Why do most raw food vegans look so unhealthy?

Question

I've heard of how healthy the raw diet can be.

I've even believed it for a while and understand that the reasoning behind why it would be so healthy makes perfect sense.

But whenever I see pictures of them, I think they look rather flushed out, blotchy, pale...I was looking at pictures on the myspace for some raw foods festival in Arizona, and I have to say...if that's what eating raw makes you look like, I'm not sure I want to ever adopt that lifestyle.

Answer 1

Actually Woody Harrelson looks pretty darn good!

Alicia Silverstone looks like she battles with acne (not always attributed to diet, mind you). Demi Moore looked good when she was on the diet.

Some vegans may not be eating enough fats/oils (but most get enough through avocados, nuts, and seeds). That can bring on dry skin.

You sound threatened by the lifestyle. No one is MAKING you eat raw foods, so why dis an entire lifestyle based on a few people?

Answer 2

LOL ~ I'm not sure anyone looks all that great on My Space..the cameras have very poor resolution.

Local most of the RAW Foodies look health, fit, even tan. My personall trainer looks like a model. My 1st. RAW book was by Carol Alt & she looks wonderful.

or this lovely lady

http://www.beautifulonraw.com/

The only thing I noticed was so many of the Raw Foodies look shabby, ill groomed, like being up to date in clothes, hair cuts even makeup was passe.  Like you have to be hippie style to be in. But I see that in Vegans & some Veggies too.

Not good PR for the movement ~ huh?

Last winter we had a famous speaker in to our Raw Group, he was dressed nice but had a shabby beard & slicked back long hair... I recently saw him beardless with causal clothes & he looked wonderful.

Well I personally nor my family members look like that. We are in style, moderatly tan & fairly to very FIT.

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Answer 3

I think raw foodism is actually quite healthy, although I'm not one because I like a lot of cooked foods and it doesn't offer any ethical benefit.

Answer 4

Because they NEED meat.

Answer 5

Um, and how many raw vegans have you met face-to-face that have brought you to make that assumption?

My guess is none.

Answer 6

under the Arizona sun, anybody not used to it will be blotchy, flushed or pale.... especially pale skinned northern european bloodlines..not a racist thing.. just fact..

But I understand what you mean... Some people think being overweight is the only sign of bad eating habits.. the opposite is just as unhealthy..

Answer 7

they're depriving their bodies of much needed nutrients

but I'm all for it: soon they'll die off.  Not being healthy enough to reproduce they'll not have replacements.

The FDA has some interesting studies on Vegas who get pregnant (who would have them but other vegans?).  The woman's body does NOT allow for proper cerebral development of the child and requires NON-vegan supplements

Answer 8

Hmm wow first you can not say most, maybe most you have seen, but not most in total, that is ludicrous. And second can I see these pictures? Because all the raw vegans I have seen have that fresh natural glow and look. If you are going to base everything on what you saw on MySpace without doing research on the diet and lifestyle and research on what other raw vegan foodist look like, then you are not going to get anywhere.

Answer 9

I'm sure if you looked at a group of omnivores you'll notice the same things.

Answer 10

Have you met all raw vegans? Just like any other group, I'm sure there are healthy and not so healthy ones. Questions like this encourage trolls to post things like ''They need meat!'' and similar garbage.

@ the poster who said ''we NEED meat''-no we don't need meat to be healthy. Just because you cannot imagine life without it doesn't mean it is essential. Do some research.

Answer 11

I even see majority of meat eaters in bad shape. Just take a random sample at your nearby hospitals. But I'm pretty sure that is not the way to be judgmental.

By the way I'm just a vegan, hence not deserved to pass any comments over them. Indeed i see they live much healthier than any average persons.

They should have many other valid reasons for being Raw Vegans (other than the eating habit that you're speaking about).

Answer 12

Many people choose a diet based on the so called 'poor animals', some other lame reason. If you want good health (as you have found) you must do your research. You need a balanced diet with whole foods, no sugar, processed foods etc.

Answer 13

lack of nutrients like iron, which is found in meat