I suppose if you have no problems with raw seafood or raw dairy or raw eggs(the latter 3 preferably coming from grassfed sources), then you could live off those. I suspect that, after some time, you will eventually become used to eating raw meats as well.

So Tyler you now accept raw grass-fed dairy as legitimate in paleo diet?

Inger, may I ask what is the ratio of fat to protein to carbo of your diet? I am still trying to find my ideal diet. I hope your diet will give me some good ideas. Thanks in advance.

Some friends advised me to stay away from fish skin. They say toxins are concentrated in skin. What do people here think? (I mostly eat wild caught salmon.)

Another related question: I read that most toxins are stored in fat. So why do people here advocate a high fat diet?

Ohhh Joy2012, what is your sauce recipe!? I want to tryyyy

I blend together miso, truly raw honey, raw chilly pepper, raw organic ACV, raw organic garlic and other raw organic herbs (to taste), and Chinese fermented tofu; then I throw in chopped onoin.

I separate salmon flesh and salmon skin. I de-scale the skin.

I guess most ingredients help ferment/soften the fish skin.

Chinese fermented tofu tastes funky to most westerners, so you may want to omit this item.

If you want to try fermented tofu anyway, buy it at big Asian grocers. Also:
(1) Buy a product made in Taiwan. (Do not buy products made in China, as some of China's processed food uses very questionable/poisonous ingredients.)

(2) The product label should specify that it has passed the Taiwanese government's inspection.

(3) The product label should specify that it is made with "ancient fermenting method"; otherwise it is made of "modern quick chemical method." The former is a little bit more expensive; but it is worth it.

So you will need the help of a friend who can read Chinese. Chinese "fermented tofu" literally means "tofu milk." it is soft and is shaped like a small cube and is soaked in sauce, usually in a small glass bottle. Do not confuse it with another item which is literally named "funky tofu."

BTW, I warm up my food in food dehydrator. To me warm food is much more palatable than cold food.

Miso is available in most upscale American supermarkets.

I am eating marinated wild caught raw keta salmon fillet and enjoy it. I discard the skin. Upon second thought, I wonder if anyone eats salmon skin (and how do you make it palatable?) and if there is any benefit or caveat with regard to salmon skin.

I am successfully making fermented vegetables, thanks to all. I plan to do this regularly.

I think I will stick to cooked bone broth for the time being. I want the dissolved collagen part, which is supposed to be good for joints and skin health.

A question: I read somewhere that once you put the fermented vegetables in the refrigerator, the probiotics in the vegi die out. Is that true?

What are the reasons people love conspiracy stories? The stories must have met some emotional/psychological needs/wants. I heard a conspiracy story concerning the Malaysian airplane that went down earlier this summer. I confess I listened to it with much interest. It was fun. I don't believe it, of course.

Thanks, Inger and Van.

Thanks, Inger and Eric. I didn't want to sound like I was contemplating rice consumption. I was just reinforcing the depth of my meager scientific knowledge. I myself "encounter" rice from time to time when I peel the fish off the rice from a piece of sushi, but I don't actually eat it. I am sharing Eric's posts with my daughter (cooked "paleo"), so I have to be able to answer a few questions.

If your daughter wants to eat rice, brown rice is much better than white rice.

The following article actually considers brown rice a very healthy food.
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=128

Durians are too expensive anyway--in Texas.

My father loved durians. I don't. My father drank wine a little bit. I don't. He ate "normal." I am more of a health nut. Haha. Let us drop the debate.

I eat almost only raw animal food, go heavy on raw seafood and lots of oysters... but lots of raw grassfed heart too. I have very low AGE levels.
I have it cool in my home, use minimal clothing and swim/dip in cold waters.
Cold and seafood are the best for lowering inflammation IMHO.
Also, avoid non native EMF and fake lights.

Inger, you look very good in your photo.
One thing I don't understand: According to the charts mentioned in this thread, raw seafood is high in AGE (in the hundreds of units) compared with vegetables/cooked starches. So how come you have very low AGE levels?