I was at a Nourishing Traditions workshop this weekend, and Sally Fallon noted that chickens fed soy will pass the antinutrients in soy into their eggs. I wonder what percent of egg intolerance issues are actually due to soy antinutrient contamination? Most chicken feeds contain soy in varying amounts, and all chicken farms I've found always feed their chickens at least some commercial feed, even if organic.

I'm not trying to defend Sharon Palmer or James Stewart. It sounds to me like they're involved in finagling of their own, and if they've violated the law they should be dealt with in accordance with the law.

And a PhD might not mean anything to you, but it means a lot to some people. It obviously meant something to Aajonus, otherwise he wouldn't have paid serious cash to buy one from a diploma mill. It also means something to me, because I labored for four years to earn a real one from an accredited university. And it means something to my consulting clients, who pay me top dollar to work for them.

IF is intermittent fasting (or intermittent feeding, as it's used in the article TD linked to). This means allowing modest periods of time (up to a day or two) to pass between meals once in a while. CR is caloric restraint, which means deliberately and commonly eating a lower than normal caloric intake each day. They are both about reducing caloric intake, but differ in their frequency (IF is less common caloric reduction while CR or more common).

Find some grass fed beef suet, back fat or bone marrow. Cut them into small pieces and treat as a finger food. Those foods are about as calorie dense as you're going to get. Nuts, regardless of how you process them, have a lot of anti-nutrients and don't strike me as something useful in the context of detoxification.

I am very aware of the work Aajonus does to promote the availability of raw milk. Although I applaud him for that, it doesn't get him off the hook for his fake PhD and fantastical stories. Leaders in any movement need to carry themselves with a high degree of dignity, lest they become a burden to their movements. Aajonus Vonderplanitz is becoming quite a burden.

I suspect they're all scammers, including and especially Aajonus Vanderplanitz. Yeah, he does advocate ideas that some of us have found useful, but we're foolish to continue holding him high given that he's dug himself into such a deep hole regarding his credentials and trustworthiness. Time for AV to enjoy a downward spiral and hit rock bottom. Hopefully he enjoys a soft landing, maybe in a few years he'll start being honest with people and stop building his business on silly stories.

Administrators might consider removing the "Primal Diet" section so he doesn't drag this website down with him.

Warmwater fish carry all sorts of parasites. I'd cook it. Or compost it.

Possibly. I can't say for sure whether blending or beating denatures proteins, but these processes certainly promote oxidation. Whether blending or beating, as processes, are good or bad will depend on whether the amount of oxidation outweighs other benefits that these processes deliver. That depends on what food you're talking about, and how long/much you blend or beat it.

For what it's worth, I don't beat or blend eggs, but I do blend greens and plant materials when making smoothies and juices.

And while you're welcome to experiment with wodgina's sleep deprivation method, that sounds like a bad idea to me. I'd instead suggest getting a good night's sleep, not eating anything after 4 pm or so, and getting up with the sun each morning.

Hi Charlie, I don't visit this site too often anymore but saw your post and I can offer you a success story. I suffered from severe depression from the ages 14 until about 22, which included symptoms identical to those you've articulated and culminated in a suicide attempt. My diet certainly changed afterwards, but I can't attribute my recovery entirely to diet. The things that most helped me include:

1. Eating less processed food, then eventually more raw food, and finally focusing on getting raw fats with a proper balance of Omega 3 and Omega 6 (i.e. about 1:1)
2. Reducing my exposure to environmental toxins, including cigarette smoke
3. Getting sun over my entire body (you need to be eating lots of good fat for this to help, otherwise your body can't turn the sun into vitamin D)
4. Spending quiet time in nature (Jon Young calls this a 'Sit Spot')
5. Learning and using the communication process called Non-Violent Communication (I started this practice about the time I started eating more raw foods, which was in 2003).
6. Talking to people about particular things that bothered me in my life (NVC was a pre-requisite for this in my case; at first I couldn't bear the thought of talking to people, so I started by talking to trees and rocks while at my sit spot and eventually reached a point where I could talk to people)
7. Became more active (yoga, martial arts, hiking; although I don't do yoga anymore, just martial arts, lots of low-intensity workouts including long walks and brief high-intensity workouts about once every 7 days)

If you want more details, let me know. Feel free to send a PM if you'd prefer that option.

Eric is my first (given) name. I use it because I want to be honest with others about what my name is (not use a pseudonym) but at the same time I don't want to use my full name.

I use a razor. I keep my head shaved. This has worked wonders to my scalp health, it feels nice and requires zero maintenance.