What is a raw foodist?

Question

What is a raw foodist?

Answer 1

A raw foodist is someone who eats all their food in its raw uncooked state. Some are vegan, some are vegetarian, some  

eat meat, and some eat mostly animal products to the exclusion of almost everything else. For more information on a raw vegan diet, look up Dr Doug Graham. For more information on a raw animal products diet, look up Aajonus Vonderplanitz. Many others fall somewhere in between.

Answer 2

The term "raw foodist" can be used to describe someone who eats a lot of gourmet raw food ~ as in all the gourmet raw restaurants that have sprung up over the USA.

The term “foodist” normally relates to someone who enjoys gourmet style food (whether cooked or raw), so I am not really sure the exact connotation of your question

Raw foodist can also mean a vegan who eats 75% - 100% of their food raw (i.e.) they eat a vegan based diet of fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds in their raw state. People will also drink green smoothies and do a lot of vegetable juicing.

Things like bread and pasta are not eaten because they have been cooked.

Some dehydration (in a dehydrator, not oven) is permitted but the temperature remains low to simply dehydrate the food, not actually cook it.

Some raw foodies eat gourmet type dehydrated meals all or some of the time.

In my opinion these gourmet style meals should be saved for special occasions. I stick to fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds in their natural state. I never use a dehydrator as these gourmet meals are often too rich and heavy in taste for me.

Here are some useful links that will explain the concept in greater details, plus some recipes:

http://www.living-foods.com/index.shtml

http://www.rawfamily.com

http://www.thegardendiet.com

http://www.alissacohen.com/raw.html

http://www.ibeatobesity.com

Most people eat raw vegan for health reasons, it gives you amazing health, vitality and energy.

It can also reverse or dramatically improve certain diseases without the use of surgery or drugs.

Many people eat raw vegan for weight loss or to combat allergies.

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Answer 3

Someone that does not eat cooked food.  Usually a vegan or vegetarian.

Answer 4

does not cook foods by any means :stove, oven, grill.

eats fresh foods (vegetables, fruits, nuts..)

my friends mom is a raw foodist.

they always have yummy things like watermelon juice, fruit salads, vegetables.

really good!

plus the food is almost all organic or they grow it themselves.