Raw Food is Abundant in Nutrients, and Take Care if You're a Vegan

You can be deficient in nutrients on any diet. The SUKD

(Standard UK Diet) is low in phyto-nutrients, B12, EFAs, vitamins, minerals,

antioxidants and water.

The nutrients to watch out for on a raw vegan diet include

vitamins B12, D and K2, choline, iron, calcium and essential fatty acids. It’s

particularly important to consciously add these to a pregnant mother’s and

growing child’s diets. I address all these issues in detail in the Nutrition

and your child’s future section of my book Evie's Kitchen.

Ecstatic foods, hemp protein powder and juiced or blended

greens will cover your and your child’s protein needs when eaten regularly and

sufficiently. There is no need to eat animals to get enough protein. I’ve been

a vegan for about 21 years and only ever suspected a protein deficiency when I

was eating a high-fruit diet (something I don’t recommend!) There are also

lifelong vegans and raw vegans who are in tip-top health, but you need to take

supplementation seriously as it’s not natural for us to be 100% vegan. It is natural to be 100% raw, though.