Raw Paleo Diet Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: LePatron7 on May 31, 2013, 01:38:18 am
Title: Your view on supplements
Post by: LePatron7 on May 31, 2013, 01:38:18 am
Hey everyone. I thought I'd make a thread so that newbies on the forum could make an educated decision on whether or not to take supplements based on other RPD'ers experiences.
Here are my experiences. I don't try to get all my nutrients from supplements. But in situations where I can't get the amounts of the vitamins I want from food, I take supplements.
For example I don't (and can't) spend that much time in the sun, so I take a vitamin d3 supplement.
I also need larger than normal doses of niacin, b complex, and vitamin c - so I take those.
I've been learning about iodine detoxing the other halides, so I've been taking Lugol's 2% iodine.
Basically I'm not anti-supplements. If you can get it from food, that's better. But if you need supplements for stuff you can't get from food, I'm all for it.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: cherimoya_kid on May 31, 2013, 07:50:17 pm
I agree, although I only supplement vitamin D. Occasionally I take some bone meal or healing clay like Terramin, but those are naturally-occurring and not heavily processed.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: joej627 on May 31, 2013, 08:55:08 pm
I think very few supplements are truly needed. Most can get from food sources. Best sources?
kelp or seaweed - iodine liver - b12 and b complex cod liver oil - vitamin d, omegas (sun is best) papaya/pineapple - digestive enzymes, vitamin C (papaya is LOADED) fermented foods - probiotics raw fats - great for most everything marrow bones - for joints
Personally, I think magnesium is one of the harder ones to get from food. Unfortunately, there is more in some of the "non-paleo" foods. Swiss chard, spinach, greens, and some nuts seem to be the best sources for these.
Other than that, a "whole foods" supplement like Dr. Schulze stuff seems best for broad-spectrum type stuff.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: svrn on May 31, 2013, 11:44:33 pm
I agree, although I only supplement vitamin D. Occasionally I take some bone meal or healing clay like Terramin, but those are naturally-occurring and not heavily processed.
Bone emal and terramin clay are foods not supplements. They are found in nature exactly as you consume them. And no point in taking vitamin d pills when you could just take fermented cod liver oil.
Magnesium is quite plentiful in most shellfish especially scallops and mussels. Lost of plain fish have a good amount of magnesium as well.
PLEASE NAME ONE NUTRIENT THAT CANT BE FOUND IN FOOD.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: LePatron7 on June 01, 2013, 12:42:16 am
PLEASE NAME ONE NUTRIENT THAT CANT BE FOUND IN FOOD.
This is a post to discuss our views on supplements, you've made your point clear that you're against them. There are no nutrients in supplements that can't be found in food. However I can't get 15-50 mg of iodine from food, nor large doses of other vitamins from food. My view is that in certain instances supplements are beneficial, and having the view that all supplements are harmful is counter intuitive (imo).
I don't advocate taking Vitamin A supplements when you can eat liver, or taking CoQ10 when you can eat heart.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: svrn on June 01, 2013, 01:00:17 am
You just need to eat more organs. The american indians used to drive buffalo off the cliffs and then take their organs while leaving the muscle meat for the vultures. Its because thats where all that good stuff is. Especially the niacin you think you need to be taking pills for when you can get much more bioavailable niacin without liver toxicity through organs.
And you may think your getting a lot of iodine through your chemicals but just a fraction of that is bioavailable and utilizable. Youll get much more bioavailable iodine through fish and shellfish and seaweed.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: LePatron7 on June 01, 2013, 01:31:29 am
You just need to eat more organs. The american indians used to drive buffalo off the cliffs and then take their organs while leaving the muscle meat for the vultures. Its because thats where all that good stuff is. Especially the niacin you think you need to be taking pills for when you can get much more bioavailable niacin without liver toxicity through organs.
Beef liver, 1 oz (likely not grass fed) - http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/beef-products/3468/2 (http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/beef-products/3468/2)
"Niacin - 3.7mg - 18%"
I take 3,000 mg (15,000%) from supplements. So I'd have to eat 50 lbs of liver daily to get that same amount.... Seems a bit unrealistic.
And you may think your getting a lot of iodine through your chemicals but just a fraction of that is bioavailable and utilizable. Youll get much more bioavailable iodine through fish and shellfish and seaweed.
Lugol's iodine is actually mined from crystals, so it's a natural source, just like the "Real Salt" I use.
So I'd have to eat about 4 lbs of haddock to get what I get from 1 drop of Lugol's, and I typically use around 10 drops daily.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: svrn on June 01, 2013, 01:58:41 am
Like I said, only a fraction of those nutrients in the supplement are bioavailable.
The nutrients in raw foods are 100% bioavailable
the bioavailability of supplements varies from each one but they are all very low. for every non bioavailable nutrient you ingest you will have damage in your body.
For more information on the bioavailability of nutrient and for some insight into why we at this forum eat our foods raw please refer to the newbie section.
and as to your crystal mining I hate to break it to you but while humans are omnivores for the most part this does not include rock eating. Plants eat rocks not humans.
and to seaweed not being scd legal all I can say is lol.
If you think x amount of a certain nutrient in a supplement equals anything close to x amount of said nutrient in raw form i cant really help you except to ask, do you even know why people eat raw food or did you jsut stumble into this completely blindly?
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: LePatron7 on June 01, 2013, 02:52:36 am
"Here’s the study referenced in that interview. The study showed that egg protein is more digestible (94% versus 55-64%) when heated, probably due to alteration of the protein’s structure and the ability of digestive enzymes to infiltrate peptide bonds."
Thank you for stating your opinion on supplements, it will be useful to other members who are interested on the topic of supplements.
and as to your crystal mining I hate to break it to you but while humans are omnivores for the most part this does not include rock eating. Plants eat rocks not humans.
There have been many documented instances of animals licking salt rocks, and other such things.
In fact, the way they found out about Real Salt was because of deer.
If you think x amount of a certain nutrient in a supplement equals anything close to x amount of said nutrient in raw form i cant really help you except to ask, do you even know why people eat raw food or did you jsut stumble into this completely blindly?
the bioavailability of supplements varies from each one but they are all very low. for every non bioavailable nutrient you ingest you will have damage in your body.
Raw food = better absorption, enzymes, less toxins, more nutrients, plenty of benefits. I know why I eat raw foods. Feel free to cite studies (or any other supporting evidence) showing poor absorption of nutrients from supplements, why they're toxic, etc. to support your point of view on supplements.
and to seaweed not being scd legal all I can say is lol.
SCD is very well supported by scientific evidence, strenuous research, and lots of anecdotal support from people world wide who have benefited from it.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: cherimoya_kid on June 01, 2013, 03:08:00 am
Bone emal and terramin clay are foods not supplements. They are found in nature exactly as you consume them. And no point in taking vitamin d pills when you could just take fermented cod liver oil.
Magnesium is quite plentiful in most shellfish especially scallops and mussels. Lost of plain fish have a good amount of magnesium as well.
PLEASE NAME ONE NUTRIENT THAT CANT BE FOUND IN FOOD.
Cod liver oil is a supplement.
And I don't take it because the high amount of vitamin A messes me up.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: LePatron7 on June 01, 2013, 03:11:36 am
It could also be viewed as a processed food. It's been extracted from the liver of the fish cod. Just as olive oil is an extraction of the oil from olives.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: svrn on June 01, 2013, 04:30:10 am
Cod liver oil is made by letting the cod livers sit in a giant vat and then later collecting the oil from the bottom. Not too much different than the cream rising to the top of milk.
So if you want to call fclo a supplement youll have to call cream a supplement as well.
and who said anything about something being 100% absorbed? Please stop putting words in my mouth. Just because something is completely bioavailable doesnt mean it will be completely absorbed. Either way you pointing to that study shows jsut how stupid studies are because I vomit when I eat cooked eggs and never with raw so you tell me which is absorbed better?
FUNNY HOW NOW YOU POST STUDIES PROMOTING COOKED EGGS OVER RAW EGGS. (are anyone elses troll senses beginning to tingle here?) You begin veering us off the road of raw food with supplements but how far do you intend to veer people off the road raw foods? At least all the way to switching to cooked eggs over raw as your support for this webpage shows. At what point is the line crossed and somebody identified as infiltrator?
However this makes sense coming out of the same person who promotes supplements because I dont see how a true raw foodist can promote taking supplements for a persons entire life.
You story about the deer sounds great but the same deer would chow down on your genetically modified grain crop if they come across that too so I wouldnt go asking it for health advice.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: svrn on June 01, 2013, 04:44:45 am
forgot to post this pertaining to absorbability of supplements. Took me asecond to find, im really getting tired of having to do research for people.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE USE GOOGLE.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: LePatron7 on June 01, 2013, 04:48:05 am
Either way you pointing to that study shows jsut how stupid studies are because I vomit when I eat cooked eggs and never with raw so you tell me which is absorbed better?
You may be reacting to the toxins in a cooked food, not necessarily its absorbability.
FUNNY HOW NOW YOU POST STUDIES PROMOTING COOKED EGGS OVER RAW EGGS. (are anyone elses troll senses beginning to tingle here?) You begin veering us off the road of raw food with supplements but how far do you intend to veer people off the road raw foods? At least all the way to switching to cooked eggs over raw as your support for this webpage shows. At what point is the line crossed and somebody identified as infiltrator?[/size]
Where you got that I'm promoting cooked foods, I don't know. I was simply showing that no food is absorbed 100%.
Cod liver oil is made by letting the cod livers sit in a giant vat and then later collecting the oil from the bottom. Not too much different than the cream rising to the top of milk.
Could you provide any info as to how FCLO is processed? I can't seem to find anything on their website.
and who said anything about something being 100% absorbed? Please stop putting words in my mouth. Just because something is completely bioavailable doesnt mean it will be completely absorbed.
What exactly do you mean by bioavailable then? Please elaborate.
However this makes sense coming out of the same person who promotes supplements because I dont see how a true raw foodist can promote taking supplements for a persons entire life.
You can't see how a "true raw foodist" can "promote taking supplements for a persons entire life" because of how close minded you are.
You're 100% sure that supplements are bad, toxic, etc. because... Well for whatever reasons you have. That's your frame, your point of view. Not everyone sees it like that. Your problem is that you can't accept people have varying views from yours. Or that someone could be getting real benefits from a supplement when your view is as such.
forgot to post this pertaining to absorbability of supplements. Took me asecond to find, im really getting tired of having to do research for people.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE USE GOOGLE.
I'm not advocating that we can't use google. But if you want your point of view to be considered citing evidence for your claims will help you seem credible.
Also, I'd like to see evidence (if you care to do the research for us.. lol) that all vitamins and mineral supplements are completely different from those same vitamins and minerals found in nature. Ie. show me that niacin in my supplement is different from the niacin in liver (besides not being found in a whole food). In other words, that it is toxic. Something supporting the opinion you share with AV.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: svrn on June 01, 2013, 05:12:22 am
whatever man, your a waste of time. Iv already said everything iv needed to say and seen everything iv needed to see.
You want to incrementally lead people away from raw foods through your "open mindedness" the same technique always used to get people to accept ridiculous things. Now its supplements next its cooked eggs are more absorbable then youll be talking about the lycopene in tomatoes and how we should be open minded and cook tomatoes because we need the lycopene we cant get in raw form.
Just know iv got my eye on you. You are treading on thin ice here with your anti raw sentiments. If you continue to sneak in pro cooked food propaganda under various guises you will likely be banned.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: svrn on June 01, 2013, 05:16:03 am
"Also, I'd like to see evidence (if you care to do the research for" us.. lol) that all vitamins and mineral supplements are completely different from those same vitamins and minerals found in nature. Ie. show me that niacin in my supplement is different from the niacin in liver (besides not being found in a whole food). In other words, that it is toxic. Something supporting the opinion you share with AV."
you are going against everything this board stands for by forcing me to prove the most basic of points in the raw food philosophy, that nutrients are delicate and must be kept in their raw state, below 96 degrees (up to 104 in some circles). You are going against what all but the most open mindedness obsessed people on this forum believe and are trying to make us question the most basic of tenets in this system of thought. I am no longer playing your game.
You behave just as the trolls of the past have, trying so hard to make us think you are genuinely one of us only to sneak anti raw sentiments here and there and make us question the concept of raw foods.
I see who you are infiltrator, dont you worry about that. I see your goal is to sneakily undermine raw foods like so many trolls have attempted do on this forum in years gone by (hasnt been a problem for a little while but we should expect more of this as the popularity of raw animal foods rises)
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: LePatron7 on June 01, 2013, 05:21:59 am
You want to incrementally lead people away from raw foods through your "open mindedness" the same technique always used to get people to accept ridiculous things. Now its supplements next its cooked eggs are more absorbable then youll be talking about the lycopene in tomatoes and how we should be open minded and cook tomatoes because we need the lycopene we cant get in raw form.
Actually... Lol I think tomatoes are great for lycopene. But I highly prefer sun dried tomatoes. In fact, I used (home made) sun dried tomatoes on my raw ketchup, which had no cooked ingredients. I cut up tomatoes and placed them on a plate and on my dash board in hot weather for 3-4 days. It came out delish!
Just know iv got my eye on you. You are treading on thin ice here with your anti raw sentiments. If you continue to sneak in pro cooked food propaganda under various guises you will likely be banned.
Good to know. Troll has got his eye on me... Lol. I'm sure I'll get banned for promoting things that a lot of other moderators support the use of.
"Also, I'd like to see evidence (if you care to do the research for" us.. lol) that all vitamins and mineral supplements are completely different from those same vitamins and minerals found in nature. Ie. show me that niacin in my supplement is different from the niacin in liver (besides not being found in a whole food). In other words, that it is toxic. Something supporting the opinion you share with AV."
you are going against everything this board stands for by forcing me to prove the most basic of points in the raw food philosophy, that nutrients are delicate and must be kept in their raw state, below 96 degrees (up to 104 in some circles). You are going against what all but the most open mindedness obsessed people on this forum believe and are trying to make us question the most basic of tenets in this system of thought. I am no longer playing your game.
So you're basically saying, you're not going to give any evidence to support your claims?
I think I've seen elsewhere on the forum that certain nutrients are different in supplement form (ie. vitamin c).
You behave just as the trolls of the past have, trying so hard to make us think you are genuinely one of us only to sneak anti raw sentiments here and there and make us question the concept of raw foods.
You caught me! How sneaky of me to promote a raw diet with supplements if necessary. Trying to get you guys to question the benefits of raw foods.. By promoting a raw diet, with supplements if necessary... Wait.. I'm promoting a raw diet...
Troll could you elaborate as to how I'm undermining a RAF diet?
I see who you are infiltrator, dont you worry about that.
Yes, the infiltrator... The guy who eats 100% raw diet. Uses fluoride free tooth paste. A distiller for pure water. A shower head that removes impurities.
But just so happens to want to use every avenue available for healing and not limit himself by some guru's unfounded, undocumented claims. Maybe eventually you'll want to discuss how freezing food shouldn't be allowed to be on the forum. Are there any other things AV says you shouldn't do that you think shouldn't be discussed on the forum?
Again, to make it clear. This thread is not the debate over whether supplements are right or wrong. But simply whether you support them, or whether you don't support them. And preferably that you give reasons for your stance, as well as evidence to support it for other users who want to make an educated decision.
Hey everyone. I thought I'd make a thread so that newbies on the forum could make an educated decision on whether or not to take supplements based on other RPD'ers experiences.
You made it clear what your stance is 7 posts ago (however without providing any support [studies, anecdotal evidence, etc).
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: svrn on June 01, 2013, 05:47:46 am
Heres a post from an infiltrator we caught years ago called jazzisgood
Not to mention, why would I drive Aajonus to Ft. Lauderdale International Airport tomorrow from my personal consultation appointment in Delray if I were Harley Johnstone (DurianRider) or any other raw vegan troll. 8) But then again, didn't harley drive aaj to the airport in brisbane? -\ Oh...... Now I see where you came up with it. Makes perfect sense. ;)
sounds exactly like
Yes, the infiltrator... The guy who eats 100% raw diet. Uses fluoride free tooth paste. A distiller for pure water. A shower head that removes impurities
...
The way an infiltrator would undermine the integrity of the forum is by pretending to be just like us while picking a few things to try to convince us to deviate from the raw paleo diet (taking supplements for ones entire life). An infiltrator would obviously be unsuccessful trying to immediately get everyone to start eating cooked food so you have start small and work your towards that incrementally in order to most effectivly undermine the raw paleo philosophy, this is what many trolls here have done before you.
You seem to be getting awfully ahead of yourself though with your cooked eggs are twice as absorbable as raw eggs garbage.
You also promote the infallibilty of studies and "Expert opinion" when everyone on this forum knows that 99.9% of studies are pro cooked meat and "prove" their findings as well. If we all believed in the infallibility of studies (something paid for by people with big money to say whatever they want for it to say) then we ouldnt be eating predeominantly raw meat and fat now would we?
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: LePatron7 on June 01, 2013, 06:00:36 am
I'm not sure if you even read that post at all... But 1-8 don't apply to me. If you think they do, feel free to elaborate. Also it appears that "jazzisgood" is pointing out the various ways to spot a vegan trolling on the forum. He doesn't seem to be posting cooked food or vegan propaganda.
Edit: After further reviewing his posts, perhaps he was a troll. However feel free to point out the ways our conversation is similar. Actually, his first post was hilarious. To think that vegan trolls would post stuff like that is hysterical.
Not to mention, why would I drive Aajonus to Ft. Lauderdale International Airport tomorrow from my personal consultation appointment in Delray if I were Harley Johnstone (DurianRider) or any other raw vegan troll. 8) But then again, didn't harley drive aaj to the airport in brisbane? -\ Oh...... Now I see where you came up with it. Makes perfect sense. ;)
Actually, I'm not sure where you got the idea that I was calling you a vegan troll.
The way an infiltrator would undermine the integrity of the forum is by pretending to be just like us while picking a few things to try to convince us to deviate from the raw paleo diet (taking supplements for ones entire life). An infiltrator would obviously be unsuccessful trying to immediately get everyone to start eating cooked food so you have start small and work your towards that incrementally in order to most effectivly undermine the raw paleo philosophy, this is what many trolls here have done before you.
So, because I'm promoting a raw diet w/ supplements I'm eventually going to try to convince people that... A cooked diet is better than a raw one? Not sure where you're going with this Troll, I've already elaborated that I eat a raw diet (raw beef, raw fat, high meat).
You seem to be getting awfully ahead of yourself though with your cooked eggs are twice as absorbable as raw eggs garbage.
Maybe you missed it, but I already clarified for your understanding that I was showing no food is 100% absorbed. I'm still waiting for your response as to what you mean by absorb vs. bioavailable.
You also promote the infallibilty of studies and "Expert opinion" when everyone on this forum knows that 99.9% of studies are pro cooked meat and "prove" their findings as well. If we all believed in the infallibility of studies (something paid for by people with big money to say whatever they want for it to say) then we ouldnt be eating predeominantly raw meat and fat now would we?
I'm not sure where you got that everyone on the forum is against studies.
But the raw paleo diet website (not forum) clearly has MANY studies referenced in support of a raw diet.
Excuse me for wanting 1) clearly explained meanings behind what you mean when you say things like liver toxic, and bioavailable, and 2) evidence supporting your claims, not AV's unfounded claims.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: cherimoya_kid on June 01, 2013, 09:21:09 am
Both of you, knock it off. Take it to PM if you must keep arguing. Facts stopped getting presented a long while ago. Now it's just namecalling.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: van on June 01, 2013, 09:40:30 am
why don't you guys do in on the phone, as in, get each others number, pick up the phone and have a discussion. Maybe you might find out that you're both more alike than you think and actually enjoy each other. Plus you'd free up this thread from all the arguing going back and forth. You want to talk about what destroys a forum quicker than anything....
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: svrn on June 01, 2013, 10:54:22 am
Iv been done arguing. Iv already pointed out all the signs of an infiltrator, nothing more needs to be done.
Hopefully the mods have an eye on this guy because hes acting just like the infiltrators we had here years ago.
And in case you didnt realize I was addressing all of his points before I figured out hes a time wasting infiltrator. Now Im not going to waste my time anymore.
Now maybe someone will answer my question. Since william got banned for pushing centrifuged (not even cooked) tallow where do we draw the line? Is promoting cooked eggs and supplements for life not worse than centrifuged tallow? Is a warning not in order?
Please someone answer we do we draw the line in protecting the integrity of this forum? In case you havent noticed this forum comes very close to the top on many google searches that dont include anything about raw meat. We have a responsibility upkeep the integrity of this board and make sure we are promoting health not death.
So I ask you, where do we draw the line?
Or maybe nobody will answer because everyone here so obsessed with being nice. I wonder who William pissed off where promoting death foods got him banned because apparently just promoting death foods in and of itself is no longer enough.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: svrn on June 01, 2013, 01:32:43 pm
decided to take one second to look into this scd diet nonsense and i dont know whether I shoulld laugh or cry.....
first page I look at and I see aspartame is legal and aloe vera is illegal....
i hope after considering this point that I found in one second ( I can find more if youd like) you no longer disgrace our forum with this twisted philosophy which you strictly adhere to.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: cherimoya_kid on June 01, 2013, 06:57:48 pm
Take it to PM if you want to keep arguing, Troll.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: svrn on June 01, 2013, 10:32:56 pm
Im not trying to argue im just trying to bring this to the attention of some mods.
People should know that our forum is being used to promote anti raw philosophies.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: van on June 02, 2013, 12:49:27 am
I think you'll find you're the only one that feels that way. Just let it go. And tell us what's working for you instead. thanks
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: LePatron7 on June 02, 2013, 01:07:40 am
Both of you, knock it off. Take it to PM if you must keep arguing. Facts stopped getting presented a long while ago. Now it's just namecalling.
Sorry.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: svrn on June 02, 2013, 01:40:48 am
Nobody can answer me though still.
If william was banned for promoting centrifuged tallow, where do we draw the line? Are cooked eggs not worse than centrifuged beef fat? Are supplements for the rest of ones life not worse?
Maybe people have reconsidered that we should be more lenient in what people promote and allow these things. In that case Williams ban should be lifted if we are to be consistent.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: jessica on June 02, 2013, 02:33:00 am
uuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......its called a chill pill.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: Inger on June 02, 2013, 11:53:20 am
I think, everything in context!
There are situations where a supplement can practically save your life, like B12 shots and stuff. People are so broken today and that is why it might be necessary to do some "unnatural" stuff at times. But to choose supps over food sources when decent health is not clever at all me thinks. Nature gives it to us all, if we just want to take it. In a way we were ment to get it, and it is a big difference.
So I really do not get the "fight" here..lol. To me there is nothing like "supps are always bad" or "supps are always good".
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: eveheart on June 02, 2013, 12:31:39 pm
I did straight RPD for over a year before I started looking at blood tests and supplements. I do very well with RPD alone, all things considered, but I like to think that I am doing all I can possibly do to heal past damage.
One temptation I avoid is reading supplement information and then self-diagnosing from the symptoms that are listed. As you may notice, everything is listed. That's not dishonesty, either - poor nutrition can manifest itself in many ways.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: svrn on June 02, 2013, 01:07:56 pm
I never said supplements are inherently bad. I only sid that whats bad is to rely on them for the rest of ones life. Doing that is dangerous and insane.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: svrn on June 02, 2013, 01:27:17 pm
uuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......its called a chill pill.
tell william to take a chill pill after being banned for promoting centrifuged fat while this guy goes around promoting supplements for the rest of your life and cooked eggs as more absorbable than raw eggs which nobody but me even bats an eyelash at.
We must either warn boss for promoting these things on here or lift williams ban because what william was promoting is much closer to the raw food philosophy than supplements for ones entire life or cooked eggs.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: cherimoya_kid on June 02, 2013, 08:42:44 pm
tell william to take a chill pill after being banned for promoting centrifuged fat while this guy goes around promoting supplements for the rest of your life and cooked eggs as more absorbable than raw eggs which nobody but me even bats an eyelash at.
We must either warn boss for promoting these things on here or lift williams ban because what william was promoting is much closer to the raw food philosophy than supplements for ones entire life or cooked eggs.
William promoted rendered/heated fat, not centrifuged fat.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: goodsamaritan on June 02, 2013, 10:57:05 pm
There are situations where a supplement can practically save your life, like B12 shots and stuff. People are so broken today and that is why it might be necessary to do some "unnatural" stuff at times. But to choose supps over food sources when decent health is not clever at all me thinks. Nature gives it to us all, if we just want to take it. In a way we were ment to get it, and it is a big difference.
So I really do not get the "fight" here..lol. To me there is nothing like "supps are always bad" or "supps are always good".
Yes yes, in the world of healing, supplements can be life savers.
When my boy's intestines were off line, we relied on nutritional injections while his intestines were healing on raw duck eggs and diluted orange juice for something like a month.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: svrn on June 02, 2013, 11:03:51 pm
theres one of the threads where discusses centrifuging.
so now that Iv proved this point to you are we going forward by warning boss or lifting williams ban.
Or did you have me dig up this thread just to waste my time knowing that it wouldnt change your mind about anything once I proved you that he did promote centrifuged meat?
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: cherimoya_kid on June 03, 2013, 02:25:47 am
theres one of the threads where discusses centrifuging.
so now that Iv proved this point to you are we going forward by warning boss or lifting williams ban.
Or did you have me dig up this thread just to waste my time knowing that it wouldnt change your mind about anything once I proved you that he did promote centrifuged meat?
William himself eats and promotes cooked tallow, NOT centrifuged tallow. This is the only time he ever mentions centrifuged tallow, and he certainly doesn't make it or eat it, or promote it beyond this one mention.
If all his posts had been about the centrifuging of fat, instead of the cooking of fat, I would not have supported banning him. As it is, I like William, and I really wish we could have found a way to allow him to stay as a member. All the mods supported his banning, though. We were unanimous. If you have a problem with that, maybe this isn't the best place for you to post. Maybe you could start your own forum.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: jessica on June 03, 2013, 02:29:48 am
tell william to take a chill pill after being banned for promoting centrifuged fat while this guy goes around promoting supplements for the rest of your life and cooked eggs as more absorbable than raw eggs which nobody but me even bats an eyelash at.
We must either warn boss for promoting these things on here or lift williams ban because what william was promoting is much closer to the raw food philosophy than supplements for ones entire life or cooked eggs.
I doubt anyones whole paradigm is threatened by one opinion on a message board, if so, that person has a whole lot more than diet to evaluate, like how and by whom their lives are influenced and directed.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: LePatron7 on June 03, 2013, 08:36:42 am
William himself eats and promotes cooked tallow, NOT centrifuged tallow. This is the only time he ever mentions centrifuged tallow, and he certainly doesn't make it or eat it, or promote it beyond this one mention.
Right I think at some point he was even defending the fat used at McDonald's since it was tallow. Claiming every cell in the body needs it..
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: LePatron7 on June 03, 2013, 08:39:59 am
I did straight RPD for over a year before I started looking at blood tests and supplements. I do very well with RPD alone, all things considered, but I like to think that I am doing all I can possibly do to heal past damage.
I definitely agree with that statement. I'd like to get testing done too. What are some things you requested your doctor check for? I generally get a routine physical, but I know that doesn't cover vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, etc.
Did the tests reveal anything/lead to you making any changes?
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: svrn on June 03, 2013, 11:37:39 am
I doubt anyones whole paradigm is threatened by one opinion on a message board, if so, that person has a whole lot more than diet to evaluate, like how and by whom their lives are influenced and directed.
I agree, and in that case williams ban should lifted since he gave a lot of good advice besides the tallow. WE need to be equal in how we treat everybody. Certainly we can agree that cooked eggs are at least as bad as tallow.
I dont think I really have a problem anyway unless boss promotes cooked food again. Ill give him the benefit of the doubt for that one cooked egg posting but hopefully it ends there.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: cherimoya_kid on June 03, 2013, 11:46:18 am
I agree, and in that case williams ban should lifted since he gave a lot of good advice besides the tallow. WE need to be equal in how we treat everybody. Certainly we can agree that cooked eggs are at least as bad as tallow.
I dont think I really have a problem anyway unless boss promotes cooked food again. Ill give him the benefit of the doubt for that one cooked egg posting but hopefully it ends there.
If you don't like how we moderate, you can start your own forum, or find another one that fits your views better, maybe.
On the William issue, we were completely unanimous. William simply would not let up. He made HUNDREDS of posts promoting cooked tallow. When asked to stop, he called me and tylerdurden "trolls". Yes, I'm a troll. I've banned probably 500 spammers and trolls from this forum over the last 4 years, and given thoughtful advice to dozens of honest posters, but I'm a troll.
Consider this your first formal warning. Think about which moderator you're pushing this issue with, before you decide what to do about this warning.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: svrn on June 03, 2013, 11:51:31 am
So your warning me after I already said I dropped the issue unless Boss promotes cooked food again?
I hope your feeling powerful now.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: eveheart on June 03, 2013, 12:07:30 pm
I definitely agree with that statement. I'd like to get testing done too. What are some things you requested your doctor check for? I generally get a routine physical, but I know that doesn't cover vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, etc.
Did the tests reveal anything/lead to you making any changes?
My health-plan doctor did a routine panel (tests for functioning of all major organs, blood counts, etc.), then I took those results to a naturopath, along with my health history and concerns, and ordered some more tests, in my case, heavy metals, auto-immune antibodies, various nutrient levels (like Vit. D, iodine, magnesium). Putting all the tests together, the naturopath made some suggestions - not prescriptions, everything was worded very carefully.
As far as I'm concerned, this is guided trial and error, so my experience counts for a lot. This is better than my health plan doctor, who does everything by the book, even if it doesn't help me much. Another thing my health plan doctor does is prescribe a pill and tell me that I'll be taking it for the rest of my life. Maybe she's right, but that's no reason to avoid improvement.
I don't journal about my experiments here because I'm just trying stuff out. Maybe in two or five years I will know what worked and what didn't. For sure, thought, RPD has given me a proven improvement in my health, and I am sure that I wouldn't even be considering other measures without the improvements I've gotten with RPD alone.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: cherimoya_kid on June 03, 2013, 12:09:31 pm
So your warning me after I already said I dropped the issue unless Boss promotes cooked food again?
I hope your feeling powerful now.
Seriously?
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: svrn on June 03, 2013, 12:12:41 pm
this is what I said right before your posting.
"I dont think I really have a problem anyway unless boss promotes cooked food again. Ill give him the benefit of the doubt for that one cooked egg posting but hopefully it ends there."
so after that what is your goal in warning me? To further cement the point or to just make yourself feel powerful. I personally can see no point in your warning me because the result you would have wanted to achieve with your warning was already a reality before you warned me. I already said im not discussing it again unless he promotes cooked food again.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: cherimoya_kid on June 03, 2013, 12:20:03 pm
I already said im not discussing it again unless he promotes cooked food again.
Beautiful. Let's keep it that way, please.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: svrn on June 03, 2013, 12:23:52 pm
agreed.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: LePatron7 on June 03, 2013, 08:05:11 pm
Now that we've gotten back on track after that detour. Other members feel free to post your experience with supplements.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: LePatron7 on July 08, 2013, 05:44:24 pm
I decided to do some researching on synthetic vs. natural vitamins to see if I should cut out the vitamin c. As I've heard that natural vitamin c and food vitamin c are different. The sources I've found say that chemically speaking, the vitamins are identical in whole foods as they are in foods - EXCEPT they don't come with other things naturally present in the food. Like enzymes, for vitamin c bioflavanoids, etc. Also that you have to balance the vitamins with other nutrients because in food they'd typically come together.
I found this website particularly helpful - http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/vitamins/vitaminC/vitCform.html (http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/vitamins/vitaminC/vitCform.html)
"Natural and synthetic L-ascorbic acid are chemically identical, and there are no known differences in their biological activity. The possibility that the bioavailability of L-ascorbic acid from natural sources might differ from that of synthetic ascorbic acid was investigated in at least two human studies, and no clinically significant differences were observed. A study of 12 males (six smokers and six nonsmokers) found the bioavailability of synthetic ascorbic acid (powder administered in water) to be slightly superior to that of orange juice, based on blood levels of ascorbic acid, and not different based on ascorbic acid in leukocytes (white blood cells) (1). A study in 68 male nonsmokers found that ascorbic acid consumed in cooked broccoli, orange juice, orange slices, and as synthetic ascorbic acid tablets are equally bioavailable, as measured by plasma ascorbic acid levels (2, 3)."
This site also had some helpful info - http://www.doctoryourself.com/synthetic.html (http://www.doctoryourself.com/synthetic.html)
While seeking info from the opposition, those saying supplements are bad, I found info without references. For example from this site.
"Light passing through a natural vitamin always bends to the right due to its molecular rotation. This is a (d) configuration for dexorotary. Synthetic vitamins behave differently. That same ray of light splits into two parts when passing through-- one part bending to the right (d for dexorotary), the other to the left (l for levorotary)."
Upon google searching - light passing synthetic vitamins - I found many other sites claiming similar things, none of which had references to where they found that info.
So I don't know if it was from some study or what. Some of those articles also claim liver toxicity, again without references.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: Aura on July 09, 2013, 02:31:27 am
I used to buy digestive enzymes, in particular the serrapeptase, a proteolithic one. I took it for nearly 06 months everyday, religiously, but I think they did not do anything.
Once I opened a few capsules, took a piece of raw meat and poured the dust over and left for a couple of days but there was no sign of the meat being "eaten" by the enzyme..
Dont know.. maybe that was not the way to test but also I did not feel any improvements in my health..
I bought those pills because they were supposed to shrink old blood cloths in the body.. And I had an ovarian cyst which I think it is still there. Should go and get an ecography done to see if something changed.. l)
Also, I bought some probiotics which gave me loose stools so I just stopped the treatment after a couple of days.
I tried drinking water kefir but it gave me gases after just one day, half a cup..
It seems my flora is fine the way it is, naturally. And I can see it. BH''.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: Haai on July 09, 2013, 03:27:18 am
Indeed that was not a good way to test. Digestive enzymes require a certain pH range to function effectively. Furthermore, enzymes are more active at warm temperatures, for example in the human body. In the fridge they would do little, at room temp they would do more than in the fridge, but much less than in the body.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: Dr. D on July 09, 2013, 04:37:00 am
Ideally, I'd like to be able to retrieve everything from my environment.
However I'm a realist and that would require a complete working knowledge of paleo life, which is something none of us have with certainty.
So I will supplement with things that would normally be found but otherwise unattainable today: iodine would be in sea water/sea plants/ sea food. I have poor access to those so I supplement as necessary. Same goes for sea salt, or anything else necessary.
Animal foods primarily, plant foods secondary, herbs/supplements tertiary. That's my motto. Write it down.
Title: Re: Your view on supplements
Post by: LePatron7 on July 09, 2013, 08:27:01 am
I bought those pills because they were supposed to shrink old blood cloths in the body.. And I had an ovarian cyst which I think it is still there. Should go and get an ecography done to see if something changed.. l)
I think iodine in large doses has been shown to help. Not sure though. If you're interested googling the key words - iodine, dr brownstein, ovarian cyst, might yield some results.