Hi,

I've been eating raw meat for the last couple weeks, and it's been great- until last night...

Last night I developed a slight fever which went away after taking motrin and garlic. In the morning my fever was still gone, so I figured garlic had done its job. An hour or so later, the fever came back and the diarrhea started. My symptoms include a fever (up to +3degrees), a slight headache, some achiness, stomach/intestinal discomfort, and plenty of diahrrhea. Continued consumption of garlic seems to have been ineffective.

I know food poisoning isn't common among raw paleo dieters, so I'm wondering what I've done wrong. The most obvious possibility is the raw (unrinsed) steak that had been sitting in the fridge for a few days and smelled/tasted funny. My stomach said to stop eating it, but I still ate a significant amount. The thing is, that was Saturday, which is kinda long ago.

Sunday I tried raw chicken liver for the first time, and my first attempt to eat a whole (again unrinsed) liver ended with me spitting it out. I did end up eating another liver piece by piece that had been rinsed off, but my friend who tried a piece didn't get sick.

Other than that, the only 'questionable' part of my diet has been the same raw salmon and (freshly dethawed) steak from the grocery store that I've been doing well on.


What's going on here? Virus or bacteria? How do I prevent this in the future?