How to start the Raw Food Diet?

I want to start this diet. I've done so much research and learned so many awesome things about it but I still feel like I need direction. I was wondering if you can start the raw food diet by just eating non-organic fruits and veggies. I would by the organic but it's to pricey for me.



Is it okay to try the diet and just eat:

bananas

oranges

apples

grapes

clemetines

strawberries

kiwi fruit

carrots

broccoli



What do you think about Naked Smoothies?How to start the Raw Food Diet?
To be successful on the Raw Food diet you are going to need to eat way more than what you have listed. You need more variety. Everything you listed is good but you NEED protein too. Try adding to what you have:



Leafy greens

seaweed

raw nuts (soaked first)

mushrooms

beans

lentils

pinapple

watermelon

dates

raw honey

super foods (goji, raw cacao, chia etc)

zucchni

nutritional yeast

(vitamin B12 suppliment)

tomatoes

peppers

onions

garlic



Any other fruits and veggies you can get your hands on. You can start with nonorganic if that's what you need to do.



Good luck.



Keep your doctor informed so you can monitor your health.How to start the Raw Food Diet?
No.

For one thing, you'd get bored and quit within a week.

For another, your diet contains no fat, which in addition to being what makes you feel full, is necessary for assimilation of certain nutrients.

Add some raw nuts and avocados, and some leafy greens.



The best books to start with are "Raw Food Made Easy" by Jennifer Cornbleet, and "The Complete Book of Raw Food" by Lori Baird and Julie Rodwell. Both have good recipes that don't require specialty equipment, and "The Complete Book of Raw Food" is packed with information and resources.How to start the Raw Food Diet?
its quite fine but you have to add more proteinsHow to start the Raw Food Diet?
Yes you cn eat non-organic on a raw food diet and it's better than not eating any fruit or veggies. Citrus, avocados, pineapple for example rarely have pesticides found on them. The raw food diet is more than a diet. You make your own choices such as you have here. But yur list is sorely lacking in vegetables and greens. Fruits do have plenty of protein and are loaded with vitamins and some minerals that are high in antioxidants for example and lots of other good things. But vegetables and greens are high in minerals and some vitamins. All plants have omega-3 but greens have the most. You want to eat plenty of greens to soak your body's tissue in omega-3s. there is so much omega-6 in our diets and they compete for positions in cells with Omega-3. This cause a lot of our immune problems and auto-immune diseases. Definitely eat everything on your lists-- that is good but make sure to add any vegetables you like and especially greens-- romaine, red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, kale, curly kale, spinach etc. You can put them in fruit smoothies, juice them and make huge salads. You're definitely on the right track. I cured myself of breast cancer, fibromyalgia and a long list of health problems 11 years ago and I'm in perfect health still today. Nurse Sue