Starting a raw food diet with the raw food conversion chart
Posted Aug 24 2008 6:39pm
Do you want to start a raw food diet and you don’t know how to transition?
Esme Stevens made a fantastic and easy raw food website for starters: thebestofrawfood.com.
This raw food conversion chart comes from the Best of Raw Food and tells you exactly how to transition.
Once you have decided that you want to try the raw food diet, you get a feeling of what not to eat. But now the question arises "what can you eat"? To help you with the transition to a raw food diet, Esmé made this raw food conversion chart, a great help for starters.
The conversion chart is divided into the following categories:
Do you want to start a raw food diet and you don’t know how to transition?
Esme Stevens made a fantastic and easy raw food website for starters: thebestofrawfood.com.
This raw food conversion chart comes from the Best of Raw Food and tells you exactly how to transition.
Once you have decided that you want to try the raw food diet, you get a feeling of what not to eat. But now the question arises "what can you eat"? To help you with the transition to a raw food diet, Esmé made this raw food conversion chart, a great help for starters.
The conversion chart is divided into the following categories:
1. General Guidelines
Bad
Better
Best
Resources
Grocery store
Health store
Home made foods
Green/farmer's market
Grown
Conventional grown
Organic foods
Naturally grown
No pesticides, herbicides, chemicals
Local farmer's/green market
Wild
Local and organic
Own garden, sprouts
Processed
Junk
Pre-packaged
Fast food
Grilled
Microwaved
BBQ
Fried
Steamed
Cooked
Stir fried
Baked at low temperatures
Raw
Juiced
Blended
Dehydrated
Ingredients
Many ingredients
Conservatives
Sweeteners
Chemicals
E-numbers
MSG, flavor enhancers, etc.
Few ingredients
Ingredients you can pronounce
Home made
All fresh ingredients
2. Food
Bad
Better
Best
Sugar
All forms:
- Dextrose
- Corn syrup
- Rice syrup
- Malt
Raw honey
Agave
Maple syrup
Raw fresh fruits
Raisins
Dates
Stevia
Vanilla
Cinnamon
Artificial Sweeteners
All forms:
- Aspartame
- Splenda
- Xylitol
Stevia
Vanilla
Cinnamon
Salt
Table salt
Unrefined sea salt
Unrefined Himalaya salt
Organic salt from plants:
Celery
Seaweed
Phytoplankton
Flour
White flours from:
- Wheat
- Corn
- Rice, etc.
Organic whole flours from:
- Spelt*
- Kamut
- Quinoa
- Buckwheat
- Millet
- Brown rice*
- Other non stored grains
*stored grain
Sprouted grains
Almond flour
Coconut flour
Bread
From supermarket
Home made
Health store
Yeast free
Wheat free
Sprouted
Dehydrated flax crackers
Essence bread
Lettuce wraps
Pasta
White pasta
Organic spelt or buckwheat
Sprouted pasta
(Raw) pasta made from squash
Fat
Butter
Shortening
Margarine
Chemicals
Trans fats
Animal fats
Fermented fats
Cold pressed coconut oil
Olive oil
Hemp seed oil
Flax seed oil
Whole hemp seeds
Whole organic flax Seeds
Nuts
Fresh coconut
Meat
Cold cuts
Processed meat:
Hot dogs
Bacon
Salami, etc
Organic raised
Nitrites free
E-numbers free (EU)
MSG free, etc.
Vegan nut pate's
Raw "meat" balls
made from nuts/seeds
Fish
Farm raised fish
Wild fish
Not endangered
Wild Alaskan fish
Caught same day
Cold smoked wild Alaskan salmon
Eggs
Conventional eggs
Organic farm free eggs
Egg replacers:
- Agar agar
- Flax seed
- Psyllium fiber
Cheese
Cheese
From cow
Pasteurized
Not organic
Homogenized
Organic raw goat cheese
Organic raw sheep's cheese
Nut cheese
Seed cheese
Raw milk from seeds & grains
Raw coconut juice & milk
Milk & Yoghurt
Milk, yoghurt
From cow
Pasteurized
Homogenized
Organic milk
Raw goat's milk
Almond milk from store
Rice milk
Coconut milk
Raw almond milk
Raw milk from nuts
Raw milk from seeds & grains
Raw coconut juice & milk
3. Beverages
Bad
Better
Best
Water
Water from tap
Plastic bottled water
Evian, Poland Spring, Fuji Water
Distilled water
Low mineral spring water
Bottled in glass
Thee
Black tea
Herbal teas
Coffee
Coffee
Decaffeinated coffee
Coffee replacer
Raw ("hot") chocolate milk
Soft Drinks
Lemonade
Jam
Soft drinks
Fruit juices
Organic fresh juices
Flash pasteurized
Freshly squeezed juice:
Fruit juices
O.J.
Vegetable juices
Green powder juice
Juice fresh from juice bar
Superfood drinks
Coconut water (fresh)
Smoothies
Home made lemonade w stevia
4. Condiments and Spreads
Bad
Better
Best
Tomato Ketchup
Tomato ketchup
From supermarket
Organic, sugar free ketchup
Home made ketchup
Raw ketchup
Mayonnaise
From super marked
Organic, no sugar added
Home made
Raw home made mayonnaise
Raw mayonnaise made from avocado
Raw mayonnaise made from nuts/seeds
Pasta Sauces
From package
Cans
Mac n cheese
Ready made
From health food store
Organic
Home made
Pesto sauce
Tomato sauce
Organic Cheeses
Fresh raw tomato sauce
Raw pesto
Nut cheese
Salsa
Bread Spreads
Cold cuts
Processed meat
Jam
Chocolate spreads
Cheese
Organic almond butter
Jam/Jelly 100% fruit
Raw honey
Raw cheese
Avocado
Pesto
Tapenade
Salsa
Guacamole
Nut pates
Nut cheeses
Coconut butter
5. Special Treats
Bad
Better
Best
Candy
Candy from supermarket
Energy bars
Diet bars
Chips
Cookies
Organic from health store:
- Candy
- Chips
- Cookies
- Popcorn
Larabars
Raw Cookies
Raw cakes
Fresh fruits
Dried fruits
Dehydrated crackers/chips
Cookies, Cakes
Cookies from super marked
Cakes from super marked
Organic from health store
Home made cookies
Home made cakes
Raw cookies & cakes
Raw cakes & pies
Dehydrated cookies
6. Supplements
Bad
Better
Best
Supplements
Vitamins
Supplements
Vitamins
From supermarket
From drugstore
Supplements from some small companies
Whole foods supplements
Super foods
Green powders
For the best raw food website for starters, go to http://www.thebestofrawfood.com/