Raw food diet for fast weight loss - yes or no?

Nope, absolutely not. Raw food contains more a higher probability of contaminants. A diet only works if the foods you are eating are good for you and you can get energy off of it. Just stick to the normal foods you know you should be eating. Make sure you subtract 500 calories if you are not exercising and don't subtract if you are. If you cut too many calories your body will think it is starving and it will hold on to everything it can. That's why people who go on these outrageous 1000 calorie starvation diets fail.