Paleo Diet: Raw Paleo Diet and Lifestyle Forum
Raw Paleo Diet to Suit You => Carnivorous / Zero Carb Approach => Topic started by: Josh on April 30, 2009, 11:00:02 pm
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Hi.
My stomach has been quite uncomfortable the last couple of days since more or less jumping into a raw carni diet.
Today I intuitively felt I needed some greens, so had a bit of lettuce and chard. My stomach feels a lot better now, as well as general energy level.
My question is eating raw greens merely delaying the inevitable regarding adapting to a putrefactive digestion? That is to say, if I keep eating things with fibre in will it hinder adapting to digesting and passing meat?
Cheers, Josh
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Primal diet theory looks at juiced veggies to balance the raw animal food intake.
I also read Rami Nagel of Cure Tooth Decay fame say this.
Go with how you feel.
You do know there is an adjustment period.
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Yeh thanks....problem is if I go with what I intuitively want I could end up eating a lot of fruit and veggies as the meat is not sitting right at the moment.
Seems like this could hinder the adjustment to meat.
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Hi Josh,
As goodsamaritan said, there is inevitably going to be an adjustment period for you - particularly if you've jumped straight into the diet rather than taking gradual steps. If you didn't do so, it may also have been wise to initiate the new direction with a period of fasting to help cleanse & prepare your digestive system.
I've been eating RAF for 8 years now with my current paleo diet following on from 4 years of my own version of Aajonus's Primal diet. I have no problems digesting vast quantities of meats despite still eating small amounts of fresh herbs, onion, peppers, garlic etc. It may be wise to take it slowly as introducing radical dietary changes to the body will always have consequences such as those you've experienced.
I would add, however, that the closer I move towards the zero-carb diet of meat, fat & water and the less fruit/veg I consume, the better my digestion becomes. Perhaps if zero-carb was your goal then, in answer to your question, yes - you probably are delaying the inevitable regarding adapting to putrefactive digestion. Personally though, I'm not intellectually or spiritually convinced that humans are supposed to be pure carnivores and I believe small quantities of selected fruit/veg/nuts are valid natural foods. In such a scenario, I wouldn't envisage a digestive system capable only of putrefactive digestion as an asset. Surely we were hunter/GATHERERS which meant we could benefit in the survival stakes from an adaptive digestive system.
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Hi there..Thanks for the reply. I think I'll stick with what I'm doing, maybe with a very small amount of greens.
Who knows about paleo philosophy? I just want to give raw carnivorous a good try, then if it doesn't work out raw omni and other things. :)
Cheers, Josh