Surely goodsamaritan.

I'm a 22 year old caucasian male of Irish and German descent living in Pennsylvania. I have a lifelong history of antibiotics from many ear infections as a child. I never noticed it growing up, but I was rather chronically constipated, usually only passing a stool every two or three days ago and only doing so by forcing the stool for about a half an hour on the toilet.

I adopted a vegetarian diet for a while, then decided to reintroduce animal foods and cut carbs. At that time I became very ill with Lyme Disease and Co-infections and developed many physical, digestive, and neurological symptoms from that illness. I then was put on high dose antibiotics for over a year. I am now off antibiotics and am trying to heal my gut and the remaining symptoms of lyme and friends.

I am 5'10'', 150 pounds and I eat a largely raw paleolithic diet and have been doing so for a few weeks. I eat many organ meat smoothies and raw suet and raw egg yolks. I am a lover of all things fermentation so I eat fermented vegetables and am considering introducing raw dairy kefir into my diet. I am also reading more about fermented meat products and high meat.

I have never tried anti-ulcer drugs and have never been diagnosed as having an ulcer, but I very well might considering these symptoms. I would prefer not to take antibiotics again due to my medical history and gut dysbiosis. If you need any other information, let me know.

Zym.

I saw Ron Paul speak at Penn State for the 2008 election. He had a strong grassroots following and had a lot of promise for winning the election. The media, however, absolutely did not want him to win. This was likely due to the fact that he would reduce the media's influence on government through revoking corporate personhood. The media, therefore, simply did not mention him as much as the other candidates in that election. When they did mention him, they often criticized him. So despite the strong grassroots campaigning (where he made more in personal donations than any other candidate), the media presented him as radical and without a chance to win. Then he was destroyed in the election, receiving a few percent of the votes in most states.

This year the media is not even mentioning that he continues to come out in the top three in many straw pools. Because his agenda would endanger the profits of so many big agencies, I have to say that the odds are not in his favor. (Did anyone catch my Hunger Games reference?  )

I bought two pounds of grass-fed, grain-finished ground beef without knowing it was grain finished so I was wondering if you think it is safe to eat raw. I trust my other sources of raw meat, but this grain finished beef less so (the company feeds their cows spelt before slaughter because they think it improves flavor). Any thoughts?

I started RPD again a week or so ago and now after introducing raw organs (heart and liver) and raw beef suet, I am having some pretty nasty digestive pain. It is definitely familiar pain so I'm unsure if it's a detox (possibly Candida die-off) or if my body simply cannot use all of the fat I am now eating.

Any thoughts?

After some thought - we think it was that vitamin A interferes with vitamin D and cod-liver oil is so high in vitamin A that you don't absorb much of its vitamin D when you take cod-liver oil.

It's supposed to be the opposite from my research, Dorothy. If you eat Vitamin A without D, it can be highly toxic in large doses, but with synergistic Vitamin D, you can eat a lot and receive the full benefits.

I have come across a friend of a friend who has had Lyme Disease for 4 or 5 years. I have been indirectly asked by a friend of his to give my verdict on a cooked-palaeodiet. I am curious to know if anyone has ever healed themselves from Lyme Disease on a RVAF diet?

I have Chronic Lyme and Coinfections and have recently started to eat RVAF again. We'll see how I'm doing in a couple weeks to a couple months and see if we can answer that.

I know that Dr. Ron of the Weston Price Foundation has Lyme and also eats raw. He said he has almost no symptoms now because of his nutritionally dense raw diet. http://www.drrons.com/diet-chronic-disease-and-optimal-health-4.htm

Most adrenal supplements are highly processed and are therefore useless. In my own case, I noticed a slight lightening of the iris after taking dr ron's adrenal and thyroid which seemed to indicate some benefit.

How many capsules of each do you take and at what schedule, Tyler? I have adrenal and thyroid problems from chronic Lyme Disease and have considered supplementing with Dr. Ron's products. I was also curious how much liver you eat because these supplements both contain desiccated liver.

Wonderful suggestions everyone. I have to give it all some thought.

How do nuts/seeds taste to you and how do they make you feel Zym?

I haven't eaten any for a while, I've just been thinking about re-introducing them. I'm kind of turned off by them a bit because I ate so many pumpkin and sunflower seeds for a long period of my life and it has left a stain haha, but otherwise the idea of making sunflower seed pancakes from the GAPS Diet recipes sound appealing. I loved those.

Interestingly enough I found that eating raw liver no longer made me feel euphoric yesterday (as it normally does). I've probably had enough for right now. I think I definitely need variety.

Are eating whole raw eggs a good idea?

Not sure if it's really bioavailable from greens, but maybe. I would bet some wild greens like dandelion would be a good source, but I've never done the research.

Is it safe to eat lots of liver without supplementing with cod liver oil for Vitamin D? It seems that Liver has a lot of Vitamin A, but it doesn't seem to have Vitamin D.

If you didn't also eat CLO, wouldn't your Vitamin A and Vitamin D ratio get thrown off?


Zym.

I only recommend raw pumpkin seeds for those who eat a lot of raw dairy.  Fibre is not needed, imo. The science behind it is  bogus. All you get from fibre is much larger stools.

Tyler, I have also read some writings on fiber and tend to agree, but why would I have much easier bowel movements eating vegetables and seeds than when I eat zero carb meat if fiber did not play some role in bowel evacuation?