RAW & PREGNANT

Yes, it is possible to do a raw food diet while pregnant and be perfectly healthy. If you are eating a balanced diet of fruit, veggies, nuts, seeds and legumes than there is no reason why you shouldn't be getting all the nutrients you and your baby need. If you are concerned about getting enough calcium simply add more calcium rich foods to you diet like carrots, carob, green leafy vegetables, sprouted lentils, string beans, almonds, filberts, Brazil nuts, sea vegetables, sesame, sunflower seeds and figs. Green leafy vegetables, seeds and nuts are also a good source of protein and if you want to boost your iron levels try adding some alfalfa sprouts to your salad. Alfalfa is also a good source of calcium and folic acid.

Here are a few recipes from David Wolfe's book The Sunfood Diet Success System  that can help boost your calcium, protein and iron intake while pregnant:

Sequoia's Calcium Soup

10 kale leaves
1 handful of parsley
2 cloves of garlic
1/3 of a red onion
2 lemons
1 avocado
1 tomato
2 yellow bell peppers
1 handful Dulce strips
1/2 teaspoon Celtic sea salt
1 tablespoon of unpasteurized miso
3 tablespoons flax oil
20 pumpkin seeds

While blending all ingredients, add water to reach a thick, soupy consistency.

Performance

1 glass of coconut water
1 heaping tablespoon of spirulina

Spirulina is an excellent source of protein.

Iron Booster

10 strawberries
10 raspberries
1 slice of watermelon
1 hand full of parsley

Blend and serve.


David Wolfe also recommends that pregnant women add more edible wild plants, seaweeds, bee pollen and superfoods to their diet, as wells algae oil or DHA.

If your pregnant and want to learn more about eating a raw food diet while pregnant check out the following book: