I use tons of black pepper. Don't use red pepper anymore because it's a nightshade.

That study didn't sound very scientific or exact.

I consume kelp in miso soup. Instead of making it the traditional way with strips of kelp from Japan to flavor the water I dump in a heaping tablespoon of dried Icelandic kelp along with a handful of dried tuna and a couple tablespoons of miso. I have a cup every day or so.

I used to use the kelp from Japan till after Fukushima when it made me sick and I found out that it contained nearly double background radiation. Had to throw an entire 5 lb sack away.

I been using YS honey for years and yet I still don't know what YS stands for. It is raw and is the cheapest one I can find. I also find it has a lot of medicinal properties similar to maluka honey. Though I can't remember the last time I had any. It's been a while. Oh. I remember now. It was a few weeks ago when I was whipping up egg yolks and berries!

7 Natural Agents That Disrupt Biofilms

https://drjockers.com/7-natural-agents-disrupt-biofilms/

I would have thought that lemons would have been on there!



54 Natural Ways to Inhibit Biofilms
https://selfhacked.com/blog/44-science-backed-ways-to-inhibit-biofilms-naturally-with-references/

Foods

    Linoleic acid (omega-6) [8, 9, 8]
    Oleic Acid/Olive Oil [8, 8]
    Honey [10]
    Propolis (candida biofilm) [11]
    Apple Cider Vinegar [12] -physiologically tolerable concentrations of acetic acid can completely eradicate bacteria in mature biofilms vitro.
    Caprylic acid (G+,-, fungal) [13]
    Stevia [14]
    Xylitol [15]
    Garlic [16, 17]
    Manuka [18]
    Ginger [19] (G+,-)
    Cranberry [20]

Non-Herbal Biofilm Disruptors

    Ozone [21, 22]
    Chitosan [23, 24, 9]
    NAC [25]
    Lactoferrin [15, 26]
    EDTA [27] – EDTA likely exerts antimicrobial activity by chelating magnesium and calcium – minerals necessary for growth and membrane stability and may also display anti-biofilm activity by reducing biofilm material (EPS) production and/or enhancing the detachment of bacterial cells from the biofilm. Magnesium, calcium, iron, zinc, and manganese appear to stabilize the biofilm matrix of a variety of organisms by enhancing structural integrity through electrostatic interactions that serve to cross-link the matrix [5].
    Zinc [28]
    Iron (29)
    Manganese [5]
    High alkalinity (magnesium?) [30]
    Monolaurin [31] (G+)
    Colloidal Silver [32]
    Zeolite (Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans) [33]
    L Reuteri [34]
    Citrate? [35] – Calcium Citrate, Magnesium Citrate
    Norspermidine (found in chlorella) [3]

Enzymes

    Trypsin [36]
    Serratiopeptidase [37]
    Nattokinase [38]

Herbal Biofilm Disruptors

    Andrographis [39]
    Curcumin [40, 9]
    Berberine [41, 9]
    Cinnamon/Cinnamaldehyde [42, 43] and Cinnamon essential oil [43]
    Black cumin oil/Thymoquinone [44]
    Boswellia [45]
    Vanilla
    Ginkgo
    Oregano Oil (carvacrol+thymol) [46]
    Quercetin [47]
    Apigenin [48]
    Naringenin [48]
    St John’s Wort [49]
    Kaempferol [48]
    Rosmarinic acid (higher concentrations) [50]
    Baicalein [31, 31]
    Neem [11, 51]
    Gentian violet [52]
    Mangosteen (streptococcus) [53]
    Alfalfa [54]
    Eugenol [42, 9, 43] – found in Tulsi, clove essential oil and cinnamon essential oil

Other

    Farnesol [15]
    D-Amino Acids [55]
    Reserpine [9]
    Rifampicin [56]

Lemons aren't on here either! Go figure!

I never cared for rotten anything. I suppose yogurt, natto and vinegar would be exceptions and alcohol now that I think about it. Presently I don't consume any of those things on my diet. I love the taste of vinegar but am using fresh lemon instead which is ten times better.

I went zero carb for the first few weeks of going back on a raw food diet but recently I started adding spices to my meat and even more recently whipping up egg yolks with a little raw honey and putting in berries, grapes or whatever is on sale. Mayo is also zero carb and if you make it yourself can be quite healthy.

https://www.pulse.ng/lifestyle/food-travel/the-bodi-people-meet-the-ethiopian-tribe-who-have-a-fat-man-contest/ekbmvpp

I'm pretty sure I watched a documentary on this and those guys were so sloppy looking that they reminded me of Sumo wrestlers. So much for a diet of raw milk and grass fed cow blood! What's up with that?

I agree with Van so far as blindfolded muscle testing doesn't work but still think there is some value to it otherwise.

Norawnofun: Malic acid! I had forgotten that I used to consume enormous quantities of the stuff in supplement form. Never had a problem with it like I do with cider vinegar giving me allergies. For now I'll stick with only lemons and buy some green apples next time they go on sale. I'll consider going to the supplement if I feel the need for more acid, though it would probably be a step backwards.

Acids used to bother my teeth when I was a child but not at all on a raw food diet. I wonder why that is.

I agree with you that most animals were eaten before they froze to death but I stand firm on the young, the sick and the elderly being eaten first in nature and not the strong and the healthy...

While I don't get serious health problems I seem to not want to do zero carb longer than a few weeks. Who knows? Maybe if I'd kept going I would have experienced problems. I just recently came off a raw zero carb diet. I think it's a great thing to do for a bit to “reset” my metabolism after eating cooked and junk foods but I been adding fruit and a few vegetables the past week or two.

Also stopped working out during that same time period I was junking out. (Actually a long time before that.) Hard to believe the aches and pains I was getting. I've only been working out for the past two weeks. I noticed a huge decrease in pain when I started back on my raw diet a month or two ago, and a further decrease when I started working out.

It's weird but even if I add into account all the aches and pains from working out I seem to get way more reduction in general aches and pains. I'd also have to say that when I add the benefits of diet to the benefits of working out it falls far short of doing either one alone. It's more like the benefits of health, mental well being, strength and assertiveness are multiplied by diet plus exercise and not simply added to each other. Yeah I'd have to say it's more like diet “times” exercise...

I just have to make sure not to over do it while exercising. It seems I steadily improve and then hit a barrier and the improvement stops. Maybe I should just come to terms and recognize my limit and not try and force myself to go beyond it. I'd have been way ahead if I'd done that in the past. Instead I overdid it, injured myself and went backwards in every aspect due to the frustration.

Actually, I was wondering what would happen if you tried to make mayo out of raw beef fat, without rendering it into tallow. Since you can do it with olive oil it seems like you ought to be able to.

smokeyquartz:
The first time I drank it raw in a smoothie I liked it and my tastes never really changed. I don't care for it raw in pieces because of the texture so I never eat it that way. It's really good in a smoothie. I don't use anything but water. When I first started liquefying it I didn't have a good blender and after a few times the friction from the bearings began to heat up the liver before it liquefied. I finally got one where the bearings don't come in contact with the food. A food processor will also work. I used one for years. Actually wore out a few of them...

I agree with Tyler. Tooth and gum problems are not a sign of healing. You are doing something wrong. I use a water pick with a little peroxide to blast away chunks of raw meat and spices, and my gums and teeth are the healthiest I've ever had. Even had a filling pop out that was more than half my tooth from the water pick a year or two ago, and was surprised that it had become rock hard and pain free. Was sure I was going to require it to be pulled but it looks like I will be keeping it.