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Article Series: Raw Food Diet
What
Are The Benefits Of The Raw Food Diet?
Where
Do I Get My Raw Food Protein?
Raw food protein is something that anybody
following a raw diet will be asked about very often. If you
want to get involved in the growing raw movement, you better
get used to answering the question, 'But where do you get
your protein?' You are going to hear it from virtually all of your
family and friends, plus a large selection of strangers!
The general population believes that protein is almost only
found in animal products. In fact a lot of people have trouble
believing that a vegetarian who eats milk and cheese is not
getting enough protein. If you cut out these as well and become
vegan, especially raw vegan where you will not eat processed
meat substitutes, a lot of the people you meet will be anxiously
examining you for signs of protein deficiency. They probably
would not be surprised if you dropped down dead in front of
them just from not eating meat.
Of course this is ridiculous. There are many raw food protein
sources, even for raw vegans who do not eat raw meat or unpasteurized
dairy products. What is more, most people in western societies
consume far more protein than they need.
According to the World Health Organization, human beings require
around 5% of the calories that they eat to come from protein.
The USDA has a higher recommendation of 6.5%. This means that
a person eating 2000 calories per day needs
The WHO (World Health Organization) says humans need about
5% of their daily calories to come from protein to be healthy.
The USDA puts this figure at 6.5%. Now let's look at the foods
that people on a raw food diet eat.
Vegetables
Vegetables contain the highest proportion of protein for energy,
with around 10% of their calories coming from protein. This
is way more than we need even on the American calculation.
Of course, it would be very difficult to get enough calories
by eating only vegetables, but it will surprise most people
to hear how much protein there is in a food like broccoli or
cabbage.
Nuts and Seeds
Nuts and seeds are higher in protein weight for weight but
of course they also contain a lot of fat which adds to their
calorie content. Generally you will get between 5% and 10%
of calories from protein when you eat nuts and seeds.
Fruit
Fruits carry the lowest protein to energy ratio with around
2% to 4% of their calories coming from protein. This means
that if your diet consisted entirely of fruit, you probably
would not be getting enough protein. You would also be missing
out on several minerals and vitamins.
As you see, it is not likely that anybody following a raw
food diet will suffer from lack of protein unless they are
trying to live entirely on fruit. Simply vary your diet, including
a good variety of all raw foods, and you will automatically
cover your protein requirements from plenty of different raw
food protein sources.
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