I am a raw vegan myself.. read probably 10 books on how to do it effectively, make 100% of my meals at home. I would have broke if eating only the dishes promoted here. It was too light and fruit only. They did I'll give them credit, touch on sprouting lentils, but not one Almond or nut? To make a Raw Diet work, you have to give the body what it needs and craves: Salty Sweet and Fat, they presented Raw foods to be this restrictive thing that can't be done for longer than 30 days, and all went back to burgers and fries at the end. Real Raw foods is completely satiating, leaves you 100% satisfied, if you made it 30 days, you probably would not go back, if you were doing it right. The trick i use to make it work is high protein, high fat and lots of sweets. The nice thing about the Living/Raw spectrum is you can eat all the sweets you want and not gain weight. So Brownies, cookies, pies, Ice cream: it's all on the menu. To keep you full and not miss cooked food, get lots of fat and protein from things like avocados, Soaked nuts and Beans, and then you have a ton of lighter foods like the Salads Juices and which are fundamental to this journey. One of my favorites is Brownies with Almond Milk and Hot chocolate made with Cacao and vanilla bean. If there were one book I'd recommend it would be Living in the Raw by Rose Lee Calabro and her other two books. "Gourmet", and "Desserts" she cooks exactly like I'm describing, and was most fundamental to my success than any other cookbook because of her high fat/protein recipes and heavy on desserts so I didn't feel like I was missing anything. The only cravings for cooked food come, when you're hungry, and stop eating raw foods, just because you're raw, you don't want to stop eating, or calorie restrict, totally the opposite, you're raw which is a lot different than a "normal" diet, so you need to eat!! The only real challenge to this diet is to do it as I have mentioned you absolutely must invest in a Dehydrator 1-2 Juicers, Commercial blender like the Dynapro/Vitamix/Blendtec and a food processor among others like the spiralizer and my favorite: slap chop, for quickly chopping Garlic. Some of these things are not cheap, but you can build your kitchen up in pieces, the most important is to start buying cookbooks to get your head in the game. Good luck. This documentary was interesting, but left so many gaps so I hope this message helps someone who is searching for answers.

I've been raw vegan for over 30 days and I feel great! I'm going to keep going, maybe for life! I love it!

I had skin problem on my bum, from last 7 years ; After going raw my skin problem disappeared ; Also my BP which used to be 145 and 95, My BP came on 117 and 65: Please in your life try Raw for 3 months

I made it to day 21. 💃💃💃

Dan's humor hides his anger.

Dan didn’t seem to be trying as hard and he didn’t have the right mind set going in, but on the other hand, he didn’t have home support like the others.

This was so refreshing to watch. I’m new to raw vegan and I’m loving it!! You have to love CanManDan! Super stoked for Shane and the two sisters. It was an awesome experience for all.

My only issue with Dan is that he will probably say he tried raw and that it didn’t work, and give this eating habit/lifestyle a bad name.

Please show them a week, a month, a year after going back to cooked! It feels incomplete without it. And I like Dan. He does it and has a sense of humor about it.

I've eaten a raw vegan diet for 21 years now, and at age 65 feel great! So stick with it guys. And Dana, I have to say, you are the most beautiful woman I've ever seen.

Hi, am Billy from Kenya, Thank you so much for the documentary, it has been enlightening and amazing. I will try the challenge myself, its worth it.

This should be a follow-up on these folks and their health journey.

Thank you so much Dana...this was really educational for someone who has recently been gathering info about raw veganism. I've looked at a lot of videos in the last month and am glad I found this one. You covered a wide variety of aspects, and your guest speakers/chefs were fantastic choices, as were the people who joined you for the journey.

I absolutely LOVE this documentary. Have she red d it with my friends already. Thank you! Made me smile. I am worried about Dan, who isn’t eating much. He is gonna get sick. Hope he comes around

Very cool documentary! Well done. Thank you!

This is a bit silly. They need recipes at least. Raw vegan is not 3 bananas. That guy needs recipe help. I’d hate it too if I thought it was just a lettuce, raw bunches of kale or a fruit and that’s it.

Thank you for vital content

Tomorrow I will start a 21-day raw vegan challenge. I'm already vegan, but I am really excited to see how the inflammation in my body responds.

Thank you I probably watch this at least once a year

i appreciate your brains and beauty, ...and personality, and country

Those people are not eating enough to do raw vegan! That is why they are hungry!

I made hummus using raw, sprouted chickpeas, and it tastes different than using cooked chickpeas, but I liked it, and I know it is healthier. Sprouted for 3-4 days, then puree...

I think it's great that Amanda supports her sister. My opinion only you kind of have to let Sam accept responsibility to want to better her own life so you can put the time in with your daughter. It's great you want to change to teach your daughter better habits. All in parenting.

Dan was horrible!! So annoying.. I’m definitely gonna do a 30 day raw vegan challenge. At one time, I was vegan for 17 months, but went back to eating meat.. definitely considering this vegan lifestyle again

I really need to this

Dan did whatever he could. He did well. Good job Dan!!!! How frustrating to be raw vegan and not lose weight

emotional health affects physical health. depression requires eating chemicals that promote mental/emotional issues

I wanted to comment about Dan but why be negative. Amanda and Shane seemed to have the most creative and tasty looking variety of meals. One thing about challenging yourself is make it work within the boundaries yourself, and then explore more! Push the boundaries of yourself for better! I will be starting a #RawVeganChallenge on Saturday December 3, 2022 in support of my sister who is facing some serious health challenges. You’re welcome to join #RV4Lee. God bless anyone that is courageous enough to make a life change. Cheers to health!

I would love to see how the couple from South Africa are doing now. Really liked that gentleman. REALLY did not like insecure , trying toooo hard Dan. He was incredibly annoying and should have considered the other people he supposedly committed to, and then cowardly quit and then acted as if everyone else was to blame. REALLY showed his true colours. Shame he was sooo negative and was making it bad for them. Not good!!!

i’m starting my experience today. this video randomly popped up on my timeline lol 😂

Would you be able to provide the recipes that were made in the video. I would love to try them. I’m trying out raw foods but need some recipes please. Can you please provide the meal recipes you had when all of you were together? Is there a way I can get recipes from Mr and Mrs Parker. I’m so willing to try them.

This is great but it’s unfortunate that she didn’t show everyone else all of the different varieties and different ways of doing food. Every person as involved in a child and should’ve been right there with you learning about raw chocolate, raw cheeses, sprouts, and everything else.

Wowwwww yes

Good challenge!! Before the end of the video I was thinking they were all cheating to some degree lol

I wish there was an update it’s been 7yrs

Those cows are so cute. 🥺

I'm a regular mostly whole foods vegan, minimally processed, but raw is hard for me. It is cold out here, and my health is already great this way. But I respect everyone trying this. Perhaps in those few hot summer days here I will try it...

Gosh they all look so good now 👍

It was such a good video. It's realistic that everyone had a different experience, different willingness, and got different satisfaction from the food. I strughle with meal prep in general. I dont think i could do raw vegan, or vegan in a healthy way. The health benefits seem undeniable. But it is so divergent from how most people eat that it doesn't seem sustainable. The temperature of the food would be a big thing especially in winter... I dunno

I feel like Dan was low-key eating cooked foods behind the scenes. He didn't show much and there's no way he was surviving on the little he was eating.

So Dan didnt say how much weight he lost

Dan have me 😂😂😂😂😂

Did anyone cry watching this

the problem is with most people is when you go 100 procent , that is hard. if you let somebody for example eat whatever on weeknds and eat healthy on weekday it become more easily . then they will gradualyta become almost 100 procent when they feel better on weekdays. and of course if you eat healthy you become healthy . Go Figure

This is #rawmeat diet right ??

You could really tell a difference between their faces when they started the diet they were just sort of you know average looking and then, when after they have been doing the diet, they just had his vitality does charisma this energy in their faces you could really see the evolution after they began and continue onto this diet for 30 days-Tracy marshal biell

The participants should have been taught how to eat healthy. You don’t need to go raw to lose weight and get rid of food addictions, learn to eat healthy. Whole food plant based diet is low in fat and calories. And it is much healthier than to eat only fruit, nut butter and oils. Oils are not healthy and very calorically dense . A healthy raw whole food diet should be based on green leafy vegetables ,fruits snd a little bit of nuts and seeds. Dr Brooke Goldner heals her patients with her raw protocol but you feel great and heal diseases with that diet.

I can't believe the girl with IBS would go back to eating greasy saturated fat burgers and fries. When you have IBS those kinds of foods are the worst. Raw foods are best for healing.

I came here for the nutritional information and to listen to Ol' dirty bastard shimmy shimmy ya. Ill be disappointed if i don't hear ODB.

Would have been better without Dan. Too negative.

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The ending 🤦🏾‍♀️

Dan is super annoying. He doesn't listen and complains all the time. He's not even eating any food.

Really?!? That’s the ending?!? The participants were so inspired by the lifestyle and the experienced the benefits of raw veganism but as soon as it’s over everyone of them pigs out on meats and fatty fried foods!?!? Make it make sense?!? Was there a real change that took place? I would venture to say that all of these participants gained all their weight back and then some. I wish at least one of them would have been inspired enough to stick to the lifestyle

You can still get heartburn on the raw vegan diet. When I make raw vegan tacos the spices and the raw salsa give me heartburn.

This was a bit of a fail because they did not have any real guidance. The guidance is coming from someone who is eating chocolate and calling it a "detox"? "Superfood" is hype from the chocolate industry. I'm glad that at least Shane and his family could benefit. Dan clearly wanted the experiment to fail. How did they select these people? Who sponsored this? Maybe they're invested in the meat industry.

People who push their lifestyle on others , dont really believe it themselves ;)

😂😂😂😂😂😂

I always feel great eating raw, but my poop gets real loose, so the toilet gets messy and my anus don't get its massage from solid feces.

OMG Dan is so cheap!

Why in the world would you eat raw plant diet and completely ruin it with seed oils?! Then eat grapes out of the bag with all the pesticides, herbicides, wax, and debris for an unbalanced diet👍🏾🤦🏾‍♂️

So these people didn’t really go raw vegan, if they hadn’t cheated they would have seen much better results.

Dan has a sour personality, very very negative

Dan is a bit annoying..

Yikes the mentality that Dan carrys is off. Negative and fears any change thinking it will take away from his character. EGO is in the way, so unattractive.

This is counter intuitive why would you eat ultra processed foods. It's an excuse to not be discipline. You're doing damage by having sugars, seed oils, flour that's saturated in herbicides and pesticides and so on. This is horrible advice!! It's a delusional way to believe you're doing right by your health. Avocados have a very small amount of protein almost non existent. If it isn't sustainable for you to eat only fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, nuts and seeds then you aren't on a raw plant lifestyle. You do you but don't fabricate bend the rules and pander with your unhealthy lifestyle. This life isn't for everyone it takes a willingness to do right by yourself it's true self love and nourishment!

No help w recipes or shopping is heading to frustration and giving up.

Dan is too busy trying to be a comedian. Not sure if he should have been selected. He's not serious.

Dans not funny at all. Hes rude