veganism: ok, so when i became a vegetarian, i found all these great sites that mailed free info to me. i want to try going raw vegan for a month and i've found all these great sites online, but i would really like some free brochures and stuff. does anybody know where i can find this? thanks|||There are tons of Raw Vegan sites....google it! or try this...http://www.allrawdirectory.com/index.asp or this...http://becomingrawvegan.blogspot.com/ or even this...http://goneraw.com/ There are many more with lots of free downloads (pdf files) and newsletters like this...http://www.oneweekraw.com/ and this...http://www.therawfoodcoach.com/ Have fun and good luck!|||you should look up the tree of life in patagonia arizona--run by gabriel cousens... look online, and maybe call or ask them for free info. I am into raw veganism and if you are thinking of doing it than you are making a good choice, but just remember to do it properly and not load up on the nuts and fats. http://books.google.com/books?id=wMSOfOu鈥?/a> http://books.google.com/books?id=cCPkeRd鈥?/a> Those up above are links that give about a 40 page preview of some pretty good books on raw foodism... the preview will be available the second you click on the link, but you have to read it online, or i suppose you could print it out. But okay, stick with your idea on being a raw foodist. Cheers!|||If you wanna be really active go 80 10 10 low fat raw vegan, you need glucose to fuel your muscles, glucose is in simple sugars found in sweet ripe fruits. If you eat a breakfast of 10-15 banana's you'll get 1000-1200 calories to fuel your workouts plus you won't get weighed down from having to digest all that fat and protein. Don't get afraid to get all your calories in, on average the chinese eat 2500 calories and we get on average 2000 yet we are overweight!!! Maybe we are doing something wrong?!? Eat sweet juicy fruits and greens and you'll have all the nutrients you need to fuel work outs. Use cron-o-meter to track your vitamin and nutrients intake and you'll find you'll meet every vitamin and mineral that you need (except vitamin D but your body can make enough of that if you go outside in the sun) I recommend two books Thrive by Brendan Brazier - not 100% raw but he is very close I would say 80%+ of what he eats is raw. 80 10 10 by Douglas Graham Don't get sucked into the hype about the high fat diet with alot of overt fats and espically stay away from stimulants and superfoods that alot of raw "guru's" will try to sell you on. Brendian Brazier talks about stimulates and while in the short term they are good for a boost, but you end up having to pay for it in the long run!! Don't get sucked into the new age superfood movement that is really prevalent in the raw community, who needs superfoods when you have banana's, mango's, celery, dates, raisins, avocado's, lettuce, apples, cabbage, ect.... All of those together in enough quantities is more than enough to meet you daily requirements of all you vitamins and minerals!! I eat very simply since going 80 10 10 basically a day is somewhat like this. Morning 8-10 oranges about 700-800 calories Lunch 10-12 banana's about 1000-1200 calories Dinner 2 pounds of lettuce with 4-5 tomatoes, 2 mango's and avocado about 600-700 calories Snacks Raisins, dates and some walnuts (usually 2 snacks a day for about 200-400 calories each). If you don't get you calories in they you will either start binging on sweet foods or go back to cooked foods, also if you have issues with anorexia you might get scared at first at the amount of volume of food that you need to consume on a daily basis to really thrive on this diet. Also since fruit has alot of fiber you won't see spikes in your blood sugar since fiber works to slow the release of sugar into your blood stream. http://www.healthcastle.com/fiber-solubl鈥?/a> I try to get in about 3000-3500 calories a day, more if I am working out heavily. I am 5'8" about 145-150 pounds (male) and I've been at this for 4 years now 100% raw. Check out 30 Banana's a day its a 80 10 10 community. http://www.30bananasaday.com/ http://foodnsport.com/ Peace I don't think there are any brochures you can get mailed to you per se but who needs them if you have access to the internet and can read sites for free. Edit: Also get the China Study too he recommends a strictly plant based diet!!