Problem with raw food diet?

Question

I have started the RAW FOOD DIET....I eat a grapefruit or an apple for the breakfast....romaine salad with some cucumbers,tomatoes and bell pepper for lunch...some almonds as a snack...but every time in the evening i'llstart getting dizzy and light headed...i know that I am doing something wrong but not sure what?...anybody who is on this diet or know something about it please help me...I really want to lose some fat...its working because i lost 7 pounds in 10 days...but this getting dizzy thing is driving me crazy now...HELP ME PLEASE.

Answer 1

No diet is good when you're only eating one type of food. The point on a balanced diet is that it's....um, balanced. But I do know what you're going through, a couple of my friends became vegans a few years ago, and I know they went through the same thing at first, when they were learning how to properly eat in the vegan way.
First of all, take a multivitamin in the mornings to make sure you're getting at least a minimum of vitamins and minerals (my friends went to the pharmacist and bought special vegan multivitamins, you might want to try that)
Second of all, make sure you're still getting some carbs....you don't have to eat really filling, starchy types, try brown rice - it's lower in calories than bread or white rice, but you'll still get some carbs. Or eat some more fruit throughout the day, just to increase your blood sugar levels.
I hate to tell you this, but if you're taking multivitamins, eating more carbs and keeping your blood sugar level throughout the day, but you're still getting dizzy, you should get off the diet. Dizziness is always a symptom of something else, and you don't want to screw up your health for a few pounds.
And just as an afterthought, you ARE eating supper, right? It doesn't say anything about supper in your post.....

Answer 2

Well, one thing could be that it's closest to the ancestral diet of the dog. It's the basic form of what's IN the dog's kibble, but it's unprocessed, uncooked, and untampered with, so it has more nutritional value. Have you ever fed a dog (or any other animal) a raw diet? My ferret is fed raw, and within days of switching him from the Marshall crap, he had a lustrous coat, cleaner teeth, and more energy. You can't say that it's unhealthier if you see all of these benefits. I'm all for feeding a good quality kibble. Some dogs don't do well on raw. While it may be acclaimed as the 'best' diet, it doesn't work for all dogs. ETA: Feeding raw is also good if your dog has food allergies and you need to limit the ingredients your dog gets. You get to know exactly what your dog is eating, whereas with kibble, there are so many ingredients (except for with limited ingredient foods), it's difficult to rule out exactly what's causing the food allergy sometimes.

Answer 3

Any diet that does not include foods from ALL of the food groups is not healthy.

You are probably getting dizzy from a lack of nutrients or low blood sugar. Cooked food is not unhealty - try a chicken breast grilled with sage and rosemary, for example, to get protein. Nuts are a good source of protein, but you would have to eat a lot of them, and nuts are generally fatty. No diet that completely elimates any one (or more than one) type of food is healthy.

Seven pounds in ten days is UNHEALTHY. Healthy weight loss would be 1-2 lbs in a week, on average. If you eat sensibly and excerise moderately, you will lose weight (unless you have an underlying medical problem - like hypothyroidism or diabetes).

Also, try taking a multi-vitamin every day so supplement the food you are eating. Remember that a vitamin is a SUPPLEMENT, NOT a REPLACEMENT for the nutrients you would be receiving from a balanced, healthy diet.

Consider speaking with your health care provider about a diet that would be right for you. If your symptoms are not because of the dieting, then they could be a sign of something more serious and should be evaluated by a doctor.

Answer 4

This is absolutely fine. Well sice u have jut started with this course sometimes u may feel dizzy.
This is called Naturopath and is very prevelant in India and many ppl folow this for 1week to o1month.
This type of diet not only helps reduce your weight but also helps revitalise yoru organs, it also helps clean your instestines.
Human body hs an ability 2 sustain on Low fat/carb diet its just like hibernation done by polar bears etc.

I'll suggest that take a variety of fruits n Salad eg
Cucumber, Brokely, Tomatos, raddish, carrot, Turnip, Cabbage put a hint of salt an back peper with lemon juice etc.

Apple, Pineapple, Peach, Pear, grapes(green/purple), guava, Papaya, orange, sweet lime, again put some rock salt,, back pepper, lemon juice over it that will taste marvellous.

Then u can take honey and roasted almonds say 5-6 every day if u r in a cold country otherwise put teh almonds in wate overnight then peel the skin off in teh morning and eat them 1st in teh Morning that will be good for mind.

U should often practice such as 1'c in 2 months etc that will be bsolutely fine.

Answer 5

you don't seem to be eating very much at all. For breakfast, I usually eat at least 2 banannas, some raw almond porridge, and a green smoothie. lunch = an orange and maybe a small salad. dinner is something like maybe guacamole, a good size salad {with romaine, collard greens, onion, tomato, and pepper } a raw blended carrot soup, and another green smoothie. You might try adding more fruit and more greens to your diet. A smoothie is and excellent way to get more greens. They are low in calorie but if you're still concerned about weight loss, you might try some exercise, I do yoga and about 20 minutes on the body by jake cardio cruiser every day

Answer 6

Well, other than not allowing for other food groups and possible malnourishment, there is one inherent flaw with an all raw vegetable diet. If you’ve ever watched Alton Brown’s show, “Good Eats” on the Food Network, he explains it pretty darn well, but here’s a Web MD link that does it too http://onhealth.webmd.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=50377

The problem with many raw vegetables is that our digestive system isn’t equipped to break down every cellular barrier in the vegetables. If we were cows, for example, we could chew for hours on end and crush them to a pulp, extracting the nutrients, but we aren’t.

Although cooking them does release some of the nutrients into the surrounding water, cooking them properly reduces this loss. Without the heat to break them down, the barriers stay in tact and pass through our systems untouched.

Seriously though, I would consider switching to a healthier diet it I were you!

Answer 7

By what you have described in terms of the food you eat, you are starving yourself. The light-headedness is a sign of low blood sugar levels from not having enough to eat. Think of anorexics who end up fainting--the little food you are eating sounds close to what an anorexic would eat!

On a raw food diet, you need to be prepared to eat a LOT of food and to plan your meals very well in order to stay healthy. It's not simply a matter of only eating raw foods. I would recommend you do a lot of reading, especially on the variety of foods you need to eat on a raw diet to get all of your nutrients, and find a support group. I did a quick search and found some that you might find useful:

http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/
http://www.alissacohen.com/index.html
http://www.living-foods.com/index.shtml

Good luck--and make sure you have the information you need to be healthy!

Answer 8

The raw food diet is only good when you want to fast for a few days or so. I would just have some stuff with protien. I am pretty knew to vegan and veggie and Natural and organic foods. So all I am saying find some stuff that has protien in it.

Answer 9

You definitely need a little more protein. Have some avocados or raw almond butter. Also, it sounds like you're dehydrated. Please drink more water, it may seem like you want less water because your raw fruits and veggies has plenty of water but still...
Also, eat more. And...... Please read more books about raw and living foods, become more inform. There is a safe way to eating raw but I would definitely read more..
Go to: www.living-foods.com

I tend to go raw every once in a while when I feel I need to..

Good luck.

Answer 10

it doesn't seem like other commenters really understand the concept of RAW FOOD diets: raw food (not cooked), and veg (no meat).

i'd say you need to eat more. you seem to only be eating a little, even though, generally speaking, you can just about eat as much as you like on a raw food diet. keep on eating apples and such. the sugars really help. you may be feeling dizzy because of the lack of sugars in your system.
also, you may just be dizzy because you're adjusting to it.
try to keep your leafy green veg intake up, like baby spinach and such.
and be sure to drink lots of water. you may be getting dizzy from dehydration.

hope this helps