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Instincto / Anopsology / Re: Who has read GC Burger's main book?
« on: April 10, 2017, 02:19:46 am »
Salt in natural forms such as sea water or in seaweeds is not restricted. But seasoning foods with salt or whatever, is restricted because it's a way of processing foodstuffs which is relatively very new in the evolution of animals on Earth and experiments have shown that it fools our instinctive regulation as well as that of animals.

Experiments have also shown the troubles induced by wheat, sprouted or not, but an occasional consumption in of other unheated grains just soaked or sprouted hasn't triggered any troubles.

By the way, the revised and corrected English translation of GCB's main and first book is still available for free in pdf for the members who ask me. 

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Off Topic / Re: Wind farms
« on: April 10, 2017, 01:57:07 am »
GCB wrote a whole book (not yet published, I wonder what he's waiting for) about these and other environmental problems due to cooking and neolithic foods.

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Off Topic / Re: Wind farms
« on: April 09, 2017, 10:04:01 pm »
I guess I understated the significance of wind power, because it fairly rare here.
Thanks for the map. They don't mention Nuclear which is over 25% of the total. I am surprised that with the mountains in Europe there is no hydroelectric generation.
Nuclear is there, 7th line (11% of the total for the world in 2014*)
Hydro is on the 3th line   (17% of the total for the world in 2014*)
Wind was 9% of the total for the EU27 in 2014* — certainly more now as more wind turbines are installed.
Today, most of the electricity in Portugal is generated by wind turbines, for example
*http://www.tsp-data-portal.org/Breakdown-of-Electricity-Generation-by-Energy-Source#tspQvChart
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My understanding is that peak electrical loads are breakfast and suppertime.
Exactly. Cooking causes a huge wastage of energy, not only by the electric cookers, but also dishwashers and industrial production of processed food and stuff like dish-detergents, electric kitchen tools, etc. I wonder if nuclear power plants would be needed if everyone were to eat 100% raw and unprocessed. 

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Hot Topics / Re: Vegan mother forced to vaccinate her children
« on: April 09, 2017, 05:50:18 pm »
Mercury is one thing, but the main danger of vaccinations certainly comes from the fact that, if they work, they block processes (called illnesses) the body would use to expel toxins. These toxins (mostly coming from cooked food) will then accumulate and may finally cause cancer and various kinds of serious health troubles.




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Off Topic / Re: Wind farms
« on: April 07, 2017, 06:54:55 pm »
Thanks for the information about turbojets turbines, Raw-Al. Don't worry, I avoid beliefs. Are blades temperature in utilities gas turbines  as high as in aircraft engines and spark ignition automotive turbochargers, not to speak about steam turbines?

Anyway, why would utilities invest so much money in wind turbines if they are useless? It doesn't make sense. On this map (sorry in French but you should be able to find it in English too) we can see the how the electricity in every European country is generated at each moment ("in real time" they say as if there's an unreal time ;) ). 
https://www.electricitymap.org/?page=country&countryCode=DK
As I write, almost 30 GW are generated in Danemark by wind turbines, by far their main source of electricity — at least right now. Click on other countries to get the relevant info.

Of course, thermal winds stop late at night, but most winds are not thermal. Moreover, most electricity consumption occurs day time before the meals for cooking food and from industries — which usually are not working at night; that's why the kW.h is often at a reduced price during the night.

PS: Oh, yes, they are!
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http://www.wartsila.com/energy/learning-center/technical-comparisons/gas-turbine-for-power-generation-introduction

The temperature at which the turbine operates (firing temperature) also impacts efficiency, with higher temperatures leading to higher efficiency. However, turbine inlet temperature is limited by the thermal conditions that can be tolerated by the turbine blade metal alloy. Gas temperatures at the turbine inlet can be 1200ºC to 1400ºC, but some manufacturers have boosted inlet temperatures as high as 1600ºC by engineering blade coatings and cooling systems to protect metallurgical components from thermal damage.

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Off Topic / Re: Wind farms
« on: April 05, 2017, 04:07:36 am »
Hmm, i live just 1 km away from the nearest wind turbine; we have ducks, hens, bees, people nearby have dogs and cats and we don't notice any ill effect of these turbines. There are plenty of wild animals around, mongooses, mice, birds, etc.

The wind doesn't stop at night!

Most large thermal power plants use steam or gas turbines which, AFAIK, can work at full power immediately after starting without any problems. Diesel and gas-engines generators can be also started and stopped at will. There's more wear when they are often cold-started, but it's not such a big problem.

This post signed Alan looks like complete bullshit to me.

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Even vacuum packed tuna and swordfish fillets contain a least 4 additives. It's written on the sticker of the whole pack, sometimes visible on fish stalls. I tried to take of photo of it but it wasn't clear enough to be readable. I'll try again when I get the opportunity. 

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Off Topic / Re: Mini-Ice-Age coming in 2030s
« on: March 24, 2017, 05:36:34 am »
Just because there is a lot of empty land doesn't mean it could be used for food production  or settlement. My state is mostly desert and a lot of the water has arsenic or mercury. Some lakes had massive die offs of fish and waterfowl because of the toxins and some pets were severely sickened by drinking or playing in the water.

Exactly. Population always concentrate on the most suitable habitats: towns have been built on the best places, on river banks or lake shores.

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Off Topic / Re: The end of the world as we know it
« on: March 16, 2017, 05:35:58 pm »
If you look into the thunderbolts project and the electric universe theory you will find that space is not a vacuum but is filled with high speed charged particles from the billions of suns. These charged particles are at a very low density but because space is so enormous they add up to phenomenal electric currents and magnetic fields occurring between stars and planets. Which also leads on to an aspect of astrology being true in that the position of the other planet's and stars has an effect on our suns activity and output, which has a big impact on us all.

Sorry, but the "Electric Universe Theory" is a scam.
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Electric_Universe
https://briankoberlein.com/2014/02/25/testing-electric-universe/
http://neutrinodreaming.blogspot.pt/2011/09/electric-universe-theory-debunked.html
... and many more are easily found with a quick Google search!

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I'm not surprised at all. It's well known that the desert in what was Mesopotamia and Assyria (today Irak, Syria, Jordan) is due to agriculture. Sheep and goats herds do the final work. 

The original article of David K. Wright "Humans as Agents in the Termination of the African Humid Period"
is here http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2017.00004/full

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Off Topic / Re: The end of the world as we know it
« on: March 14, 2017, 11:41:20 pm »
... a future in  a 1000-5,000 years  in which global resources are minimal, where almost everybody is dirt-poor facing vast taxes, and where almost everyone is sick and ill all their lives.

You are very optimistic! Resources are already severely dwindling and will be minimal in 10 - 50 years.

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What if they did it instinctively? Some molds taste good when you need them.

I don't mean they were not intelligent, but that you don't need intelligence to eat what you need.

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Off Topic / Re: What to do with apples and grapes from your garden?
« on: March 07, 2017, 07:13:55 pm »
Eat them!  :)

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Off Topic / Re: Example of genetic/epigenetic adaptation to food
« on: February 26, 2017, 06:20:18 am »
I should have added " leaving enough time for reproduction" in most cases.

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The article linked is dated November 2004, thus this has been known for more than 12 years!

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Off Topic / Re: Example of genetic/epigenetic adaptation to food
« on: February 25, 2017, 10:37:33 pm »
Interesting.

As the article mentions, the natural selection has been quick because those who could not deal with the poison have died before being able to reproduce. This hasn't been the case with Neolithic and cooked foods because the troubles induced and death happen late in the lifetime, leaving enough time for reproduction.

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Where in the USSR did you grow up, ys?

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Off Topic / Re: Give us a laugh !
« on: February 04, 2017, 06:48:38 am »
America First, SWITZERLAND SECOND

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqTaecx1uJQ

More countries are second — and welcome Trump  ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRUWAxLbFdU

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Science / Re: Animals closer to humans than thought
« on: January 12, 2017, 03:47:08 pm »
Wrong link, it seems!

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Welcoming Committee / Re: I am new
« on: January 05, 2017, 02:56:13 am »
Welcome!

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General Discussion / Re: Engaging the Scientific Establishment
« on: December 28, 2016, 05:30:07 pm »
...look into the Benefits of Raw.

You can try and I wish you good luck. It's been done in Europe with no or negative results. Anyway I think it would be more correct to formulate it the other way around and instead of talking of the benefits of raw (raw nutrition should be considered the normality, aka the reference state) focus on the damages done by heating and processing food, not especially the destruction of nutrients, but the generation of billions of different kinds of abnormal molecules and new chemical compounds.

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Science / Evolution
« on: December 24, 2016, 04:20:00 am »
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https://www.quora.com/
Scientific theories are formulated to explain known phenomena. When creationists say “evolution is only a theory” they are either A: agreeing that evolution occurs, because otherwise there could be no theory to explain it, B: lying, by pretending there is no difference between what the word “theory” means colloquially versus what it means in science, or C: demonstrating their ignorance of this distinction.

We have a theory of evolution to explain the evolution we know occurs in the world. We do not have a theory of unicorn flight dynamics because there is no evidence for flying unicorns.

The fact that evolution occurs had been recognized long before Darwin. Darwin merely hypothesized that natural selection was the mechanism behind it. What we would now call Darwin’s hypothesis of natural selection was “only a theory” in the colloquial sense of something postulated as possibly true, but it has now been so well confirmed by multiple different lines of evidence from different fields that the only possible way if could be overturned is to demonstrate that we all live in The Matrix and all of reality is a sham.

At this point, it is only possible for scientific developments to refine our understanding of how evolution takes place and under what circumstances different forms of natural selection operate. Not only is evolution real, it’s arguably the best understood process in all of nature. It’s far more likely that new developments will disprove gravity, dark matter, or the perceived limit to the speed of light than that it will disprove evolution.

By the way and once again, why is this "Science" section "members only"? It would be much better open as it would show that the raw paleo movement is based on sound science!

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General Discussion / Re: Starting a fake religion to protect raw dieters
« on: December 20, 2016, 10:12:48 pm »
Why do you act surprised? I already explained to you in detail why this is the case in at least one recent thread.
You want to teach us as if your opinions are the ultimate truth and without having read what's been recommended to you, such as the famous book "Sex at Dawn" or posted in this thread:
http://www.rawpaleodietforum.com/general-discussion/re-can-we-do-without-vegetablesgreens/msg101663/#msg101663
and especially this:
http://www.rawpaleodietforum.com/off-topic/re-can-we-do-without-vegetablesgreens/msg102010/#msg102010

Actually, the whole business of making sex a sin was a theme of monotheistic religions, with the 3 Abrahamic branches being the worst of the lot. Polytheistic religions like the Roman, Ancient, Greek, Babylonian gods  were much freer as regards sex, as they included themes such as sacred prostitutes, ancient Bacchic sex-cults involving drunken sex-orgies and so on.
Absolutely true.

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General Discussion / Re: Starting a fake religion to protect raw dieters
« on: December 20, 2016, 04:46:19 pm »
And again, to promote sex only within the marriage is one of the main great achievements of most major modern religions.

LOL! Ha! Ha! What a good joke!

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General Discussion / Re: Oldest woman on Earth eats 2 raw eggs a day
« on: November 30, 2016, 07:28:41 pm »
I heard AV recommended as many as 60 eggs a day for boxers.
Ah, ha, ha!

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Regardless, raw eggs were a staple in most of the world up until the 60's or so. As was raw milk.
i don't remember that. My parents and everyone I knew were dutifully boiling the milk and cooking the eggs.

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While we're on the issue of boxing, AV also said that it's not that too many hits in the head do physical damage in and of themselves and that causes brain problems, but that the brain, being mostly composed of fat, and particularly in people who have otherwise low fat reserves (such as boxers trying to lose weight to make the cut in their division), becomes one of the main storage rooms for toxins, and when the boxers are repeatedly hit in the head, those toxins are shaken up and become loose, and it's the toxins that cause the damage, not the hits in and of themselves. This would mean that heavy metal fans who often shake their head while listening to or playing music, could also be at similar risks.

His advice for high egg consumption, iirc, was in part to help protect the brain and body from those loose toxins.
Yeah, AV had access to the ultimate truth, knowing everything from a higher source!  ;)

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