by Dr. Stanley S. Bass

100% Raw Diet Sample Menu for One Week
General directions: Eat and finish (a) before going to (b). Eat and finish (b) before going to (c), and so on. Eat all letters (a) through (d) each meal. The only daily change is in (d) or (c) in the evening.

Breakfast
(a) (Optional) Carrot, celery, and cucumber juice -- 8 oz. total, 1/3 each -- repeated daily.

(b) Blended salad or tossed salad -- 8 to 12 oz. total composed of 50% romaine lettuce, 1 medium tomato, 1/4 pepper, 1/2 cucumber, 1/2 stalk celery -- repeated daily. 

(c) Melon or fruit (1-2 varieties) 8 to 12 oz. -- repeated daily. 

(d) (1st day) 1 tbs. soaked raw mung beans plus 1 oz. raw sunflower seeds after (a), (b), and (c) daily above. 

(d) (2nd day) 1 or 2 egg yolks (may use fertile or organic) after (a), (b), and (c) daily above. 

(d) (3rd day) 1 tsp. to 1 tbs. bee pollen granules after (a), (b), and (c) daily above. 

(d) (4th day) 1 or 2 egg yolks after (a), (b), and (c) daily above. 

(d) (5th day) 1 tbs. mung beans (soaked) plus 1 oz. raw pumpkin seeds after (a), (b), and (c) daily above. 

(d) (6th day) 1 or 2 egg yolks after (a), (b), and (c) daily above. 

(d) (7th day) 1 tbs. soaked mung beans plus 1 oz. raw sesame meal after (a), (b), and (c) daily above.

Lunch
As above, consume (a), (b), and (c) daily before (d).

(a) (Optional) Carrot, celery, and cucumber juice -- 8 oz. total, 1/3 each -- repeated daily.

(b) Blended salad or tossed salad -- 8 to 12 oz. (as above).

(c) Fruit -- 8 oz. (1 variety only) or corn-on-the-cob.

(d) (1st day) 1 tbs. soaked raw mung beans plus raw corn-on-the-cob plus 1-2 bananas or 1/2 avocado.

(d) (2nd day) 1 tbs. soaked raw mung beans or lentils plus 1-2 oz. raw almonds.

(d) (3rd day) 1 tbs. soaked raw mung beans or lentils plus 1-2 oz. raw sunflower and pumpkin seeds.

(d) (4th day) 1 tbs. soaked raw mung beans or lentils plus 1-2 oz. filberts.

(d) (5th day) 1 tbs. soaked raw mung beans or lentils plus 1-2 oz. almonds.

(d) (6th day) 1 tbs. soaked raw mung beans or lentils plus 1-2 oz. walnuts or pecans.

(d) (7th day) 1 tbs. soaked raw mung beans or lentils plus 1-2 oz. sunflower and pumpkin seeds.

Evening meal
(a) (Optional) Tomato, cucumber, and celery juice -- 8 oz. total, 1/3 each -- repeated daily.

(b) Tossed salad (tomato, romaine lettuce, celery, cucumber, and pepper) -- 8 to 12 oz. repeat daily. For dressing, you may add 1 tbs. cold-pressed flax seed oil and lemon juice. 

(c) (1st day) 1 tbs. soaked raw mung beans plus 1 tsp. rice polishings plus 1-2 tsp. raw, soaked, hulled buckwheat. 

(c) (2nd day) 1 tbs. soaked raw mung beans plus 1 tsp. rice polishings plus 1-2 oz. raw, soaked or sprouted wheat grain. 

(c) (3rd day) 1 tbs. soaked raw mung beans plus 1 tsp. rice polishings plus 2 or more corn-on-the-cob.

(c) (4th day) 1 tbs. soaked raw mung beans plus 1 tsp. rice polishings plus 1-2 oz. raw, soaked buckwheat and 1 tsp. raw wheat germ. 

(c) (5th day) 2 or more corn-on-the-cob and six raw clams or oysters or 2 egg yolks or 2 tbs. bee pollen.

(c) (6th day) 2 or more corn-on-the-cob and 31/2 oz. raw fish (1/2 inch pieces dipped in boiling water six seconds only or 31/2 to 4 oz. raw milk cheese. 

(c) (7th day) 1 tbs. soaked raw mung beans plus 2 or more corn-on-the-cob plus 2 bananas or sprouted wheat.

Notes 
1. Use (a), (b), (c) and (d) at all meals daily, repeated. Only (d) changes each day and only (c) changes during the evening meal each day.

2. The foods are eaten according to proper sequence for best food combining and maximum digestion and assimilation.

3. You may omit any meal if not hungry or if you prefer a 2-meal a day plan. Each meal is complete in all aspects, as well as in complete protein.

4. If you wish, you may fast one day a week on distilled water or have juices alone (as above vegetable juices).

5. The vegetable juices are used to increase mineral content of the diet. The blended salad increases the absorption of minerals, vitamins, and so on four times as compared to eating tossed salads.

6. You may add cooked vegetable broths without eating the cooked vegetables, once or twice a day to increase additional mineral elements without going off the raw food diet biochemically (used in other raw food systems -- i.e., Joe Alexander and European juicing institutions).

7. If desired, you may boil water, shut off the heat, and then put in corn-on-the-cob or soaked mung beans or soaked grains, eggs, or fish for a few minutes during cold weather without compromising the value, benefit, and integrity of the raw diet.

8. Add 1 tsp. to 1 tbs. of kelp powder or seaplants to one daily salad for trace elements.

9. Add 1 tbs. of freshly ground whole flaxseed to 1 or 2 meals daily. They may be ground in the blended salad. Flaxseed's enormous mineral content (7-10 times that of grains) greatly enhances any diet. 

Food Preparation
Blended salad 
1/8 lemon; 1 tomato; 1 cucumber (Kirby preferred); 1 red or green pepper; 4 leaves romaine lettuce; 3 stalks celery or fennel. These are maximum amounts and can be reduced.

Tossed salad 
Use same ingredients as blended salad. You may add olive oil or flaxseed oil to salad. Daily maximum of oil is 1 to 2 tablespoons.

Type of oil 
Use corn, olive, safflower, sesame, or avocado oil. Must be cold pressed--not processed oil.

Vegetable plate
Two steamed vegetables. All vegetables except: spinach, leeks, cabbage, onions, rhubarb, asparagus, turnips. Potatoes only when added to diet schedule. Cook all foods in distilled water (or fresh non-processed water) in cookware of stainless steel, enamel, or pyrex. No butter or spices. Choose two different vegetables, in season, weighing total of one pound.

Recommended vegetables 
The following vegetables are recommended at least four times weekly: string beans, broccoli, escarole, zucchini, okra, corn. Choose two from the following list: eggplant, artichokes, squash, carrots, cauliflower, kale, snow peas, Chinese cabbage.

Fruit 
All fruits except dried fruits and bananas (unless listed on the diet). If fruits and vegetables are not organically grown, peel the skins and scrub thoroughly.

Protein-rich foods

Egg yolk -- boil water and place egg in shell into water. Cook for 3 1/2 minutes. Eat yolk only.

Cheese -- eat raw milk cheese, unsalted and unprocessed. 

Nuts -- eat raw, unsalted nuts only.

Important: do not eat over the amount of protein recommended in the diets. Do not eat nuts as a snack food.

Foods rich in carbohydrates 
Baby limas; lentils; rice; millet; mung beans; buckwheat (use as directed). Maximum of four oz. dry weight. Cook in 12 oz. water. Potatoes -- steam only and use 3/4 to 1 lb.

Banana meal 
Consists of juice, blended salad, tossed salad, and two to four medium bananas. Eat bananas ripe. You can tell a ripe banana when it is freckled with brown spots.

Sequence of meals 
Eat all foods in the order given in the diets. Don't combine or switch foods. Don't wait between courses. We recommend eating all foods sequentially.

Note: No avocados unless on the diet plans.