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I also think Geoff Purcell should be recognized as one of the tireless crusaders of the raw food movement.

i second that

I had hep, typhoid and rabbies jabs before going to thailand/SE asia for 6 months - plus the old malaria tablets with the nasty side effects (they began with D i think). (just remembered 'Doxycyclin'!)

I can't say whether or not they stopped anything for sure, but I do remember just how horrible the malaria tablets made both me and my girlfriend at the time felt - and we stopped taking them after a week. I remember we felt like we were dying emotionally! (and had an unquenchable thirst, plus vivid dreams etc.)

I actually think I made myself far more sick from constantly making bad choices about food, thinking that eating all sorts of dodgy stuff I don't think many locals would touch, under the impression that it would make me superman and adapt 'better'. Instead I got a poorly tummy numerous times, I suspect from pathogenic bacteria, and was badly poisned when I ate 2 closed (yes closed) clams in Vietnam, although I grew up knowing never to do that and why (god people can be stupid). It took me a very very long time to recover from that period of stupidity encompassing most of the time I was away, and the food choices I made. However on a side note, when I returned to the UK it was actually the spark of looking into taking my health into my own hands, because I felt so feeble, and was getting a bad reaction to dairy, and spots (zits). 1 1/2 years later (and a journey through various equally crazy fad diets) here I am, feeling pretty darn amazing, and getting better day by day.

I guess my point is is that my stupidity and not listenning to my bodys obvious signals lead me to real health problems. I think I hurt myself alot more than I think I would have had knowing what I know now about the human body and food (or what I think I know )

I would highly suggest listenning to good samaritan who lives in that part of the world about the vaccinations, although I would love to follow my heart and say don't bother. The only thing stopping me is that people are comparitively weak now-a-days, and you have grown up in an entirely different part of the world which may may not have an effect how your body might respond to such viruses/bacteria/organisms.

I may not know much, but I think its fair to say our ancestors weren't accustomed to flying to different parts of the planet.

Which parts of te UK are still relatively preserved/untouched?

I'm most interested in woodland.

this mac figure is rather elusive!

i got tummy aches when i ate too much fat at first.

are you eating when your hungry and vagueing keeping a realistic ratio of protein/fats?

also i personally wouldn't eat the tomatos or avocados, but rather a small portion of some wildish berries like cranberries, red/black currents - or less if they are more sugary like cultivated blueberries. Or none.

also what are you eating habits?

which wild uncultivated fruits are exactly edible enough to be part of a paleolithic diet?

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

Just getting into going to the gym, what success have to had with Stuart McRobert's (Hardgainer) advice? and what are the basic principals and exercises?

Oh and how rude of me. Welcome to the forum

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that was awesome! he looks great i think.

Eat raw meat over seafood. nothing is wrong with it (at all!), but you could get into the bread and butter of raw paleo eating by going out and buying a steak, leave it out covered on the counter to get to room temp, then searing it in a pan for a couple of seconds on each side and the edges - then slice up and eat.

You will go, "Wow, this is amazing" and "Hmm, i guess the bacteria thing is nothing to worry about"

Your gut may take a little time to adjust, as mine did after raw vegan! So if that sounds like too much too fast please do what feels right , maybe just have a bite!

Then you can go hunting for better sources of meat, like at farmers markets - such that you start to get grassfed meats, fats and whatever you fancy trying at first. Once you find a really good source you will no longer have any need to sear your meat, and your body will be adjusting to a new diet too.

BTW the only reason I say this about searing is because supermarket meat goes through a rather grim process of slaughter and processing, which I don't trust, and it is not naive to think that in these vast industrial production lines which are disinfected etc that some actual nasty bacteria (ie pathogenic?) can breed. The trick is realising the difference between THAT bacteria and the perfection of a freshly killed healthy herbivore, in all its edible raw form.

In no time you will have found a good source of meat, and be enjoying the delicious and health giving qualities of a raw paleo diet. Throw in some paleo lifestyle and your going be feeling like a champ in no time.

Ps. Some people who switch from high sugar west diets may feel a bit odd during the bodys change to a higher fat, and lower carb diet. Don't be scared to take things slow, and read as much on this site as you can because you we learn much.

Good luck!

David

pps. guys/gals be honest, do i need to work on my communication skills?!  (i'm just excited when people find our site!)

Its sounds to me like you have a good head about you, and are going in the right direct in regards to nice skin coupled with good health. I have faith you will find your own way given such a positive answer, but don't hestitate to ask for any help.

I will add to this thread with anything I can, but essentially I think the closer a diet/lifestyle is to emulating that of our paleo ancestors the closer to better health and of course healthier skin a person will become.

I also think you are beginning to see that with the results you have had already. Remember that is what is important too, the results you see for yourself with as little bias as possibe.

All the best,

David

yes yes and yes. I came back from travelling having eaten a 'normal diet' for my whole life (yet albeit on the healthier side with less fried food and more home grown veg/homecooked meals etc) and being partiularly prone to spots because i had weakened my gut through stupidly eating all sorts of food filled with nasty bacteria like a dead clam. Ug, bad times.

So, i spent a year trying different gurus advice, raw vegan, sprouted grains, kefir, goji berries and all this rubbish. I cleared my skin a little because i was eating so little it gave my body a rest to heal, but ended up being incredibly weak and thin such that if i did eat any western food, or had a beer or a late night i was so weak i would break out.

And then i stumbled across a website called 'Marks Daily Apple' which basically said, "Stop eating according to fashions, idealogies and cults, and start eating the way you body has evolved/adapted to eat." Another year of research from that point and I am proud to say I no longer follow 'diets' as such, but rather the only actual diet. Whether or not i eat crap is my choice be at least i know whats what now. Its not a game to be won (ie this diet vs that diet), it is looking at your natural history, trying it for yourself, and opening your eyes to the actual place food has in ones exsistance.

Needless to say I have perfect, glowing skin if I maintain this lifestyle, but if someone wants to not jump in at the deep end because of social conditioning, give up particularly bad culprits like up dairy, grains and nuts.

I must say when i walk past people in the street with bad skin and spots i just know that such a large percentage of those poor people are doing it to themselves with what garbage they eat.

Also dont scrub yourface, wash gently with luke warm (the cooler the better) water, stop using any soaps or products on you skin, drink plenty of spring water (or any other good water) and never ever ever squeeze your stops. A diet with plenty of raw animal fats, moderate raw animal protein and suplimented with some fruit, plus daily exercise and some sunshine will teach you a lesson you will never forget.

Hell if you want 1 to 1 help i'll be happy to. After all the ONLY reason i started taking an interest in this subject was to stop getting spots. Which i did. And i was so misarable back then that ill be happy to help you if you want me to.

All the best,

david