While you are cleansing, you have to maintain an all-raw foods diet. We don’t do this to punish you, although it may seem like that at times. The reason you only eat raw foods is because they help with the cleansing process, they are easy for you body to digest, and they give your body the essential nutrients that it needs to function like it should. It is also easier for the body to absorb the nutrients from the fresh fruits, vegetables, and raw nuts and seeds.
We always get asked, “What fruits and vegetables can I eat while cleansing?” Well, you can pretty much eat any fruit, vegetable, nut, or seed as long as everything you eat is raw; and you can eat until you are content. Yes, this even includes potatoes because you can actually juice potatoes, if you have a juicer. It is important to buy a wide variety of raw foods so that you are constantly eating different things. This also helps you get an assortment of nutrients in your diet. Some items help digestion, others promote kidney health, some help your liver, and there are those that boost the immune system.
Don’t use the same salad or smoothie ingredients, and don’t just make salads for lunch or dinner. Visit our recipe section to vary your meals and see all that you can make with different raw foods. Below are all of the fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds you can eat while you are cleansing.
Vegetables (Leafy Greens)
- Bok Choy
- Cabbage
- Celery
- Chard
- Collards
- Dandelion Greens
- Kale
- Lettuce (romaine, red leaf, green leaf, butter, etc.)
- Spinach
Vegetables (Root Veggies)
- Beets
- Carrots
- Daikon
- Fennel
- Jicama
- Onions
- Parsnips
- Radish
- Turnip
Vegetables (Starchy)
- Squash
- Sweet Potato (don’t cook it!)
- Zucchini
Vegetables (Misc.)
- Asparagus
- Broccoli
- Cauliflower
- Okra
- Peppers (bell peppers and hot peppers)
- Radicchio
Raw Nuts
- Almond
- Beech
- Black Walnut
- Brazil Nut
- Butternut
- Cashew
- Chestnut
- Chufa Nut
- Filbert
- Gingko Nut
- Hazelnut
- Kola Nut
- Pecan
- Pine Nut
- Pistachio Nut
- Tiger Nut
- Walnut
Raw Seeds
- Chia Seeds
- Flaxseeds
- Hemp Seeds
- Poppy Seeds
- Pumpkin Seeds
- Sesame Seeds
- Safflower Seeds
- Sunflower Seeds
Fruits (Sweet Category)
- Banana
- Date (unsulfured and free of preservatives)
- Fig
- Grapes
- Jackfruit
- Jujube
- Papaya
- Persimmon
- Sapote
Fruits (Sub-Acid Category)
- Acai Berry
- Apple
- Blackberry
- Blueberry
- Cherimoya
- Cherry
- Loquat
- Lychee
- Mango
- Nectarine
- Peach
- Pear
- Plum
- Raspberries
Fruits (Acidic)
- Cherry Tomato
- Cranberry
- Guava
- Grapefruit
- Kiwi
- Kumquat
- Lemon
- Lime
- Orange
- Pineapple
- Pomegranate
- Strawberry
- Tangerine
- Tomato
Fruits (Melon)
- Cantaloupe
- Honeydew
- Watermelon
Fruits (Non-Sweet)
- Bell Peppers
- Cucumber
Fruits (High Fat)
- Avocado
- Durian
This list does not contain every fruit, vegetable, nut, and seed that exists in the world, but it does contain most of them. This shows you how many different things you can eat on the cleanse, and you can make so many different recipes with all of them!
Vincent Stevens is the senior content writer at Dherbs. As a fitness and health and wellness enthusiast, he enjoys covering a variety of topics, including the latest health, fitness, beauty, and lifestyle trends. His goal is to inform people of different ways they can improve their overall health, which aligns with Dherbs’ core values. He received his bachelor’s degree in creative writing from the University of Redlands, graduating summa cum laude. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.
