ive been limiting my plant foods more and more, but i still love avocados and enjoy them mashed up with kim chi over my beef. i have always loved guacamole/avocados, and my friends said i should get an avocado tattooed on me, so i did!

i have also just been researching the MAOI issue too though.

Lex, thank you very much for your reply, definitely helpful!!! very great to hear your success! I am choosing to add meat because of feelings of deficiencies (as well as my desire to have a lifestyle as natural as possible) Like a lot of others here im coming from a raw vegan/vegetarian diet. So thankfully im adjusted to all plant foods raw. Ive done some raw dairy in the past and have been doing raw eggs for a while. I have been reading that a lot of people here seem to be thriving on less and less plant foods and more meat instead, so who knows where my diet will go.  im still experimenting with plant foods in addition to adding the raw meat. Already i feel better having added the meat!! Ive also noticed, like you noted, it is less expensive which is an added perk and im sure the cost will continue to go down. 10$/day is great!

it seems you have a really great system through slankers. I think i may try this soon. I am very interested in trying deer as well. Do you order your deer online? my only concern (and this may be of really no concern) with the 'chili' meat, it is ground. will this lead to quicker oxidation, making the meat tougher?

im still new to paleo eating and new to meat eating (as i have been vegetarian for a while!) so please excuse my ignorance here. im still really confused about cuts of meat and how much fat is generally desired... im confused about saturated fat. some resources i find say eat lean meat, some say eat really fatty meat.

 Ive been getting whatever grassfed meat i can find at whole foods. there is not a lot of choices really. what i got this week was beef skirt. it was A LOT of fat. and it was white. i thought generally grassfed had less fat and that the fat was supposed to be more yellow in color. it was also pretty tough, so i cut it up with scissors. Anyway, what are the best cuts of meat and how much fat should i be getting?? I guess i should also be looking toward moving toward organ meats too huh. just wondering what you all think is ideal?

i recently found this site [url]http://www.marksdailyapple.com/definitive-guide-primal-blueprint//url] (although cooked paleo) which has been very inspiring and helpful. it seems he is really into saturated fats but yet recommends lean cuts of meat???

any help would be great!!

thanks for all the tips, im looking at exercises on crossfit. definitely awesome that they recommend paleo foods! seems like a really great and intense workout! also looking at kettleball exercises. im trying to find a daily plan that works best. I guess i made my self sound unmotivated, which isnt really the case, i just get discouraged if i go into the gym and dont really have a plan. im finding good routines though now, thanks all!

thank you all for the advice and information. I have not heard of these treatments before. Im not sure i generally trust chiropractors, but the dorn method seems great. im also trying to self treat through message after reading about trigger point. im very interested in the vax d treatment as well. this has not been fun. ive been resting a lot and trying to loosen up as much as i can to try to start stretching and doing excercises.

This is not my first post, probably should have posted here first. Anyway, like many others here, im coming from a raw, mostly vegan diet, and started to obsess over food, feel weak, and low energy, always hungry, etc... I believe a raw paleo diet will help me. I havent had meat and years up until a couple weeks ago. I already feel better with the meat i have had.

i have a few questions though, and sorry if these seem really ignorant. Ive searched the site and have not completely found the info im looking for.

how come meat, and fat continually is linked to high blood pressure, cholesteral, stroke, cancer, etc??

I recently watched a video that showed a guy who need heart surgery because of a diet rich in ghee (even though im sure this isnt paleo and definitely not raw)

also on wikipedia i have read that inuit generally have great health while alive, but have short life span and often suffer stroke.

Alexander Ströhle, Maike Wolters and Andreas Hahn, with the Department of Food Science at the University of Hannover, rely on Bjerregaard et al. (2003)[6] to argue that hunters like the Inuit, who traditionally obtain most of their dietary energy from wild animals and therefore eat a low-carbohydrate diet, seem to have a high mortality from coronary heart disease.[7]

Stefansson is also a figure of considerable interest in dietary circles, especially those with an interest in very low-carbohydrate diets. Stefansson documented the fact that most Inuit lived on a diet of about 90% meat and fish, often going 6-9 months a year on nothing but meat and fish--essentially, a no-carbohydrate diet. He found that he and his fellow European-descent explorers were also perfectly healthy on such a diet. When medical authorities questioned him on this, he and a fellow explorer agreed to undertake a study under the auspices of the Journal of the American Medical Association to demonstrate that they could eat a 100% meat diet in a closely-observed laboratory setting for the first several weeks, with paid observers for the rest of an entire year. The results were published in the Journal of the AMA, and both men were perfectly healthy on such a diet, without vitamin supplementation or anything else in their diet except meat.[7] However, hunters like the Inuit, who traditionally obtain most of their dietary energy from wild animals and therefore eat a low-carbohydrate diet,[8] seem to have a high mortality from stroke.[9]

I believe the difference between meat being healthy or not, is the difference between it being raw or cooked, but didnt the inuit consume raw meat?

can someone please share references to how high meat diets do not cause diesease, cancer etc..




One more question i have about quality of meat.... I know with the holidays coming up ill be out to eat with the family. Does it matter the quality of meat when it eating it rare. I know the meat i find at restaurants will more than likely be less than ideal, but is is still alright to eat as rare as they'll go at place like say, outback steakhouse, etc..

any help i would greatly appreciate! just the past few weeks ive been reading threads here i have gained so much info. this is great site im grateful for!

Hey everyone, im new here and am loving all the info i have been reading here. seems like a really great forum!!... anyway....

I was doing raw vegan, and not feeling well at all, to the point where actually eating SAD made me feel more balanced while i took a step back to re evaluate ( i see a majority of people here have the same background) Still feel pretty gross though from SAD. been eating crap like pizza, pasta, etc..

I Want to get back on a healthy clean diet and include paleo foods. What would be everyones advice? Should i just start eating a clean paleo diet, or should i do a cleanse first, and if so what kind of cleanse would you reccomend??? Ive tried cleanses before and it is very challenging because i have a very pysically demanding job (landscaping, digging, hauling etc...) so doing just water, or green juice etc doesnt work so well. but i feel polluted now and messed up from all the sugar of eating high fruit. would appreciate any advice! really psyched i found this forum!