im talking about ads like if someone uses a search engine and they search on say raw meat or raw milk or whatever other relevant words, then a link to this forum shows up in the sponsored area.  that would probably be the most cost effective.  And then on the site you could serve relevant ads (or also Amazon shop-thru links) as a way to pay for the advertising.  If it worked it might be like a snowball rolling down hill and you keep increasing users and ad revenue as well.

Relevant ads?

I found this forum as a search engine result, but not as a sponsored ad. I do buy stuff on amazon, but nothing that I would consider raw paleo. Of everything I've learned here, I don't think my knowledge would have been enhanced by the forum having a revenue stream. And if sales of our raw mackerel-head smoothies does turn into a snowball rolling down hill, what about our members who don't eat frozen precipitation?

its not just what they do to seeds, its how they ruin soil and ecosystems.  there are much
i'll admit that i was being a little bit dramatic with the title but seriosuly......people who indulge in this type reality are fucked, its hard for me to even completely understand how people can be so fucking stupid.

They aren't stupid, just emotional. When it comes to killing and eating sentient beings, even  meat-eaters can be pretty emotional about seeing anything to do with slaughter, blood, and offal. Mention spiders and grubs, and they go absolutely wack-o.

Why read this stuff?

You've piqued my curiousity... Of what importance are the appearance and time zone?

Sadly, it's hard to maintain a modern look when you're stuck in the paleolithic era. Maybe we can upgrade when the sales of our raw cookware line starts picking up.

so the rule of eating fruit on an empty stomach first thing in the morning is just a myth?  wondering for digestion reasons

Yes, there are "rules" of eating fruit. For example, the one you mentioned is from the Natural Hygiene movement of the last 100+ years. Generally, ancestral eating pre-dates those rules. How would early man determine and convey those rules, and how would they even follow such a rule, if it existed?

I googled "average us worker vacation time" and got a statistic that the average US worker gets 16 days of paid vacation per year - that would probably be two weeks vacation time plus major holidays http://www.cbsnews.com/news/by-the-numbers-the-american-vacation/.

I take all my vacation each year - 5 weeks - in one-week increments. I like the rhythm and social life of going to work, so one week of vacation at a stretch is enough. I always arrive at work 1/2 hour early to avoid traffic, and I start planning my day right away, while the office is quiet and I am fresh. I don't work at my desk, and my actual duties are wildly creative and unsupervised, so that keeps the stress level at zero. I get a two-hour lunch, long enough to feel un-rushed, and I leave the office exactly on time and go home right away, to avoid traffic.

I advocate for doing what you love and against working for the money. Plenty of workers at my location sign up for double shifts (16 hours straight) for the overtime bonus, but I don't see them as happy, relaxed, sane people. Stress is written all over their faces, and they lose their temper too easily.

When I grew up in the 50s in rural US (well water with electric pump, solar water heating with a black tank on the roof of the shower, and wooden outhouses), several households shared outhouse facilities. Adults used "single" outhouses, but there was a three-seater for the children. Male-female didn't matter, but the custom was that adults needed their privacy, children didn't. As I recall, the restroom change occurred at menarche. There was probably a time for boys to go to the separate outhouse, too, but men generally urinated in situ behind some tree, but never exposed his privates to anyone. If you saw a guy's back and he was facing a tree with his hands "down there," just leave him alone.

The problem with this is that if there is such a thing as a homosexual gene, then that gene would not get passed on, or it would not get passed on nearly as much as the other genes. So this doesn't explain that behavior. Unless you're saying that homosexuality is just a pretend game that some men play so that they're trusted to be around with the women, and then can have sex with them when the other men are not around. I could buy into that, ...

I don't think Plato won that argument, IOW, social behaviors can be learned, not just inherited. People take their role in society for various reasons, but it doesn't make sense to oversimplify the process and look for genetic evidence only.

Thanks for the info. Evehart youve mentioned before that youve lost an substanial amount of weight, what kind of things youve done to reach your goals?

My goal was to avoid insulin, and I experimented on myself with Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution book until I found what worked for me. Weight gain can be a signal that insulin is not being utilized properly, so weight loss is triggered by proper utilization of insulin. I don't try to lose weight; instead, I try to manage my blood sugar and insulin levels.

I amp up my motivation and discipline because other type 2 diabetes my age are so messed up - amputated feet, retinal neuropathy, kidney failure. My best friend can no longer walk, and she doesn't have the strength to transfer from her wheelchair to her toilet without falling often... at 400 pounds, that's a horrible dilemma. Most of my age-group refuse to take care of themselves, and this is not to judge them, but they serve as dire warnings to me. I am constantly around food like bagels, donuts, candies, and ice cream. I have been able to see them as "rat poison" to remove any mental temptation.

Diabetes runs in my family, too, but I don't consider it a cause for me. If you can figure out what you are doing that ancestral man didn't do, that is probably a big cause of your diabetes, so that is what you can change.

I control candida overgrowth extremely well within the paleo diet framework, which reduces the carb load due to excess grains in the diet while providing enough foods for gut health. In addition, I keep inflammation in check, sleep well, and have good bowel function.

When I tried to maintain an ultra-low carb load, I suffered from insomnia. In the range of 50 - 100 grams of carbs from a variety of seasonal vegetables, I feel my best.

My best blood sugars were during ultra-low carb. In the moderate range of carbs, my blood sugar readings are still within a normal range, about ten points higher than with ultra-low carb. OTOH, no blood sugar control was worth it to have insomnia, so I'll take those ten points without complaint.

Excuse my ignorance, but doesn't the UK have enough of its own creepy cloaked figures dropping raw meat at playgrounds? I've seen them in British films! Why does the Daily Mail have to go all the way to NC to find creepy news? 

It's strange but I never got any benefits from eating rare meats ...

drewpalermo, it's important to understand what happens to the protein molecule when it gets "cooked" by heat. It changes from a simple-to-digest molecule to a tough piece of rubber. That's a good analogy because rubber itself is soft until it is vulcanized - that is, heated until the molecule toughens. The digestive system has to work incredibly hard to "digest" cooked meat, and the best it can do is a far cry from true digestion.

This applies to cooked meats, eggs, fish, pasteurized milk, etc. If you want the benefits of raw eating, the food must be raw.

GS, when shopping for your daughter, be aware that some styles of bralettes do compress the breasts. Camisoles are more like undershirts, with no compression. I prefer wearing a man's athletic shirt rather than a woman's camisole because men's clothing is cheaper and a-shirts can be found in good-quality cotton that washes well. You probably can find good girls' undershirts, but in the larger sizes when she grows up, good material usually means more cost in women's clothing.