Has anyone got any idea what the quality is likely to be?

It tastes ok, but seemed a bit queasy like grain fed meat.

It's easy to convince myself it's grain fed and gonna cause problems, but I don't know. Apparently it's hard to grain feed sheep which is why lamb is usually ok.

Thoughts.

Anyone had any experiences with lotus root?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelumbo_nucifera#Uses

I tried some cooked and thought it might be a good veg to eat raw. Would probably be a good idea to drop it in hot water for a couple of seconds to kill the parasites mentioned.

I've read a couple of Lyle McDonald books 'the ketogenic diet' and 'a guide to flexible dieting' and he seems pretty spot on in his recommendations for standard low carb and normal eaters. I recommend a read.

Both of them particularly the latter have helped me to clarify a few thoughts about why raw paleo can be hard to stick to and harder to do 'flexible dieting' with.

For people just wanting to lose weight his idea of a couple of 'free meals' a week where you can eat a meal with some junk as long as you don't go mad is good psychologically and practically and for raising hormone levels.

For standard dieters or low-carbers he also introduces refeeds where you eat a certain amount of carbs over a controlled time period. Some people have managed to adapt to low carb in the long term by just sticking it out for ages, but for those who can't for whatever reason (and we don't know for sure that everyone can in the same way) it seems good as it's likely that you still get adaptions to ketosis if you do this.

It also increases hormone levels so metabolism, sex drive etc can return which is good if you're in a period of life where you can't really wait for the adaption to take place.

I think his approach is great for standard dieters rather than the 'strict..strict..strict...FAIL!' approach that most people invariably take.

I've found it hard to gently heat meat without cooking it. I don't really like it cold. A plastic bag under the hot tap works for small pieces of fat or meat, but not really good for a big portion.

What are your favourite ways?

Hi. I'm back again in my ongoing quest to be able to eat raw. I have been trying people's suggestions with no luck so far. The acid problem seems gone.

It seems like the only issue I have now is that if I eat wholly raw for a few days, I feel ill and under the weather, feel terribly sluggish in the mornings and brain doesn't work properly, and my stools are infrequent loose and nasty. Should I push through and see what happens or what?

I'm trying to look at it rationally and think of reasons why this could be happening.

Why is it giving me problems to digest?
What are the differences in how our systems digest cooked and raw meats?

If you have any ideas it would be much appreciated. Google is just giving my veggie propaganda.

This happens whether I eat a bit of carb, or no carb.
I can exist on cooked meat with no apparent digestive issues, and feel ok.
Too much rare meat does the same thing as raw.
I have been phasing it in, but it seems hard to get used to the raw.
Prefer the taste of raw now and am craving it.

Why Why Why? I don't understand why I can eat cooked not raw it makes no sense.

Hi. I'm working on an idea that some of my digestion problems are caused by my stomach becoming too acid in order to handle cooked meat, so it's too much for raw meat.

Do you know anything I could try to reduce the acid and see if it helps?

I tried some antacid pill the other day and it felt worse if anything. I'm reluctant to invest in a load of edible clay because I'm not sure if it will help and hope this won't last long.

Any ideas? Don't mind if it's not strictly raw paleo or non-medicinal as I think it will be very temporary.

Just found one in a liver today. Wondering if you eat them, if you know any pros or cons.

Revisiting the topic of minerals:

I've been using fitday and noticed that I am not hitting anywhere near RDA's of minerals like magnesium and potassium.

If I play around putting in 100% raw meat, and with adding nutrient dense foods like liver, sea fish and oysters it's still not what they say.

So either the RDA's are very off base, or it's very hard to get enough from RPD. Or of course somewhere in between the two.

Some people say the food source is depleted of these minerals through agriculture so they're not in meat.

Some people recommend edible clays. I can't find any nutritional data for these, in fact I found a lot of handwaving when searching.

What do you think? And if you do hit nutritional targets, how, what are your strategies?

I've been reading another forum, and looking at information, and I feel strongly that a lot of the problems that brought me to looking at diet are to do with an attention deficit disorder. The list of problems fits like a glove.

At the moment I'm thinking of going the medication route as if I self-medicate with coffee it's like night and day as to how I can function, but I can't sustain using coffee.

I guess that some of us are anti-medication, and I am cautious in a lot of ways but on the other hand it's a case of being able to function well enough to keep earning to pay for good food, and being together enough to sustain consistently being on the diet so there's that.

I'm very interested to hear if anyone has this condition, knows about it and experiences/stories with raw paleo and other treatments.

If you don't post much, feel free to pm me if you want.

Sorry if this has been done before, but I couldn't find any discussion.

How do you handle not having appetite?

I was overeating before, making myself eat a lot of meat and fat and it caused problems.

Now I seem to often only eat a very small amount of raw food before wanting to stop. In the past, I've become weak by not eating enough, so I don't trust my instincts either.

Options:

Just eat what I want and hope it works out.
Force myself to eat past when I want to a bit
Fill up on foods I can always eat like egg yolk


Any thoughts?

I'm considering the possibility that I might have a deficiency of dopamine.

I've always been a bit attention defecit, and have a pattern of feeling down, lacking motivation and not taking pleasure in life.

Not to make it sound terrible, it's a low level thing sometimes and raw paleo is good.

When I have coffee though, it's like night and day.

There are various supplements available like l-tyrosine and SAMe. Before I start messing about with that shit though, I thought I'd see what the raw paleo crowd think and if anyone's experienced this.

I've been pure RP for about 5 weeks. I was out late so decided to give cooked meat a go. I had some lamb ribs which used to be my favourite. Can't eat that horrible shit again! It tasted of feces and the fat made me feel sick. I can't wait to get it out of my system.

I think this is a real turning point, now I can't wait for a clean raw meal, before it was a chore and I craved cooked, so stick with it if you're new.

Has anyone here tried Helminithic therapy?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helminthic_therapy

i.e. deliberate 'infection' with hookworms or whipworms, to cause and regulate immune response.

Just curious about it.