Comments on: Raw Food Diet Weight Loss: Does It Work? http://vegansmoothiesdiet.com/raw-food-diet-weight-loss-does-it-work/ get healthy with vegan green smoothies Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:33:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: MJ http://vegansmoothiesdiet.com/raw-food-diet-weight-loss-does-it-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2 MJ Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:00:57 +0000 http://vegansmoothiesdiet.com/?p=5#comment-2 I think coconut milk/oil, avocados, olives/olive oil, flax oil should be staples in a raw diet (depending on how "raw" you want to be). They are good sources of mono/polyunsaturates, EFA's, vitamin E and other important/hard to get minerals like selenium. While nuts are encouraged, a lot of "nut oils" are discouraged (like walnuts) because they are TOO HIGH in Omega 6's (pro-inflammatory) Unfortunately on the west coast Vitamin D seems to be the major limitation of a raw diet in winter months. And I always encourage people to eat more "warming foods"; cinnamon, ginger, cayenne... etc. I think coconut milk/oil, avocados, olives/olive oil, flax oil should be staples in a raw diet (depending on how “raw” you want to be). They are good sources of mono/polyunsaturates, EFA’s, vitamin E and other important/hard to get minerals like selenium. While nuts are encouraged, a lot of “nut oils” are discouraged (like walnuts) because they are TOO HIGH in Omega 6’s (pro-inflammatory)

Unfortunately on the west coast Vitamin D seems to be the major limitation of a raw diet in winter months. And I always encourage people to eat more “warming foods”; cinnamon, ginger, cayenne… etc.

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