Thank you that is very good info! I will send this to a friend. She also has Lupus, I hope she is willing to give it a try.

I think butter is probably safer than raw dairy...it has no minerals, and therefore the issue of excess calcium goes away.

That is good to know!
I don't really consume a lot of milk, and am planning not to really have any in the future.

I haven't consumed dairy at all since starting raw until I found a source of raw dairy today, finally. But I can say that after increasing my saturated fat consumption markedly, I also noticed I was feeling well rested on 6-7 hours of sleep and waking up with more energy, a huge change from how I felt when I started this. Perhaps it is the fat.

Fat definitely reduces the need for sleep, while simultaneously increasing the quality of sleep.

So it really must be the fat! That is crazy...I can't even begin to tell what a sleepy person I was. Even waking and nursing at night feels far easier now (although I always just used the latch and zzzzz* method ^^), sometimes I even wonder if it is close to wake up time already because I feel so rested (we sleep in the total dark). I had to start wearing a watch.

Lynnzard, what type of raw dairy are you consuming? I have tried raw milk before raw butter, but I don't think I was able to get enough fat through the milk then.

*go back to sleep

Hey Suiren, I'm happy to hear all the great things you are doing. I too got into RPD for health reasons, and after 8 months or so I am confident I'm now the best I have been for a long time. I'm sure your son will benefit greatly from this! I wish you all the best of luck with everything...

Thank you! I am slowly transitioning because I don't want to detox too much while nursing, but just by adding more fat and cutting out some things I already feel a bit better. I am looking forward to more changes.

I'm thinking that for a nursing mom who is eating complex carbohydrates and drinking lots of water, some sort of salt may be helpful, perhaps from ocean food, blood, rock salt, vegetables?

The only salt I have is sea salt? What vegetables contain salt?
And I DO drink lots of water. Nursing gets me thirsty.

I'd say that natural salts, such as found in blood, are fine, but I seriously doubt that table-salt/rock-salt is in any way useful. As regards blood, I have found it a wonderful, very invigorating food in the past. However, I only got that invigorating effect if I drank raw blood from a wild animal carcass. Blood from grassfed- or grainfed-animals didn't benefit me in the same way at all.

A wild animal carcass is a little hard to find here 
However I can buy wild deer and grassfed new zealand lamb. Would the pieces from the butcher contain some salt/ blood still, enough to give some added health benefits?

Some seaweeds, shellfish or seawater may be tasty if you need salt.

I will see if I can find that, thanks!

We (Suiren is my wife) aren't going to consume dairy for long. It is only going to be consumed during our transition. We live in accordance with nature, and consuming dairy regularly doesn't feel natural to us. That's all the reason we need to decide that it is not the healthiest.

True. Dairy is another animal's breast milk.
For now it helps me keep on/ put on pounds, but I would like to eat raw animal fat in the future. Just how much equals enough calories, I have no idea.

Veggies
What is the thought behind having them juiced? Digestion? How would one naturally juice them? (we don't have a juicer). I actually only like a few veggies raw,but would eat almost any vegetable cooked btw.

Avocados seem like a great source of fat, but I have used olive oil and raw butter for two reasons. 1. They are cheaper, one avocado = 1.40 Eur, 2. Smaller amounts have more calories.

My 8mo. is very plump and big only off of my milk, he must be getting a lot of calories and I need to make sure I have enough too. I assume once he gets older he will be needing even more.

I wasn't sure where to post this exactly.

I know enough about the paleo diet to really change my eating habits, but what has been a problem for me so far is that I am losing weight rapidly as soon as I cut out certain foods (carbs!).

Even with a standard diet I have always been unable to gain weight, and was struggling not to lose any. I need to eat so much just to maintain, it is not fun any more.
Now it seems harder than ever to transition, because I am still breastfeeding my 8 mo. son exclusively, without adding any solids (and will continue to do so). That makes me burn extra calories.

My first attempt a half year ago failed (I don't think I was eating enough fat). My weight dropped from 119 to 109 in a very short time and I had to stop because I was getting too close to being too thin. I also felt dizzy and weak, which is not something you can deal with when taking care of a baby.

This time I want to carefully add and replace foods, making sure I at least keep my weight or ideally gain a bit.
Currently I am supplementing with cold pressed olive oil, raw butter, avocado and macadamia nuts/ cashews. Especially the butter and oil seem to do the trick tbh. I add about 3-4 tbs of olive oil and I eat chunks of butter on whole grain bread (I have not been able to get off grains fully yet).
My weight slowly creeped up to 111lbs (I know about dairy not being ideal)

I recently also started eating raw meat here and there to get comfortable with it. I am eating the "pretty pieces", not sure when I will be able to eat just about everything...fat and organs...I wish though.

Knowing all that, how would you recommend for me to transition? What would suit me best right now?
I DO want to make big changes, but keep in mind I am also still battling the "gross" factor.

TIA!

Edit:  Just want to be clear that I would like to be grain free, dairy free, sugar free eventually. I want to cut out as much bad foods as I can.

I should also add that carbs, especially from bread or pasta, seem to give me "energy". I had problems with dizziness and passing out without them, so for now I only reduced my intake. We suspect I might get hypoglycemia.
I am certainly not diabetic.

I know about Steak Tartar too. And in Germany there is a few more raw meat dishes, like Metbroetchen, which is seasoned ground pork on a roll. Many also eat Carpaccio (spelling?). But, people here believe too much raw meat can cause colon cancer (in the U.S. most people thought you would simply drop dead  )

Talking about the U.S.

But at least things seem to be slowly changing. I think the bizarre foods TV shows and international food/travel shows are helping Americans to become more adventurous and gourmet. Artisinal raw cheese seems to be increasing greatly in popularity, for example. I can remember the days of my youth when the only cheese on sale anywhere in my local area was American processed cheese-like substance, Cheese Wiz cheese-like substance, and pasteurized cheddar

When I was living there (NY, CA) I noticed that too. While you were still able to buy cheese like yellow substance, ultra pasteurized and whatnot, many places offered actual cheese. Especially at whole foods the selection was great, I also think the "organic" trend will make people think about their diet more in the future (beyond organic), because I think once you start to question something, you will keep finding out more.

...did I register here. My husband has been a member here for quite some time. He has convinced me (or what is written here and elsewhere that is), that this is the healthiest way to eat. It just makes sense to me.
I have a bunch of "health issues"(according to doctors, not that I notice), I don't need any more, so I am willing to give up my much loved bread, cookies, pasta, you name it...
Transitioning has been hard for me, because I shed pounds faster than you can say 'diet'.
I also seem to have a problem with hypoglycemia.

Last but not least, I am nursing my 8 month old baby and I often worry about my "grain fed" breastmilk , I know it is still best, but for sure better on a better diet.

Suiren