Anyone live in Devon?

Looking at uncultivated wild fruit

'A fruit wants to be eaten so that its seed can be spread'

Example: Rosehip


The fruit is sweet, the seed is difficult to digest and
contains cyanide, the colour is bright.



Why are some poisonous fruits sweet?
What is the role of vitamin C in fruits?
Are wild fruits edible enough to be a significant ammounts in a humans diet?
Why do poisonous fruits and edible fruits look so simliar?

Do rosehips and other 'edible' uncultivated wild fruits actually want to be eaten?


Thank you

Im re-decorating my very brightly coloured london bedroom as the colours are finally getting to me!

It will be fun experimenting with some homemade clay and starch paint.

I wanted to try sleeping on the floor, but I dont think the rock hard planks of the floor are going to be as nice to sleep on as the earth/grasses/leaves etc outside. Therefore I was looking for a natural material that would be a nice alternative, considering my girlfriend would really raise an eyebrow if i started bringing that sort of stuff inside to sleep on!

I thought of natural rubber, but didnt like the idea of sleep next to latex (dont know why, just slightly odd stuff given that people can be allergic to it no?) and I also considered bamboo matts but they are only a few mm's thick. Hmm.

Maybe a nice thick wool blanket? Hmm.

I remember hearing some guys saying they just throw down a blanket and thats it, which is great - but I cant help that think maybe thats a little too 'hard' (however is probably a lot better than much much too soft like beds).

So what are you primative (yet indoor) sleeping habits/materials?

Thanks guys!

(ps just found a site called paleoplanet which is alot of fun! Maybe we could meld the two and make a super duper paleo site!!  )

...itchy butt, sleeplessness, worst at night, all the symptoms....

Dont want to take drugs, anyone have any experience?

hehe, thanks!

Off the top of my head, i have a few, but was wanting to get a god idea what with so many people falling sick this time of year and onwards.

I have...

1.Minimise sugar consuption
2.Minimise stress
3.Minimise pollutants
4.Plenty of rest/sleep
5.Plenty of sunlight
6.Plenty of water
7.Plenty of exercise
8.Plenty of healthy fats
9.Adequate protein

Anyone have any to add? or any to question there?

this is something i sent to a particular paleo someone.....hope you all feel lucky to be included 

(or of course 'un' lucky (depending on if you are a half full/empty kinda person )


hey,

i'll tell you one thing, liver smoothies were definately a phase! One i dont think I'll repeat!

Liver is such a treat, it utterly defeats the point of doing all that to it. Essentially I was trying to mask the taste, and in the end it was horrible!

I think raw liver is such a mega food, I wouldn't eat it everyday. You can tell when you've had enough, and if you imagine killing an animal, the ratio of liver to the rest is fairly small! I think this animal/ratio logic isnt a bad idea to get a vague balance of what to eat. But even better than that is getting back to being in sync with your body....

Sorry I actually wasn't intending to say all this at all! Instead I was actually going to say that today I had raw liver, and it was FANTASTIC. Having bought a lovely lambs liver from a happy grass fed sheep, I.....

-Got a medium pan, put about a couple millimeters of water and heated till it boiled, than turned off the heat. I than put 1/3 of the whole liver in (about a decent handful pieceish ) I popped the lid on, and left it for 5 or so mins. I did turn it over and left for a few minutes.

This is not to cook it in anyway, but warm it.. (body tempishish/warm meat of ANY sort is better. Think about it )

Anyway...

-I then cut the liver into very thin slices using an incredibly sharp knife....and made a nice circular arrangement on a plate with them....

-I then sprinkled sea salt, ground black pepper, paprika and garlic powder to taste into the used water, and added a bit more water to make about a cup of 'broth'. The simpler the better, maybe next time no chilli...

-I poured this into a beautiful blue, handless cup - which i placed in the centre of the plate.

I ate with chopsticks (2 skewers!), savouring and sipping whilst listenning to my flatmate recording her beautiful music, while thinking about the universe and how we're are all part of a big picture. Oh, and really relishing the soft textures/flavours with the peppy/salty broth.

It was both delicious and spiritual. Super, mega good for mind and body.

So there we go. Never again am I going to soberly take for granted something that has such wonderful potential. Or rather IS wondeful.

Each to their own of course

Hope you had fun reading this, I had fun writing it.

David A-C

xxx

After reading some of 'Lex's Journal' I had to find out what his 'Dog and Cat mix' was......sounds great! Slackers looks like a absolute gem, and I am very envious of all you US peeps! I guess I should be happy for you, because after all I want everyone to be eating good meat.... 

I get my meat from London’s farmers markets which are awesome; I love ‘em. Only problem is that the farmers I talk raise an eyebrow at the mention of the lesser known cuts/organs like 'spleen' etc and I would love to find somewhere similar to slackers that might better set-up to cater for such demands (and many even supply such ground mixes with a bit of everything like the before mentioned 'Dog and Cat mix'!).

Of course give the size of the UK this may not be possible, and I would still nevertheless consider myself lucky to have the great choice offered at the markets in London. I should of course keep asking around at the markets and try to befriend some of the farmers!

Any ideas/sources would be much appreciated.

Thanks and all the best!

David

I do best on low to very low carb. Having two cartons of VitoCoconut water yesterday (about 30gs of sugar) was enough to show me this. And for this reason I dont eat much in the way of modern/cultivated fruit. Wild/uncultivated fruit however is something I am no so quick to rule out......

Here is a nice website of some wild fruits in the uk. I am yet to research if they are native to uk/europe, but I suspect at least some are.

http://cabd0.tripod.com/cabsmushroompage/id4.html

I plan to go for whatevers ripe and in season, and maybe dry (at a very low temp) some, then powder, to make a decent supplement to my animal fat/meat/organ etc diet.

Let you know how it goes....

David

Hi all,

I'm 21 and live in London (although from the countryside originally) and have toyed with various different diets for the past year since travelling. However my story is for a different post....

Here I just wanted to talk about jobs, partly because I currently feel so helpless in trying to decide a future career, or find suitable jobs, or studies etc.

I guess all  really want to ask the forum is this...

Many different people have different jobs, some of which would have been considered very bizarre pastimes to do in the era of our ancestors ( for example a cavemen sitting in a cave all day in a suit doesn't exactly 'fit the mold' so to speak - but importantly this is not to say this is a negative thing, because it is ultimately all about the individuals happiness )

Add to this that there are some things to me that just feel more 'natural' and inkeeping with what my body wants over time. For example constantly moving gently with short periods of maximum exersion makes me feel heathlier than being sedentry or on the other hand going full pelt all the time. Or being outside makes me happy....etc

Hope this makes sense so far.

And to my point. I was wondering if people could give any experiences of they're jobs, and whether they make them happy or not, but also whether of not thats for some paleoish reasons. For example someone might say they love they're jobs as a sprinter, for whatever reasons, but one factor is that they get to be fairly active constantly, and then very active for a little bit - which is perhaps inkeeping with our evolutionary build. Or perhaps a builder might love being outside, using his head, but also his hands etc.

I hope this doesn't seem to abstract, I simply just feel very lost with career paths, and studying etc, and none of it just really seems to click with me in anyway. This is maybe a route of inspiration, considering that this is a like minded community in regards to the model of what the human body is designed for, and wants. Not only in diet, but in lifestyle choices, including career paths too.

Hope this makes sense.

David


ps. i appreciate that it is ultimately my decision, and should be based on many factors, not just how 'paleo' something is - which, however important it my be, is of course only one factor to consider. But alas, 21 I am, and mighty curious, and mighty undecided. Thanks!