I always thought it was 'interesting' that his wife,  I think Nicole, died of cancer.  In the end I heard she turned to eating bread for some reason.  I had know her from the several trips I made to their center.  There always seemed to  be such a restless quality about her. 

  right now almost all back fat from bison and beef.  I go in and out of marrow.  I am trying for a few days now eating fat completely separately and then when hungry again, eating lean meat with only a little fat for taste.  So far I like how there is little if any digestion difficulties, as in, feeling sluggish after eating or feeling like you'd like to sit fir a while after eating rather than get on the go again.    But back to the back fat again, it's fresh, I get it in vacuum sealed slabs, grass fed only, and I never get tired of eating it day after day.  Same with meat.  Just have to wait till I am hungry and poof, there's that great taste again. 

You'll have to find out for yourself.  Many have learned how addictive sugar in any form can be, and when consuming in even moderate quantities, how difficult it becomes for your body to become a fat burner, or a body that can efficiently use fat for fuel.   Something someone said onetime online was, that fruit eaters, (not just an occasional fruit eater, as in a piece of fruit like one would have a piece of candy for desert) would rather fail in health than give up their fruit.  I was that way, and then I read that line and it hit right in the face.  He was talking about me.  That's when I gave it up.  Now it tastes sooo sweet, so artificial.  I am not saying that my experience is truth for everyone.  But when I did give it up, I practically laid on the couch for several days until my body could start producing energy from fat sources. Most will never go the distance to find out what it trully feels like to burn fat instead of sugar for energy.   When we're young we can take the rise and fall of blood sugar and insulin responses over and over.  But a little bit of reading will enlighten one on the aging effects of excessive insulin exposure. There is a lot of emerging research daily.  And then we can read all about the benefits of fruit, it's antioxidents etc.... and feel good about continuing eating it.  But for me,  I only really knew when I put the stake in the ground and said 'I am going to see if what others are writing about is true".  And for the me my body stays so much more in balance by not giving it the swings that good amounts of fruit and or sugar put it through.

Grass fed fat from animals in the north is really only gotten in the fall when the animals have had time to put on fat.  So,,, try to line a source/rancher etc. and make arrangements to have them vacuum seal in 3-5 pound or less bags of back fat for you.  The processor can freeze it as they collect it for you, and then ship or pick up all at once.  Usually any extra fat earlier in the year from grass fed animals is used to mix in with their leaner parts to make hamburger tasty enough to sell.  I have a deep freeze.  They aren't very expensive and cost little to run.  When you get it vacuum sealed in smaller sizes it doesn't go rancid in the fridge after defrosting and sitting in the fridge.     Incidently,  this lack of fat in animals for most of the year has always made me wonder how primitives living in the north survived year around.  Yes, there is pemican that can be stored for 'leaner' times, and far far north there are seals and other ocean animals full of fat.  But in the cold northern interior, what must of they done to avoid rabid starvation?

My speculation as to why Charles has ‘problems’ with raw is two-fold.  First, he eats Wall mart meat, from animals which aren’t healthy to begin with.  I suggested to him to simply go to a feedyard and use his senses to judge how healthy the animals are that he is eating.  The whole animal, and not just its intestines, is full of the garbage from which it eats.  Then it is butchered and processed in meat processing plants which sees hundreds of other similarly toxic animals every day.  The likelihood for bacterial contamination is almost certain.  Charles also eats a lot of ground beef.  Another source of potential contamination.  For who knows what went into the mixture, and from how many contaminated ‘cutting boards,’ and or mixers etc….  Then as I have posted before, I have had the enlightening experience of having gone through a cleansing when I started to eat raw tuna several times a week, and not just an occasional eating out at a sushi bar.  What happened was that for over a month I passed copious amounts of mucous filled runny stools, three times a day.  Literally cups of mucous, stringy material.  I thought my intestines were falling apart and were passing into the toilet.  I had eaten from the age of four, canned tuna at least three to four times a week.  My body was heavily built from the cells of heat damaged, canned tuna.  When given a chance, by eating raw fresh tuna, my body exchanged raw healthy ‘cells’ for the damaged cooked ‘cells,’ or, it cleansed itself.  Normally people think of fruit and vegetable juices as nature’s cleansers.  But many, including myself, believe that raw proteins are far more aggressive or effective at ‘cleansing’ the body.  I would have quickly stopped with eating raw tuna had I not had the support of the Instincto group in France to calm me down when I would call them, telling me that indeed it will pass, and everything will normalize; that everything will be fine.  So I understand how most can’t or won’t go through this experience. For we want to think that this particular something or other is causing the problem, when it actually exists inside of us.
   And then there’s the thought that one could start slowly eating say a teaspoon of raw the first day, and increasing and or substituting more raw for cooked each day.  This might help one more gently ease into a raw diet and not experience all the reactions at once.  But I don’t know, I haven’t tried it.  I went raw overnight in the early seventies.

  I used to think it was God's beverage or food of choice.  Big difference between goats and cows.  Cow's is great tasting, especially if you get the fist milking and skim off the fattiest portions that separate to the top.  Problem is that it is very rare to find grass fed cows just having given birth.  But energy wise it was great, and I pretty close came to be addicted to it.  Second or third or fourth milking is truly inferior stuff and can be more like milk than milkshake like first milking.  I didn't have anything to heal, so I can't comment on it's healing properties, but certainly didn't do any harm.  I tend to not do dairy at all now, and have no idea as to how it would sit.  I searched it out when I was relying on my own grass fed goats milk/kefir/yogurt in raw preparation.  If one was trying hard to put on weight by exercise or other, I would think one could gain appreciably with colostrum.     Stay away from inorganic non grass fed grained cows that get medication or drugs. 

  I am eating maybe two or three ounces of raw pancreas at the start of each meal.  From Bison.  I must really need it, for to me it tastes great.  Really seems to help with digestion.  But it has to be one of the ugliest things out there. At least to others.  I would try to eat only grass fed organs, and from healthy grass fed animals.  Try to know your source.

Goodsamaritan,   what works well for me....  when I was eating wai etc,  there was a lot of thinking about when, what, how much etc.... or else I would lose weight and energy....  So first thing, eat ONLY when hungry, charles says only eat when you think you could eat a whole steak.  This will help with thinking about eating at certain times and certain foods.    You might want to forgo the coconut water for a while. Or at least forgo the idea that it is still necessary for your hydration or health or whatever....  I have lived near the equator and have also used it alot.  But I never thought it sat well with longer digesting foods like fat and meat.  It can ferment very quickly.   Plus there's always the tendency to follow the minds thoughts, like,  'It's morning time,  I need to hydrate"..... if you are thirsty, drink water.  It won't trigger an insulin response and cause false hunger.  If you can, exercise before eating your fist meal.   Then, when hungry, you might like to take the Bear's advice and to start with fat, and when it no longer seems tasty, then start with the leaner portions of meat.  Look for the stop.  That stop will teach you each time you eat, how much fat, and how much meat or protein your body needs at that time.  Acute listening for me has given me a lot more energy.  Presumably from not having to digest and eliminate excess fat or protein.  I eat twice per day.  But once again only eat when truly hungry.  Snacking will alter your perception of true hunger and make it more difficult for your body to become a fat burner for energy.  Especially if every time you think you need a pick me up from a bite of fruit, that you give in.  You might want to look into that phenomena.  Having come from a BIG fruit background, that was a most difficult habit to change.  I totally agree with Lex, in that it can really take months to take full stock of the change.  But one think you can pay attention to right away is the effects of keeping blood sugar stable throughout the day.  It can become your Bible for longevity.    Hope this helps.  I have been following your entries for some time and appreciate your willingness to look for what is true for you.    Van

  raw adrenals are powerful, so eat small amounts and then increase.  There should be no rule as to how much, each of us will desire or need different amounts at different times.  Let your taste/desire guide you.  There is a stop.  In the beginning you may have to encourage yourself to try various organs.  Then when acclimated your body will steer you towards or away from each.  I do find bison organs far superior in taste.  Try North Star bison, they ship most reasonably. 

 Lex hi.  Once again,  appreciate you taking time to help another.    The Samoans, my guess is that like many, they could eat all the fruit they wanted and not get fat if it were not for the cooked grain starches, and taro, etc.  Although I can remember years ago when starting how I would gorge on Cheramoyas and meat.  I never got fat, but I did gain, something that is most hard for me.  But I agree, not very healthy, especially for the long run.

  unlesss  well vac. sealed, I always with meat get it out of the plastic and let it stand alone on stainless steel wire racks in fridge.  With a good fridge it will last until it turns to jerky.  Well, it still is good, just dried out.  With fat, again, unless in vac. sealed bag, I get it out of plastic.  But the outside layers will oxidize and I believe is not ideal.  You can scrape and rinse in warm water to get of that outside layer or simply shave off that thin layer, exposing fresh underneath.  Get bones out of plastic quickly, and let air out in fridge, they go off the fastest.     But note, I am not one for high meats.  Others may have different valid ways. 

excess carbs also cause the same, if not more.   Heart disease was hardly a factor 80 years ago. 

  source out fresh back fat from strictly grass fed cows.  It keeps vacuumed sealed for weeks in the fridge.  I slice it like butter and eat it first, followed by meat.  Eat it only when it tastes good.  Then wait for the stop.  There will be one if you watch.  Then you know your body has had enough.  I then do this with the lean grass fed beef.