The Raw Food Diet For Beginners

As people try to eat more healthy and organic one of the new diet options that is gaining in popularity is the raw food diet. Here is a primer on what it is and how to eat raw.
If food has not been heated beyond 188 degrees food is considered to be raw by raw food adherents. While most wines and nuts have no been heated beyond this point pasteurized products, canned foods and frozen vegetables have been. Living foods like live sprouts and unpasteurized probiotic foods like speciality salad dressings, picked vegetables and miso are also empathized in the raw food diet.
The staples of the raw food diet are fresh vegetables, fruits, nuts, avocado and coconut. Other items used in the raw food diet include dried and frozen fruit, sun-dried tomatoes, olives, olive oil, raw vinegar, unpasturized soy sauce and some brads of honey and syrup. While this diet can appear to be restrictive, with creativity raw food followers have been able to make tasty cakes, cookies, pancakes, sandwiches, soups, pizza, hummus and chilli.
There are also many foods that are used on the raw food diet that may be unfamiliar to you, like coconut butter, hemp seed, dates, goji berries and chia seeds. Many new packaged foods are appearing in supermarkets and stores due to the rise in popularity of the raw food diet, like ice cream, noodles, energy bars, cereals and crackers. You can also add animal products to your raw food diet like unpasturized dairy products, raw eggs, seared red meat and sushi.
Proper kitchen equipment is necessary is you want to maintain variety in your raw food diet. For smoothies and soups you need a good blender and you need a good food processor for sandwich spreads and dips. Fruit juice is consumed by a lot a raw foodies, but since most bottled fruit juice is pasteurized you need a juicer or visit a juice bar. You should purchase a spiral slicer if you want to make pasta, which can convert vegetables into raw noodles. You will also need a dehydrator if you want to make your own breads, crackers, veggie burgers and cereals. 
You can also eat foods like beets, cauliflower, zucchini, mushrooms, kale and corn raw. For an interesting salad you can puree beets and garlic. You can also use a carrot slicer to make vegetable noodles if you are not ready to invest in a spiral slicer. 
Happy raw eating.