1/

]]> Comment on raw vegan…………………………..? by elanyre http://superfood.brighterplanet.org/living-raw-foods/raw-vegan/comment-page-1#comment-3108 elanyre Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:58:59 +0000 http://superfood.brighterplanet.org/living-raw-foods/raw-vegan#comment-3108 A lot of those things are probably cooked before they go on the shelves at stores. I believe salt and stuff like that would be heated to be separated. Good luck with your hardcore diet :/ You can't eat anything from a box or can because the foods have salt! And you could get a thyroid problem without the iodine put in salt. Get a giant goiter on your neck. I read a book about vegetarianism written by a doctor fellow, and he supports a vegan diet, but in no way recommends a raw diet. Why do you need it? Teens sometimes use excuses to cover up an eating disorder.<br><b>References : </b><br> A lot of those things are probably cooked before they go on the shelves at stores. I believe salt and stuff like that would be heated to be separated. Good luck with your hardcore diet :/ You can’t eat anything from a box or can because the foods have salt! And you could get a thyroid problem without the iodine put in salt. Get a giant goiter on your neck. I read a book about vegetarianism written by a doctor fellow, and he supports a vegan diet, but in no way recommends a raw diet. Why do you need it? Teens sometimes use excuses to cover up an eating disorder.
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]]> Comment on What raw foods should i feed my Great Dane? by Sasha Puchinsky http://superfood.brighterplanet.org/raw-foods/what-raw-foods-should-i-feed-my-great-dane/comment-page-1#comment-3101 Sasha Puchinsky Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:55:59 +0000 http://superfood.brighterplanet.org/raw-foods/what-raw-foods-should-i-feed-my-great-dane#comment-3101 chicken<br><b>References : </b><br> chicken
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]]> Comment on raw vegan…………………………..? by ketzerei_m http://superfood.brighterplanet.org/living-raw-foods/raw-vegan/comment-page-1#comment-3107 ketzerei_m Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:34:59 +0000 http://superfood.brighterplanet.org/living-raw-foods/raw-vegan#comment-3107 I wouldn't think most of that would be true, but I wouldn't know b/c I AM vegan, but not a raw foodist(though I've been curious about it too...). I mean, I could understand things like no dehydrated vegetables and honey(b/c honey isn't vegan anyway!) or maybe things like SOME processed foods and sauces... wtf, no beans? No oil or salt? Yeah, I wouldn't follow that.<br><b>References : </b><br>Vegan... NO BEANS? Lol. I wouldn’t think most of that would be true, but I wouldn’t know b/c I AM vegan, but not a raw foodist(though I’ve been curious about it too…).

I mean, I could understand things like no dehydrated vegetables and honey(b/c honey isn’t vegan anyway!) or maybe things like SOME processed foods and sauces… wtf, no beans? No oil or salt?
Yeah, I wouldn’t follow that.
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Vegan… NO BEANS? Lol.

]]> Comment on What raw foods should i feed my Great Dane? by CADRMNDANES http://superfood.brighterplanet.org/raw-foods/what-raw-foods-should-i-feed-my-great-dane/comment-page-1#comment-3100 CADRMNDANES Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:25:59 +0000 http://superfood.brighterplanet.org/raw-foods/what-raw-foods-should-i-feed-my-great-dane#comment-3100 Rabbits are good, but you will need more meat sources. You can pick up a 10lb bag of chicken leg quarters at the super walmart for under $6. Don't feed to much of the liver & heart. It's too rich. Once a week is good in cooked mashed sweet potatoes or yams. Try new meats slowly. Every couple of days try something new. Pork is very rich and you may get blow outs. They might be fine with pork necks. Go to Freecycle.com and see if anyone in your area is cleaning out their freezer and want to get rid of their old meat. You can send out a request also. No charge for the meat, they just want you to show up with a cooler to pick it up. Also look for hunters in your area. Dogs LOVE dear scraps (leg & rib bones). http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfe… http://www.rawlearning.com/ http://www.rawlearning.com/rawfaq.html http://www.rawfeddogs.net/FAQs http://www.k9rawdiet.com/how2.htm http://www.njboxers.com/faqs.htm#diarrhe… http://www.auntjeni.com/barf.htm How Much To Feed" CALCULATOR http://www.raw4dogs.com/calculate.htm http://www.barfproducts.com/feedingcalcu…<br><b>References : </b><br>Breed & Show Danes. Rabbits are good, but you will need more meat sources.

You can pick up a 10lb bag of chicken leg quarters at the super walmart for under $6. Don’t feed to much of the liver & heart. It’s too rich. Once a week is good in cooked mashed sweet potatoes or yams. Try new meats slowly. Every couple of days try something new.

Pork is very rich and you may get blow outs. They might be fine with pork necks.

Go to Freecycle.com and see if anyone in your area is cleaning out their freezer and want to get rid of their old meat. You can send out a request also. No charge for the meat, they just want you to show up with a cooler to pick it up.

Also look for hunters in your area. Dogs LOVE dear scraps (leg & rib bones).

http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfe…
http://www.rawlearning.com/
http://www.rawlearning.com/rawfaq.html
http://www.rawfeddogs.net/FAQs
http://www.k9rawdiet.com/how2.htm
http://www.njboxers.com/faqs.htm#diarrhe…
http://www.auntjeni.com/barf.htm

How Much To Feed" CALCULATOR

http://www.raw4dogs.com/calculate.htm

http://www.barfproducts.com/feedingcalcu…
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Breed & Show Danes.

]]> Comment on What raw foods should i feed my Great Dane? by ♥shelter puppies rule♥ http://superfood.brighterplanet.org/raw-foods/what-raw-foods-should-i-feed-my-great-dane/comment-page-1#comment-3099 ♥shelter puppies rule♥ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:12:59 +0000 http://superfood.brighterplanet.org/raw-foods/what-raw-foods-should-i-feed-my-great-dane#comment-3099 Hi I highly recommend joining this group: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfeeding/ Rabbits shouldn't be the sole source of food for your dane because they are a high percent of bone. You'll need to add boneless meats. You should feed 2.5% of your dog's ideal weight to begin with, and you can adjust more or less down the line if you need to. Kudos to you for doing research ahead of time!<br><b>References : </b><br> Hi I highly recommend joining this group:

http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfeeding/

Rabbits shouldn’t be the sole source of food for your dane because they are a high percent of bone. You’ll need to add boneless meats. You should feed 2.5% of your dog’s ideal weight to begin with, and you can adjust more or less down the line if you need to.

Kudos to you for doing research ahead of time!
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]]> Comment on raw vegan…………………………..? by Animals Are Cool http://superfood.brighterplanet.org/living-raw-foods/raw-vegan/comment-page-1#comment-3106 Animals Are Cool Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:48:59 +0000 http://superfood.brighterplanet.org/living-raw-foods/raw-vegan#comment-3106 Actually, raw vegans can eat salt, oil, vinegar, spices, maple syrup, agave nectar, dried fruits, nama shoyu, garlic, onion, hot peppers, dehydrated foods (dehydrated under 118 degrees), green drinks, supplements, grains, beans, and tea as long as the things are raw and heated under 118 degrees. Like grains and beans can be soaked and sprouted. Agave nectar and maple syrup are available raw along with lots of other sweeteners. If you lived according to the list above, then the only thing left to eat would be fruits, vegetables, and nuts/seeds (mainly fruits and veggies if only getting 5% of calories from fat).<br><b>References : </b><br> Actually, raw vegans can eat salt, oil, vinegar, spices, maple syrup, agave nectar, dried fruits, nama shoyu, garlic, onion, hot peppers, dehydrated foods (dehydrated under 118 degrees), green drinks, supplements, grains, beans, and tea as long as the things are raw and heated under 118 degrees. Like grains and beans can be soaked and sprouted. Agave nectar and maple syrup are available raw along with lots of other sweeteners. If you lived according to the list above, then the only thing left to eat would be fruits, vegetables, and nuts/seeds (mainly fruits and veggies if only getting 5% of calories from fat).
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