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There are no more than 300 people in Ireland with the diet as healthy as mine! I am raw vegan. What is vegan, what is raw? Vegan is a person who eats exclusively plant food and doesn’t use anything that comes from animals. That means no meat, no dairy, no eggs, no fur or leather. A raw vegan diet additionally excludes everything what is cooked or processed with heat. At least 80% of raw food intake qualifies to be called raw. Currently I eat 95% raw and had several 100% raw days, that means that I am probably in the top 100 of the healthiest people in Ireland, well at least healthiest physically, I don’t know if mentally
I will show you what I eat on an average day. Then I will provide some statistics. At the end I will list advantages and disadvantages of being raw vegan.

This is what I eat daily:

3 oranges

a pineapple or cantaloupe

10 bananas - huge supply of calories, some proteins and minerals - I snack them throughout the day.

5 apples

1 carrot

walnuts, brazil nuts - selenium, proteins and fats

5 tomatoes

4 stalks of celery

spinach and mixed greens - nice minerals

some radishes

herbs

1 bell pepper

some sprouts

seeds

a bit of seaweed - because of iodine

avocado - good fat, iron

extra virgin olive oil - the best oil

omega 3-6 flax seed oil

occasionally:

strawberries, raspberries, blueberries,

kiwi

lemon

cucumber

grapes

coconut

and whatever is available in the store. I also take vitamin B12 as every vegan should.

I always keep a stack of fruits in my room and another stack in my office, that is very handy for snacking throughout the day. There is a saying “An apple a day and doctor goes away.” It seems that I am sending a whole department of doctors away Perhaps they can find a job in agriculture. For lunch and dinner I eat vegetables. I have a shredder and I prepare a gigantic salad for few days, once I’ve made a 10kg (20 lb) of salad and I ate it in a week. I like to wear vegan T-shirts. You can see them in the photo gallery. I thought it would be offensive to people, but unfortunately people like it

How many raw vegans are there? Those are just approximate proportions:
4% of the total population are vegetarians
4% of vegetarians are vegans
4% of vegans are raw vegans
4% of raw vegans are exclusively raw vegans

I’ve never been vegetarian. I became vegan overnight but it took me several months to adapt to the raw food. Currently I am between raw and 100% raw, and who knows one day I will live purely on the light from cosmos

What’s good about being raw vegan?

All raw vegans report more energy and vitality.

Raw foods retain vitamins, full proteins and enzymes for digestion.

Quick to prepare.

Practically no dish washing.

Good for the environment - no energy needed for preparing food, less carbon dioxide, more oxygen from plants, much less packaging, much less work to do.

Saving money on pots, stoves, microwaves and electricity bills - for that money you can send your doctor to Bahamas, you don’t need him aymore

Less sleep required by: vegetarians 30min, vegans 60min, raw vegans 90min.

What’s bad about being raw vegan?

I look too young, I am 28 and I look like 22. I would prefer to look more serious.

going more often to the toilet, that’s because of large amounts of water and fiber

Being raw is weird in social situations, but it could be taken as an advantage especially for grabbing attention

Was it hard to become a raw vegan? No, not for me, it is like climbing the mountain, it was curiosity and satisfaction. Once you are raw the perception changes and then raw food has more flavor than cooked food, it is because taste buds adjust to the eaten food. That means that raw food tastes better to raw than to normal people. This is the key to understand that in fact it is easier to be raw. This is a shock for the society but humans are the only species to eat cooked food. The food you eat does not just pass thru you, it builds you up. You are build from what you eat. That what I eat now tastes better than any other food before. It is easier, more efficient, money saving, great relief for the environment. Raw vegan diet is unique, you just had the opportunity to read about it from one of the healthiest people in Ireland.

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