You don't want to know, Lex. I say stick to those tried and true methods you mentioned!

Where is he getting this bit about 2300 people dying in 2 weeks? According to my research, it looks like a couple dozen or so people died from the swine flu vaccination in '76. Around 500 developed Guillain-Barré syndrome, which killed 25 people. Or am I missing something?

AV sounds like one of those nutjobs who claim the moon landing was filmed on a soundstage. Or that aliens killed JFK. Sure, his theory might make for an entertaining Michael Crichton movie, but that's about it.

It's just a new strain of flu. It happens. It's not part of some evil conspiracy. Yes, there are companies that will profit from the hysteria, but that doesn't mean they created the virus. Correlation does not prove causality. I doubt this story is anything to get worked up about. 20,000 Americans die from the flu-related illness each year. In the immortal words of the late great Kurt Vonnegut, "so it goes."

I don't. The ears do a fine job of it all on their own.

I'm back from my week on the road, and here to report on my pemmican results. I'm afraid it didn't go so well. I mean, I really wanted to like the pemmican, but simply couldn't stomach the taste more than just a little bit each day. I was hoping I'd acquire a taste for it as the week went on, but if anything, the opposite happened. I'm heading back out on the road in a few days for another week and a half, and while I will bring some pemmican with me, I'm not overly optimistic that I'll want to make it anything more than a small part of my dietary intake.

Satya, regarding Lex's meat grinder, I've seen it in action first-hand, and it is indeed the meat grinder to end all meat grinders! I'm pretty sure he built it from scratch though. The man is one seriously resourceful dude...

This thread just caught my eye, after being here for a month or so. Anyway, cool to see that there are a few musicians here. I'm a full-time musician based in Los Angeles. I play woodwinds -- sax, flute, clarinet in all kinds of settings (horn for hire basically), and also compose/arrange/orchestrate for film/tv.

Here's one of my old standby meals. Half pound of grassfed ground beef with AV's thousand island meat dressing, and AV's lubrication drink. Good times!

Interesting. Add sunflower oil to that, and you've got the liver flush recipe detailed here:

http://www.curemanual.com/blog/2008/10/liver-flushing-using-egg-yolks-lime-juice-and-oil-by-tsetsi/

Anybody ever tried this, by the way?

Are you sure that ground beef you're getting is grass-fed, Guittarman? At Whole Foods here in L.A., the grass-fed ground beef is around $8/lb. They usually have some for $4/lb, but it's grain fed.

One way you can mitigate this is just to buy lots of ground beef(I get 15%), dark chicken, eggs, and some liver.  They are all less than $5/lb here in Vegas

Um....dog and cat? Sorry if I'm being naive, but...as in dog meat and cat meat?

I was invited to have the traditional turkey dinner with a friend's family, so I went ahead and cut loose on all the usual stuff: turkey, stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, pie, etc... I had been 100% raw for a little over 2 months, and I was curious to see how I'd react. I was a little surprised that it was no big deal at all. I really felt quite fine afterwards, but then, I wasn't really experiencing any difficulties eating cooked food before going raw.

It seems to be generally agreed that meat that has not been previously frozen is much better than that which has, but I'm wondering if anyone out there has actually experienced any problems eating previously frozen meat. Or better yet, has anyone always consumed mainly frozen meats (including organs) and still experienced the usual positive results one would expect from a RAF diet?

Hi Lex,

I'm in Burbank...not exactly close to Norwalk, though my work does take me down that way every now and then. We'll have to get together sometime and talk shop.

Glenn