question about 100% raw

[breathless]

If I go 100% raw, but I'm not sure if my nuts are truly raw, will I still see the benefits of the raw food diet? I really don't want to pay to have raw nuts shipped to my home, so I am wondering if I buy nuts from the produce department at Kroger's, are they really that bad? I know they are nonroasted and nonsalted, but I'm not sure if they are raw.

[MysticTree]

yes you will see the benefits.

Most nuts - especially almonds it seems - are not raw in the US. Unless you can buy them direct from the place where they grow or you can get them from the store still with their shells on.

If you have to have non-raw nuts just have a few and hit avocados for your fat intake . . . and durian and coconuts etc maybe.

[robh]

I eat nuts from the "normal" grocery store and I still enjoy the raw benefits. I try to avoid anything that's roasted or salted. At work, they have salted almonds on the healthy snack table in the lunch room. Sometimes when I really want some, I will soak them a little and rinse the salt off in the sink.

Check the baking isle. You'll find some nuts there. Also, costco sometimes has huge bags of almonds.

I don't know if I'll get yelled at, but I don't think refraining from buying expensive, raw nuts is that huge of a deal (my humble opinion).

[MysticTree]

I eat nuts from the "normal" grocery store and I still enjoy the raw benefits. I try to avoid anything that's roasted or salted. At work, they have salted almonds on the healthy snack table in the lunch room. Sometimes when I really want some, I will soak them a little and rinse the salt off in the sink.

They are cooked though ... overtly cooked. Just take some non-cooked ones to work with you or have a small tub in your desk drawer or something.


Costco sometimes has huge bags of raw almonds.



Almonds are not raw in the US. By law they must be pasteurised. Cashews are very tricky to source raw and even the ones that claim to be don't always convince me.

[robh]

Thanks, MysticTree. I thought they were raw.

[breathless]

I guess I won't worry so much about finding "truly" raw nuts now. As long as they are not roasted and not salted, I will eat them. I will try and buy raw nuts when I can afford to pay for them with the shipping, which is not happening at the moment.

[DebB]

I think "trully raw nuts" is just a big fat gray area. I'll get them if they say raw -- but to be honest, I do not stress about 'raw' nuts. I do the best I can with what's available here. I order mine through Azure Standard as we're on their route, so no shipping charges :)

Even their almonds are 'raw', but they tell you they've been flash steam pasteurized and that they'll still sprout. I can attest that they are still alive after that particular process because we had an almond tree growing in our compost pile last year from them!

[walnutty]

I can attest that they are still alive after that particular process because we had an almond tree growing in our compost pile last year from them!

WOW! That's amazing and great info to know!

[MysticTree]

I think "trully raw nuts" is just a big fat gray area.

So do I. And I love that one of your flash-steam-pasteurised almonds grew. They are more resilient than we give them credit for.

[The Sproutarian (Mr Raw)]

I think "trully raw nuts" is just a big fat gray area.

Yep, the fattest.

[qwerty988]

I guess I won't worry so much about finding "truly" raw nuts now. As long as they are not roasted and not salted, I will eat them. I will try and buy raw nuts when I can afford to pay for them with the shipping, which is not happening at the moment.

When you're first going raw, the fewer things you worry about, the better.