Raw Heath and Beauty by Kimberly Snyder

By immersing herself in the diverse, local communities throughout Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe and South America, Snyder discovered a common bond: the use of raw, natural ingredients in furthering health and beauty. After returning to the U.S. she founded Envision Beauty to create products that combined maximum simplicity with unparalleled quality, using natural ingredients. She is a highly sought-after yoga instructor and a certified Raw Food Nutrition Specialist and Chef.

Raw Diet and Protein: How can I get enough?

I'm trying to follow a 100% raw vegan diet, but I need a great deal of protein. My stomach is too sensitive to eat a lot of nuts though however.

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First of all, remember that our bodies do not use and assimilate protein per se- it uses amino acids and builds specific protein chains that our bodies need from these amino acids. Amino acids are delicate entities. Most animal protein is cooked, which denatures the amino acids and makes them unavailable for our body's use. The Max Planck Institute for Nutritional Research in Germany discovered that cooking destroys about

50% of the bioavailability of amino acids for human use. On the other hand, as a raw vegan, you will be eating very high quality, unadulterated amino acids and will not need to consume the high grams of protein that is commonly thought.

However, there are many high sources of amino acids in raw vegan food that you can increase in your diet. You should aim to eat high quantities of greens (check out my Glowing Green Smoothie recipe), which are packed with easily assimilated amino acids. Gorillas, the strongest most muscular animal on earth, has a diet of 98% greens! You can also add raw hemp protein powder to this smoothie or other drinks as a high quality supplement, which is much more easily digested that soy or whey protein. Chlorella is a dense sea algae has about 65% assimilable protein, and yields about 15 grams of protein in tablespoon. Two tablespoons a day would supply about 30 grams of protein. Finally, you may do better with nuts and seeds if you try sprouting them first. There are instructions for this on my blog, www.kimberlysnyder.net

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