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April 13, 2006

The Raw Food Groups

Greens_2There are a surprising number of different food groups open to us when we go raw. When I first began exploring raw foods aged 20, I was shocked at how many foods and groups of foods I had not touched before I came across the concept of raw food.

Below is a list of all these groups. I advise people to make sure that they are eating a wide range of foods from this list, not least because variety = optimum nutrition, and don't forget quality too, of course.

  1. Fresh fruits
  2. Vegetables
  3. Salad vegetables
  4. Leafy green vegetables
  5. Herbs
  6. Wild greens
  7. Nuts
  8. Dried fruits
  9. Beans, pulses and legumes (sprouted)
  10. Grains (sprouted)
  11. Seeds
  12. Sprouting seeds
  13. Indoor greens
  14. Vegetable seeds (brocolli, mustard, cress etc.)
  15. Edible flowers
  16. Mushrooms
  17. Sea vegetables
  18. Algaes
  19. Oils
  20. Stimulants (onion, garlic, cayenne pepper etc.)
  21. Spices
  22. Flavourings and sweeteners (cacao, agave nectar, mesquite meal etc.)
  23. Superfoods
  24. Other handy additions (nut butters, seed butters, flax crackers etc.)

And then there’s the all-important vital ingredient – water! But more about that in another post.

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What so you do in the freezing depths of winter when you feel like something warm? I'm just starting out with raw food so don't really know a thing, but it's winter here in NZ and I'm just wondering does going raw mean you never eat or drink anything warm again?

my 14 months old boy is eating 100% raw and no matter what he does, he just don't have any cold or runny nose.

How much do you eat? Is there a portion size? I struggle with diets and weight loss.

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  • Karen Knowler is The Raw Food Coach, author, presenter, teacher, trainer, former MD of The Fresh Network (The UK's raw and living foods organisation) and appears regularly in the press in her capacity as raw food expert and energy coach. Karen works with people at all stages of the raw food journey and from all walks of life, from complete newbie to celebrity and long-termer. Recently dubbed "The World's Premier Raw Food Coach" and hailed as "The Trinny and Susannah of the Kitchen" by Tatler magazine, Karen has been involved in the field of raw food since 1993 and is based near Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.

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