What is the difference between a raw food diet and a vegan diet?
A raw food diet is a vegan diet where the food is not heated above 120 degrees (+ or -). Raw food diets are very much in vogue these days as their health benefits are supposed to be superior to a traditional vegan diet. Depending on whom you consult, this opinion varies. Most experts agree that raw foods are beneficial to your health; many professionals feel a diet consisting of 80% raw foods offers equal benefits to a strict 100% raw food diet (see Conscious Eating by Gabriel Cousens).
