Raw food diet/ no processed food?

Does anyone eat a raw food (cooked things like potatoes brown rice, some vege etc) and no or very little processed foods ? The weetbix thread got me thinking once I have children what I would feed them?, I eat totally different to what I was brought up on, my normal day is, soaked home made museli mix (oats, linseeds, nuts,etc) fruit or vege for snacks, lunch a form of either cooked meal (no meat, usually tofu with rice or tuna pasta) or fresh salad of sorts, keeping in mind I also make my own salad dressings etc, and dinner if I have it, another form of salad (I use that term loosely, could be cooked silverbeet with mushrooms yum! or could be fresh greens from garden, with sprouts)
I hardly have any dairy products anymore..

Anyway after that novel I was thinking what to feed my children once I have them.. What would be good alternatives to weetbix (and yes I use to love weetbix just dont think it's that great anymore) or other 'normal' processed breakfasts?

And lunches?

Does anyone do a raw food lifestyle, either by choice or allergy? And for their children?

Please don't start a debate I would just like some ideas.. Planning ahead!!! Lol

My sister is on the paleo/primal diet. It's all about listening to your body eating when you are actually hungry and stopping when you are not. Eating more like they used to 'way back then' and no processed food. she eats no dairy, grains, soy,sugar etc. Eats meat, fruit, veges, sea food and she has a few recipes for sweet treats that don't actually have sugar. Her children have scrambled eggs or apple fritters (These are YUM I've tried those) etc for breakfast. Her DH thinks she is mad but she loves the diet, her kids are happy/healthy and she has lost weight doing it. Talking to her about it has certainly made me more aware of what I eat!!

Just book-marking this thread. I would love to hear other people's ideas/thoughts on this too.I have got IBS and someone has suggested I try a raw food/ no processed diet.

Hi!
I don't do the raw food diets, mainly because I am seriously addicted to cooking. grin You can get great food though and I love trying out some of the recipes. We try and do foods from scratch. We started out with the theory if you can't look at it and know where it came from, we should probably avoid it. For kids, I would be hesitant to say a raw diet or the paleo diet is good for them because I don't know enough about the diets. Kids need a good balance with lots of the right fats and oils, carbs, nutrients etc. When people try and stick to a limited diet things can get missed out. If you were covering all bases its probably workable. You would have to be very on top of it though.
For breakfast we do things like eggs, porridge with soaked rolled oats, rice, soaked oats with grated apple, honey, yogurt etc

Basically my rule with the kids was real whole food. Local if possible. We started making our own cheese and yog, so we bought a cow as a milk investment. I think a lot of the raw food recipes are brilliant for kids and beat the crap kids are given hands down. I don't deny treats, I just choose things like quality chocolate over a lolly. Something where you know the ingredients or we make it.

I think the raw food diets are interesting, but I think they can also be very expensive. A lot of the recipes cost a fortune to make for very little food. I haven't found it to be particularly economical - which sounds bizarre, but when you start looking at the individual elements that make up the diet and the things they suggest to cover all nutrients, it can end up being quite costly. As well as the different kitchen tools that people find valuable on these diets (juicer - a proper one that keeps in the fibre, thermomix, dehydrator) none essential, but valuable just to give the variety and different textures.

raw food sites
http://www.rawbc.org/raw_kids.html
http://www.therawfoodfamily.com/rawfood-and-children.php
http://rawfoodblog.info/raw-food-diet/is-the-raw-diet-appropriate-for-children/

So all up, I think they are a good base, but I wouldn't limit a kid to something like this.

Thanks guys, I wouldn't let my children never have other food but it may not be on offer as much as some families, I also have a partner who eats everything.. So no doubt our children one day (when we have them) will want to eat what daddy does lol. I will read up on those websites thanks OC

I don't think that you should be eating any raw meats or dairy since you can get all kinds of parasites that way.

Don't ever eat at a Japanese restaurant then laugh

I think 'some' meats are fine as long as you know where they've come from and how fresh they are.

Hey there, I recently started this a few months ago (My main reason was to loose weight) And it has worked great for me! I eat all natural fruit and veges. And I noticed that I actually feel really good. (I use to feel really sluggish) I don't eat red meat anymore though (I'm not vegetarian or anything, I just find I get really sore stomach cramps after eating it which is a shame because I enjoy it quite a bit :S) The only meat ill have is fish and occasionally chicken. I don't have dairy much anymore either. Mainly because most of my meals don't require it. And I stay away from processed stuff. I tend to have a lot of salads now! Not so much the leafy green ones. But things like pumpkin and potato with spring onions, Beetroot, Bean salads there's so many variations. My favorite for breakfast is mixed fruit with honey. Everyone else might be a bit different but it made a huge difference for me. I don't think ill do it for my son though. My partner is a real meat man to. So I just cook additional bits for them. grin There is quite a few websites out there for it though. grin