Looking for a place in Kentucky for May-August.

Anyone have an idea of who might have an RPD friendly household?

Hello everyone.

Does anyone have any recommendations for variety? The main foods I find available and of appropriate quality are grass fed beef, grass fed lamb, and pastured eggs. Not including seafood, what other foods do most of you eat?

Could there possibly unwanted adaptation to milk drinking?

For example, are large breasts on women a result of drinking milk over thousands of years?

When comparing descendants of non milk drinkers to milk drinkers, the descendants of non milk drinkers generally have considerably smaller breasts (ie. Native American, Asian [not insulting anyone, I find Asian and Native American Women very attractive]).

What sayeth ye?

Hello everyone.  The purpose of this post is to discuss ways to increase IQ (intelligence quotient) and EQ (emotional quotient, the ability to cope with life and excel).

This link - https://iq-research.info/en/page/average-iq-by-country - shows the average IQ's of various nations.  There are some similarities between people with low IQ's, and those with higher IQ's.

You'll notice that many, in fact most of the nations with low IQ's are equatorial nations.  They live near the equator, and get LOTS of sun (likely very little Vitamin A too).  You'll also notice that toward the top of the list are Asian countries, and Northern countries (Europe, Canada, etc.).

I hypothesize that it is partially due to their A:D ratios.  That the lower someone's A:D ratio gets from 4:1 (ie. 3:1 - 1:2) the lower someone's IQ becomes.

Iceland ranks #6 on the list, and according to this website ( https://knoema.com/atlas/Iceland/topics/Food-Security/Diet-Composition-Micronutrients/Share-of-retinol ) and the conversion info from this website ( http://www.thecalculatorsite.com/articles/units/convert-ui-to-mcg.php ) they get on average from animal foods about 25,000 IU Vitamin A per day (likely as retinol due to it being of animal origin).

This study ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12509593 ) claimed to have found a link between omega 3's and IQ in children, however the researchers didn't consider that though both corn oil and cod liver oil both had the same amounts of Vitamin A, corn oil has beta carotene (which must be converted by the body, and is usually not efficient) and cod liver oil has formed Vitamin A (retinol).

According to this study ( https://thyroidresearchjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1756-6614-4-14 ) the Japanese ingests approximately 2-3 mg of iodine/iodide per day.  Other sources ( http://www.optimox.com/iodine-study-12 ) have found they might ingest significantly more, more than about 13 mg daily.

Iodine/iodide has been found to boost IQ ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15734706 ).

In Japan they  have also been found to have high salt intake ( http://www.businessinsider.com/people-in-japan-eat-more-salt-than-in-the-us-but-most-people-eat-too-much-in-both-countries-2015-7 ), which has also been found to have intelligence boosting effects.

Interestingly, the World Health Organization (WHO) discourages both formed and high amounts (relative to current recommendations) of Vitamin A intake and iodine intake (again, relative to current intakes) similar to theirs.  They also promote low salt intake.  Conspiracy?  Probably not, mistakes happen.  And with medical professionals having such big heads (you know, they're never wrong!), it's likely not conspiracy.  Heck any of you hear about Dr. Semmelweis?  The guy pioneered hand washing, got fired, and then 150 years later hand washing became mainstream (epic fail!).

Another very, very, very interesting thing about that WHO epic fail is that in the U.S. they practice the WHO's recommendations to the tee - average American gets less than 2 teaspoons of salt per day, ingests less than 200 mcg of iodine/iodide per day, and gets 5,000 IU A or less per day (I didn't mention Vitamin D intake, but they're low in that too).  Here's a list of health ranking by nation ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization_ranking_of_health_systems_in_2000 and http://thepatientfactor.com/canadian-health-care-information/world-health-organizations-ranking-of-the-worlds-health-systems/ ), you'll notice that the order is very similar to the IQ chart.

Essentially the healthiest countries are also the smartest, and they all contradict the WHO's recommendations (they don't circumcise, they get lots of Vitamin A, lots of iodine, lots of salt [not to say circumsision lowers IQ, just another WHO recommendation with no benefits]).  You'll also notice that The U.S. ranks 37th on one list and 31st on another list.

Smell fishy?


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And finally, the interesting part, how you can modify your ratios and amounts.

The goal is to have a Vitamin A:Vitamin D ratio of 4:1-8:1 including all sources (foods, supplements, FCLO, sun, etc.).

You can use Dr. Holick's book "The Vitamin D Solution" which has recommendations for getting sun in different parts of the world based on skin color and location to calculate the amount of Vitamin D you get from sun, or the phone app "D Minder."  Remember sun Vitamin D counts as 2x more Vitamin D than supplements or food.

Then calculate how much Vitamin A you need to get from diet to have a 4:1-8:1 ratio, then eat that much liver and/or take that much FCLO.

You can use supplements, however it's not necessary.  You can eat Vitamin D rich foods, get sun, and eat Vitamin A rich foods - and simply calculate your ratio and eat the appropriate amounts.

Iodine/iodide can be gotten from seaweed (kelp has the highest amounts, other seaweeds have generous amounts too, but kelp has the most). 

Salt, while I know it's frowned upon overall (most RPDF members abstaining), unrefined salt for those interested is a good source.



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Salt: not linked to heart disease?

Weston Price article debunking the benefits of reduced salt intake - http://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/abcs-of-nutrition/salt-and-our-health/


Iodine, toxic in high amounts, or lots of benefits?

Dr. Brownstein on iodine - http://www.drbrownstein.com/Iodine-Why-You-Need-It-p/iodine.htm


Vitamin A, super nutrient?

Article from Weston Price - http://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/abcs-of-nutrition/vitamin-a-saga/

Maybe... Links to pics of Ring milking a cow during the shooting of their movie "Help!"

http://beatleshelp.50megs.com/delscenes/images/01_rcow2.jpg

http://beatleshelp.50megs.com/delscenes/images/01_rcow3.jpg

http://beatleshelp.50megs.com/delscenes/images/01_rcow1.jpg

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Hey everyone. I'm posting here on how and why people are unaffected by potentially pathological microorganisms on raw diets.

As we all know, the more cooked a food is the more heat created intoxicants there are.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christine_Swanson2/publication/13633824_Heterocyclic_amine_content_in_beef_cooked_by_different_methods_to_varying_degrees_of_doneness_and_gravy_made_from_beef_drippings_Food_Chem_Toxicol/links/0912f50b4d611b25eb000000.pdf

For example, the above link shows that well cooked meats contain about 30x more heat created intoxicants than rare meats (raw meats not mentioned). There's a nice chart there if you want to take a look.

Here is a study showing that there's a relationship between pollution and infection. The more pollution, the more risk of infection, the less pollution, the less risk of pollution.

"Experimental studies indicate that the numbers of ectoparasites such as trichodinid ciliates and monogeneans increase significantly on the gills following exposure to a pollutant, and this is supported by field data on other ciliates and monogeneans where evidence of pollution has been clearly demonstrated. There is also evidence that endoparasitic protozoons, such as myxozoons, microsporans and haematozoons, all of which are capable of proliferating in their hosts, increase substantially in prevalence and intensity when interacting with pollutants."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2069073

Heat created intoxicants can be considered pollution. Less means better immune function and more resistance to infection.

Also, since RAF dieters eat animals that are raised to eat good diets, those animals also harbor less microorganisms. Resulting in not just making contact with less, but having stronger resistance too.

"Pollutants might promote increased parasitism by impairing the host's immune response or favoring survival and reproduction of intermediate hosts."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1805675

I just thought I'd share since this could put some people's minds at ease if they're worried about the safety of raw diets.


ps. This isn't meant to scare anyone from eating cooked food here and again. I still occasionally eat cooked food. Sometimes much more during special occasions

pps. I have a theory that low exposure to microorganisms, as would occur on a raw diet, slowly builds resistant to 'potentially infectious' microorganisms. Ie. due to not getting an actual infection, the body develops resistance. Potentially reducing the risk of infection if a person were to make the same contact with microorganisms on a well done cooked diet.

ppps. Like Guy Claude Burger thought, that microorganisms aren't supposed to be pathogenic. I also hypothesize that microorganisms of any kind are actually opportunistic, and whether they are or aren't pathogenic is dependent on the host's physical state. Meaning microorganisms actually are only capable of causing "potentially opportunistic infections" which is totally dependent on the host. Just like say someone eating very well cooked meats might develop an infection, but someone eating very rare meats doesn't.


So eat your food and enjoy! Cheers!

In addition to ingesting less heat created toxins (raw diet), what recommendations do members have for 1) decreasing production? and 2) increasing detoxification?

I don't have any 'articles/studies,' but it's my understanding stress increases endogenous heat created toxin production and exercise increases detoxification. Reducing stress decreases production, and exercise increases detoxification.

Does anyone else have any recommendations?

Pretty neat. An entire book on retinol/Vitamin A.

"
The Retinoids: Biology, Biochemistry, and Disease 1st Edition
by Pascal Dollé (Author), Karen Niederreither (Author)
"

Also available on Google Books.

I recently started experimenting with Vitamin A in 'larger than normal' amounts.

I noticed in Europe they tend to ingest quite a bit of Vitamin A, while simultaneously having somewhere lower Vitamin D levels, improving their Vitamin A:D ratio. They also tend to be healthier than much of the rest of the world, so I thought I'd experiment with more Vitamin A.

Of course still pastured foods, but I added liver.

Hi everyone. Purely out of curiosity I'm wondering how many science classes each of you have taken - chemistry, biology, etc. Please be as detailed as possible, describe what classes you've taken, etc. Thank you!

WebMD - Fitness & Exercise
http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/guide/health-fitness-fact-vs-fiction

http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/guide/get-motivated-exercise

http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/guide/get-regular-exercise-for-mental-health-topic-overview

Don't forget your 30 minutes a day! Some say exercise is even more important than diet!!!

"What the researchers discovered was that within each of our brains there exists a population of neural stem cells which are continually replenished and can differentiate into brain neurons.

Fortunately, many of the factors that influence our DNA to produce BDNF factors are under our direct control."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-david-perlmutter-md/neurogenesis-what-it-mean_b_777163.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurogenesis#Adult_neural_stem_cells

www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/35902/title/Human-Adult-Neurogenesis-Revealed/

The brain has the ability to regenerate itself, like any other part of the body. Likely includes many parts of the brain and isn't limited to just the brain - also spinal cord and peripheral nervous system.

I'm not recommending giving up eating a healthy diet. What I'm mentioning here is that eating a healthy diet, and ignoring all other principles of being healthy isn't optimal and/or potentially doesn't work. There are tons of things that promote health that eating a raw diet simply doesn't do - exercise strengthening bones and reducing risk of osteopenia later in life, social bonds reducing depression, etc.

Eating a healthy diet doesn't mean that you don't need to exercise, have good social bonds, get enough rest, etc. I mention these things because they're things I feel are grossly overlooked on this forum. 99% of the discussion here is on diet.

"Scientific Studies Show Benefits of Happiness"
http://www.americanhappiness.org/articles-benefits.html

"Give Your Body a Boost -- With Laughter"
http://www.webmd.com/balance/features/give-your-body-boost-with-laughter

"11 Surprising Health Benefits of Sleep"
http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20459221,00.html

"Exercise: 7 benefits of regular physical activity"
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/fitness/in-depth/exercise/art-20048389

"Relaxation Techniques for Health: An Introduction"
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/stress/relaxation.htm

"The Benefits of Exercising Outdoors"
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/the-benefits-of-exercising-outdoors/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

"Health Benefits (of being outdoors)"
http://www.nwf.org/be-out-there/why-be-out-there/health-benefits.aspx

Just some things to think about if you're one of those people who does nothing but make tweeks to your diet and you're still feeling depressed, having digestive problems, etc. Or if you just want to try new things to make yourself happier.