{"id":2422,"date":"2020-06-10T11:16:32","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T11:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.veganfriendly.org.uk\/?post_type=food&p=2422"},"modified":"2020-06-26T17:05:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T17:05:32","slug":"list-of-raw-vegan-foods","status":"publish","type":"food","link":"https:\/\/www.veganfriendly.org.uk\/food-drink\/list-of-raw-vegan-foods\/","title":{"rendered":"List of Raw Vegan Foods"},"content":{"rendered":"
As we never tire of saying, the \u201cvegan diet\u201d does not really exist as a single entity and there are lots and lots of different ways to be a vegan. Within the broad church of veganism you can find those who eat in an infinite combinations of non-animal foods; from those who eat a high protein vegan diet<\/a> to those who prefer to eat mainly carbs, and from those who eat incredibly healthy vegan food to those who exist almost entirely on vegan ready meals and processed plant-based food.<\/p>\n Almost at the opposite end of the scale to vegan junk food fiends are raw vegans. We explain a lot more about a raw vegan diet<\/a> elsewhere on the site but, in short, it entails eating unprocessed vegan foods in their natural state. As the name suggests, it is a combination diet that adheres to the principles of veganism and rawism<\/em>.<\/p>\n We hope you understand what veganism is (check out our A to Z vegan glossary<\/a> if there is ever a term you are unsure of). As said, we look more specifically at what being a raw vegan entails is in our dedicated article, but the focus here is on simply listing what sorts of foods a raw vegan can eat.<\/p>\n People on a raw diet eat only raw food and do so for health reasons<\/a> as opposed to any ethical concerns<\/a> (they don\u2019t think the vegetables will suffer by being cooked!). They do, however, believe that raw foods offer the maximum goodness and, moreover, that cooking food creates toxins and chemical by-products that are detrimental to health. As with veganism, much is down to personal opinion and choice and people follow a raw diet, vegan or otherwise, to differing degrees.<\/p>\n There is no official body to monitor and regulate raw eating and thus there are no fixed rules, so people will follow a raw diet in their own way. Some will eat entirely raw, unprocessed foods all the time \u2013 the level five vegans<\/a> of the raw world. Others, however, will allow greater degrees of processing, for example, juicing or dehydrating, whilst some will allow for limited heating and low-temperature cooking.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n When it comes to the foods to make our list, we have erred towards the more inclusive range of the raw vegan diet. Some raw vegans will choose not to eat some of the foods below and some may even be rather aghast we have included them but, once again, we say the choice is yours.<\/p>\nThe Raw Diet in a Nutshell<\/h2>\n
100% Raw Vegan Foods<\/h2>\n