[Andrew Michaels]

I've been a vegan for about 3 years and I'm moving onto raw foods. My energy increased quite a bit on a vegan diet.

If you're a vegetarian, what you must remember is just because you've removed meat from your diet, it doesn't mean that you're eating well. I could be a vegan who lives off vegan cake and potato chips - I wouldn't be healthy though.

You need to tell us exactly what your diet is.

Basically, whether or not you eat meat, you need to be getting 8/10th of your diet from vegetables, fruit, and whole grains.

I highly recommend the book "Eat To Live" by Joel Fuhrman for info on eating healthy on a vegetarian/near vegetarian diet. It also has information on including small amounts of "bad food" in your diet without it killing you.