Raw Food Dietary Guidelines Creation

[RawDad]

and say what they will i'll never agree a cooked plant diet superior to a raw plant diet , NEVER .
weve just not mastered the raw plant diet yet , alot more work has to be done on the raw vegan food pyramid !!!!!!

I have to agree with this, Michigan Roman. Everyone has their own needs in terms of diet. But what is a good general guideline for someone just making the switch to raw vegan? I decided to make a chart to demonstrate my naive understanding of what might make a reasonable representation of dietary recommendations.

http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/n502/RawDad/dailyfoodpie.jpg

This is not flawless! I in fact believe that a fluctuation in these percentages is very reasonable to a large extent in any category but brown (nuts seeds sprouts) yellow (oil) and white (salt).

From my personal experience I've felt pretty remarkable when I am eating lots of kale smoothies and salads. Also, do people consider mushrooms vegetables? To generalize is ineffective. Our bodies know what we need, once we have experienced a plethora of raw mono meals. But as a guideline for a body that doesn't know, is this decent, and how would you folks adjust it?

[Meat_Juice]

Its very close to the actual dietary needs



The thing is, theoretically are calories should come more from fruit. But sometimes we should have heaps of leafy greens in order to heal ourselves.



If you look at the human digestive tract, it's not like a herbivores because we don't have four stomachs like say a cow does.

We are closer to that of a frugivore or omnivore.


While the most alkaline food is actually green leaf vegetables, I don't think it shouldn't be a staple. Nevertheless, we should include lots of it into our diet.


The nuts and seeds portion is actually right.


So in conclusion, the fruits portion should be larger, the vegetables portion smaller. The leafy greens portion and the nuts and seeds portion should stay the same

[michigan roman]

at this link is a raw vegan food pyramid that just came out this past year that alot of people like :

edit : link didnt work i'll find another

[michigan roman]

http://onesproutatatime.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/rawfoodpyramid.png

[RawDad]

That pyramid (http://onesproutatatime.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/rawfoodpyramid.png) is a beauty unlike any other diagram I've seen before.. I think it is a very good guideline. I like how it lumps fruits and non-leafy vegetables in one. Also as opposed to the one I made it separates the sprouts from the nuts and seeds. One of the great things about this diagram is being able to recognize a great variety of whole plant foods right away. And looking at it, I wish it was a slice of pizza.