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How important are grains/beans/legumes?

mewmewmintmewmewmint Raw Newbie
in New to Raw

I’m just switching over to the raw vegan diet from a vegan diet with cooked food… I noticed from reading the daily and weekly diet threads that raw vegans don’t eat a lot of grains compared to other diets. (For example the food pyramid.) Also it seems they don’t eat a lot of beans/legumes.

Is there any guidelines to the minimum and maximum of each food group I should eat when I become raw vegan?

Also, I’ve tried soaking lentils and also rice and they didn’t turn out very well… the texture was very rubbery for the lentils and the rice wasn’t very soft.

Comments

  • mandeliciousmandelicious

    i don’t much care for sprouted grains, except buckwheat, and only as part of a recipe. and i find sprouted beans completely nauseating and would never recommend them to anyone.

    raw vegans definitely don’t follow the food pyramid. most raw foodists agree that the healthiest food to have at the bottom of your pyramid is leafy greens. lots of protein, and the vitamin & mineral content is off the charts. but if you’re just starting out, it can be hard to eat that many greens, as your body isn’t used to digesting them. once you get used to them it is soooo awesome!

    the next level would be your other veggies and fruits, then nuts & seeds, then seaweed & other superfoods, with oils & sweetners at the top, just like the old food pyramid.

    but if you’re just starting out raw, i encourage you to try out what you enjoy, and not worry about minimum & maximum, blah blah. go ahead and eat nuts and dried fruits, and see what works for your body. I still recommend getting your greens in, and drinking green juice, or green smoothies if you like them.

    so the point is, people tend to advocate beans & grains for fiber, vitamins & minerals. well, you’re going to be getting SO MUCH vitamins & minerals from all the glorious produce you will be eating that you will not need those beans & grains!

  • anngoingrawanngoingraw Raw Newbie

    I eat bean sprouts everyday, I am not a big fun of fruits, so i put sprouts in all my salads. I also eat alfalfa sprouts and i’m trying to find seeds of broccoli, cabbage etc to make more. I have not sprout grains yet, i eat essenian bread (but i’m not sure if it is really raw :-S).

  • anngoingrawanngoingraw Raw Newbie

    :-( I don’t, I buy Sunnyvale spelt sproted bread… I must try to do myself but it seems difficult sine i have not good blender either a dehydrator… (I will check it rigth now -i mean the thread).

  • omnithoughtomnithought

    I’ve been having a bit of the Ezekiel sprouted grain bread and tortillas. Not absolutely raw, but close enough not to mess you up.

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