Raw Food Diets

[Cornfed]

A raw food diet is probably the healthiest diet possible. When you think about it, cooking food is a peculiar modern fetish which destroys the nutritional and informational content of food and likely causes all manner of other problems.

I've been on raw food diets a number of times. The most successful consisted of fruit in the morning and then three animal protein based meals throughout the day. The protein would generally be eggs or meat (pork seemed to be the best value for money) to which I would often add nuts and honey. The diets seemed to result in rapid fat loss and an increase in energy and aerobic endurance while leaving muscle intact. On the down side I often felt kind of out of sorts (perhaps because of toxins leaving the body) and I was often hungry due to the absence of that “fullâ€

[jono]

raw eggs are not as easily digested as cooked eggs. but i have no experience with eating raw foods.

[Pseudonym]

Well, I'm not familiar with raw food diets either. But here are my thoughts on what you've just said...

Carbs - the only carbs you've mentioned are pretty high GI... fruit and honey. These would give you the initial burst of energy since they can be digested pretty quickly, but would leave you feeling hungry later. If this was the only source of carbs you were having, it could also be that the overall diet was quite a "low-carb" diet - hence the fat loss.

Protein - I'd always been told to cook my pork thoroughly to avoid getting trichosomethingorother. And the same goes for other meats too - I'd be a little cautious about food poisoning.

But I agree with you in principle that naturally prepared food is better. You could always find a compromise, and just sear your steak on the outside, but leave it rare on the inside...

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[Cornfed]

Carbs - the only carbs you've mentioned are pretty high GI... fruit and honey. These would give you the initial burst of energy since they can be digested pretty quickly, but would leave you feeling hungry later.

Yes, I suppose it would be an idea to add things like carrots, celery and other raw vegetables to one's muscle meats. In prehistoric times people probably would have eaten whole herbivorous animals and so consumed the carbs contained in their stomachs and elsewhere.

Protein - I'd always been told to cook my pork thoroughly to avoid getting trichosomethingorother. And the same goes for other meats too - I'd be a little cautious about food poisoning.

The notion that meat must be cooked is largely a myth. I've eaten scores of raw meat meals with no problems and many on the net say the same. Provided you eat the meat on a completely empty stomach without any cooked foods or otherwise denatured proteins you should be ok. One of the reasons I ate honey with meat was because of its anti-microbial properties.

But I agree with you in principle that naturally prepared food is better. You could always find a compromise, and just sear your steak on the outside, but leave it rare on the inside...

I read that in order to get the maximum health benefits from your diet you must completely eliminate denatured protein. (Which reminds me of another question I meant to ask - is it possible to buy raw dairy products in the shops?)

[Big_J]

Old topic haha

What are your thoughts on uncooked oats? For eg just drinking them mixed in water and protein powder?

Tastes like shit but certainly saves alot of time.. is it just as good for me? possibly better?

Thanks

[Dr.Jackal]

I always have my oats raw, cooked oats make me feel slugish and bloated, raw oats will be lower GI I would imagin also

[Pete]

Raw chicken is delicious!

[Big_J]

I always have my oats raw, cooked oats make me feel slugish and bloated, raw oats will be lower GI I would imagin also

As long as thats your arm in the avatar then im all ears

Sweet, yea i hate cooking them.. takes way to long to eat!

[Progress]

I just blend 1.5 cups raw oats, a banana, a few frozen berries for taste, water, and creatine :nod: Usually a couple of those carb shakes a day (which I have alongside can of tuna or whatever naturally). Takes 2 mins to blend and drink.

[nate225]

The denatured protein argument must be somewhat negligible given we all produced HCl in our stomachs? Heat is only one way of denaturing proteins, changes in PH also do this (aka cheese making process).

Raw chicken, egg or porcine meat sound like a recipe for some serious food poisoning or Trichinosis! In that respect I'm not sold on the idea yet, although blue steak is fantastic if you've got the right cut (at over $30 kilo at present!). I think there has been some change in regulations in last couple of years so that unpasteurised milk products are able to be sold, however not very common.

Raw oats are a staple food aren't they? 1 cup + 300ml of water - then blend and scull and try and avoid chundering as the gritty bits go down!! I don't think adding fruit etc can make that sh*t taste any better!

Nate

[Progress]

Oh I find them WAY easier to happily scull down as long as theres some blended berries in there - its almost tasty. (Emphasis on "almost").

Otherwise its just raw cold oaty porridge, mmmm - I'd still scull it, but I'm far less happy about the situation :pfft:

[runveerun]

I eat my oats raw, I stick a scoop of protein powder in them then add a teeny bit of hot water just enough to mix it all up and eat them like this with some craisins or blueberries or peaches on top. I hate mushed up cooked oats.

[teamfatboy]

:ditto: - I cant stand the smell of porridge, so I just mix up a shake in cool water, pour it over the oats, let 'em soak for a few minutes and yum!

Oh, and I learned the hard way not to use hot water to mix up a shake. Not the smartest thing I ever did - at least the kitchen was spotless when I'd done cleaning it up!

[big MAC]

med-cal Wookie shake

400ml milk- or part milk/water

50-80g protein

1-1.5 Banana's

handful-3/4 cup raw oats

1-2 eggs

Blend on high, heaps.

[Big_J]

med-cal Wookie shake

400ml milk- or part milk/water

50-80g protein

1-1.5 Banana's

handful-3/4 cup raw oats

1-2 eggs

Blend on high, heaps.

Like drinking cake mixture huh :pfft: :pfft:

Gotta Love It!!

[Gym rat]

med-cal Wookie shake

400ml milk- or part milk/water

50-80g protein

1-1.5 Banana's

handful-3/4 cup raw oats

1-2 eggs

Blend on high, heaps.

To me that sounds like something from fear factor or drinking cake mixture

[orange]

You could eat that with a spoon.

[Gym rat]

I will pass :pfft: :pfft:

[nate225]

I will pass :pfft: :pfft:

Thats why Wookies 143kg and strong as an Ox in his very early twenties..... maybe you should try a few of these a day!

[tikalosh]

I always have my oats raw, cooked oats make me feel slugish and bloated, raw oats will be lower GI I would imagin also

As long as thats your arm in the avatar then im all ears

Sweet, yea i hate cooking them.. takes way to long to eat!

It's his arm if he's Frank McGrath, knew it looked familiar

3rd pic

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