Most of the doctors declare that all of us should eat low fat raw vegetables in order to flourish on a raw food diet. And on the other side there are many other raw foodists who declare that a person can easily live on fruit alone and can be healthy. Before we get the answer of this question that do raw foodists really need greens to be healthy, we should shed some light on what greens can offer to a raw food diet.

Greens the term refers to all the lovely tender, mild vegetables and leafy out there which includes mint, oregano, cilantro, cabbage, parsley, basil, spinach, red lettuce etc. Mild herbs and tender green varieties are also included such as sauropus and beet greens. However, many of the raw foodists surely enjoy these ingredients which do not cause any digestive troubles when it is consumed and blended with sweet fruits.