Raw veganism is a diet that combines the concepts of veganism and raw foodism. It excludes all food and products of animal origin, any food that is processed or altered from its natural state, and food cooked at a temperature above 48 °C (118 °F). Little is known about the raw vegan diet as it is not widely used.
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Motivations
In addition to the ethics of eating meat, dairy, eggs and honey, raw vegans may be motivated by health, spiritual, financial, or environmental reasons, or any combination of these.
In terms of health, some raw vegans hold the belief that cooking foods destroys the complex balance of micronutrients. They may also believe that, in the cooking process, dangerous chemicals are produced by the heat interaction with fat, protein, and carbohydrates such as advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) and others.
Forest gardening is a radical raw vegan lifestyle with a number of motives. For example, it can be viewed as a way to recreate the Garden of Eden. Developed by raw vegan Robert Hart, forest gardening is a food production system based on woodland ecosystems, incorporating fruit and nut trees, shrubs, herbs, vines and perennial vegetables. The three main products from a forest garden are fruit, nuts and green leafy vegetables. Forest gardens are probably the world's oldest and most resilient agroecosystem.
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Nutritional considerations
Raw vegans must ensure that their intake of vitamin B12 is adequate, since it does not occur in raw plant foods. To obtain vitamin B12, vegans require foods fortified with B12 or use dietary supplements.
Research
Medical studies on raw food diets have shown some positive and negative health outcomes.
A 2004 study in Washington State conducted by Luigi Fontana et al. has shown that raw vegans have a low body mass index (BMI) and a low total body fat content. The low BMI and fat content is due to a low calorie and low protein diet.
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