How Much Protein Does a Raw Foodist Need Per Day With a Raw Food Diet?
How much protein does a Raw Foodist Need? And where do you get your protein on a raw food diet or raw vegan diet? These are 2 questions I get more than any other question when people are learning about eating more raw food in their diet. What about Protein Deficiency? Please hear me on this; protein deficiency is so very rare in the United States as to be almost nonexistent. Protein deficiency is usually only seen in countries that are suffering from a famine. If anything, the typical resident of the United States is eating too much animal protein which is causing increased constipation and other digestive problems, reduced kidney function and more cases of kidney stones, impaired liver function, leeching of calcium from the bones leading to osteoporosis, autoimmune dysfunctions and much much more. There are more health problems due to overeating protein sources than any so-called protein deficiency. So how much protein do you need each day? In an ideal world, you want to consume 0.36
