my whole foods in austin, tx sells really good quality grass fed fatty brisket for 4.99 a pound and some other leaner cuts for 6.99 a pound. i get marrow bones for 2.99 a pound and i get suet and hide fat for free. this is very cheap in my opinion. however, in the whole foods i've been to outside of austin (where whole foods began) are more expensive. the ones in portland, oregon and san diego, california both had grass fed beef for 7.99 a pound minimum. and it wasn't as good quality. if i were you i'd check it out though. they might have cheap stuff.

note: i only buy meat there, everything else is way too expensive (ie. produce and seafood)

so i just got back from my check up. there was a different doctor this time and she said the infection looked great. she said it was healing nicely as evident from the reduced swelling and redness and the presence of puss. i told them i took the antibiotics and they seemed to be pretty satisfied. i didn't take the liberty to tell them what really happened... also, she didn't mention the tetanus vaccine so i just went with it. guess im not getting that either. i'll keep you guys updated as to how it's healing. so far, bentonite clay is amazing

thanks for the advice guys. im still skeptical about the vaccine and the anitbiotics though...

im thinking about applying some hydrated bentonite clay to the wound. i've read that it helps with infections

alright guys. here's the story. yesterday i was cutting a branch with a metal saw and accidentally hit my other hand's index finger with the blade. it made a very small  (1mm by 5mm) but deep (i could see the bone) cut. it bled a lot but didnt hurt that bad so i continued with what i was doing the rest of the day (the accident happend around 1 pm). when i got home at night i noticed my finger was getting swollen and stiff. i cleaned it a little with hydrogen peroxide and went to bed. when i woke up this morning, it was a little more swollen and very stiff. i though it might be broken because it felt like the bone hurt, not the cut. so i went to my school health clinic and they x-rayed it and found it wasn't broken. then they told me it was probably infected.

at that point, i kinda just wanted to leave because i figured i could deal with an infection. but then they suggested i get a tetanus shot and take antibiotics (cephalexin- apparently similar to penicillin). i faked a story about my parents not wanting me to get vaccines because i was very unsure about the need for one. i got my last tetanus shot in 2002, but the doctors still recommended it. i told them i'd wait until tomorrow to decide (they had already scheduled me for a check up tomorrow). i took the prescription for the antibiotics but i really don't plan on buying them or taking them.

anyways, i would really appreciate any insight. is the tetanus vaccine one of the legit ones? should i get it? any recommendations about the antibiotics? any home remedies i should try? i've already applied raw honey to it just recently as i've heard that helps a lot... also, are there any particular raw foods i should eat? honey, liver, eggs?

haha, they seemed pretty bewildered when i refused the vaccine

about to eat some wild hog shoulder, some beef marrow and suet, and a small sliver of goat testicle (can't handle too much).

Well, there was no Tyenol in the in 12,000 B.C.  There's no room for drugs in nature.  Diet is important with dealing with disease, diet is what allowed the diseases to happen in the first place.  You don't have the building blocks, you don't repair yourself.  You can't expect a bridge to hold up without somebody doing maintenance on it.  The same goes to our bodies.  It's just a matter of chemistry.  Your body needs to acquire certain things from the foods you eat.  How on earth are you going to get better without proper nutrition?  I worked in a hospital and I hated it.  Bad food and toxic meds on top of it.  The only "legal" way to treat cancer is radiation, chemo, or surgery?  I just don't understand the concept of destroying the body to heal it.  That's stupid!  Medicine has changed for the worse since Hippocrates.  It all boils down to the root of all evil: money. 

I hate to say it, people should be dying anyways.  What ecosystem allows a predator to outnumber the rest of the chain?  That's what happened to humans when agriculture came about.  Now we're six billion strong because of the green revolution.  Boy, people do not get it. Let's see what happens when all the petroleum is gone, and people don't eat it anymore.  Will our numbers dwindle once again? 

agree with first paragraph (with a caveat): i agree with paleophil, herbs were used in the past and are still used even by wild animals for both external and internal healing.

and then i just plain agree with the second paragraph

Once more Tyler which enzymes are there is the raw meat and fat we are talking of and that would help digest them ?  Name them please.

Please do it

There are of course none. Absolutely none.  

Again if there were any, meat would actually just digest by itself when left on butcher's shelf or in fridge within a few hours

    

im definitely not an expert, but i did just take a biology class at university and i do know that all cells have enzymes. once the cell dies, the enzymes in the lysosomes start to 'digest' the cell so that the cell's molecules can be used by other cells (not necessarily from the same organism). so, just off the top of my head, there are many proteases and lipases that unravel proteins and fats. that's exactly why meat ages, just not within a 'few hours'. enzyme reactions occur on different time scales according to its environment (temp, acidity, etc) so the molecular break down that usually occurs rapidly inside a living body takes much longer when dead and cold. maybe im missing something...

no i get chicken from the farmer's market. it's pastured chicken not fed grain. they eat grass and bugs. really good stuff

amazing dehydrator yon

thanks! i just recently added another stick to the other pull chain. now i can make a fair amount of jerky at a time

thanks for the tips guys. im assuming there's some kind of fish market too... im craving some seafood right now (and living in central texas - not exactly ocean front). if anyone else has been there and knows where to get good quality meats, let me know

anyone live near there? is it pretty easy to get good grass fed meats or wild seafood? suggestions would be appreciated. also, if anyone would want to meet up i might be able to arrange that.

cool, thanks for that kyle. i think i need to get myself a glass water bottle. the aquasana filter looks good, but my local health food store has these filters on sale for $89: http://www.newwaveenviro.com/premium-10-stage-water-filter-p-86.html

 pretty cheap in my opinion, and i have a friend who recommends them. anyone else have this filter? any suggestions? they also offer a similar shower filter.

ps: kyle, does the aquasana remove fluoride? im still a little confused about whether fluorine is good or bad. im studying environmental engineering at my university and my extremely well respected professor is an expert on drinking water treatment. he's probably the best professor i've ever had and i have a good deal of trust in him. i asked and he told me that fluoride is natural in most waters and that if they didnt add it in treated drinking water we would lose tooth enamel. i generally believe this, but im not so sure about the quality of the sources of fluoride added. i've heard some municipalities add the fluoride left over in manufacturing processes...