And perhaps it would be best to start with a small amount and only if you feel comfortable about it. Forcing yourself to do something you don't feel designed for might cause more stress than it's worth, which is particularly important for you given your cortisol test finding. Would you feel comfortable trying a small sample of sashimi or sushi in a restaurant?

PaleoPhil, re-reading the e-mail message you sent me, I am scared of my results now. My cortisol is way too high and same with other markers. I am going to stop worrying about the acne and try to fix my health

interesting

So I posted about my acne about a year ago. Although it is better, I still suffer from what I consider severe breakouts (that leave me with really bad discoloration). I had some test results done and I would like to post them here to see if anyone can decipher them. I tried the raw meat diet and I could not handle it. I feel as if I am not designed to eat such a diet.

Here are the results:

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What is your reason for wanting to put anything on your skin?

My GF and I do a daily self massage prior to bath. (abhyanga) She uses coconut in the summer and almond otherwise. I use olive all year. Then I put some mixtures of oils in, appropo to our doshas. Done so for about 25 years.

Ghee or clarified butter is used in Ayurveda for skin issues of certain types. It is not paleo, as it is heated.

What type of skin issues?

My experience too. Very sad.

To this day I have NEVER seen the yellow fat. Apparently "grass fed" also includes "grass fed and grain finished." Finishing matters.

exactly, so how am i supposed to know which is 100 % grass fed.. which is not. It is almost impossible to follow a healthy diet in todays day and age. To be honest, i have been so stressed about following diets (i have tried quite a few) that i have been breaking out a lot on my shoulders. Dont know what to do

I had a butcher tell me all beef are grass fed. He really did not know what grain finished meant.

exactly

Hi tests. Acne is when the body can't release enough so it goes to the skin - the biggest eliminatory organ. 

I would personally would first simply choose your foods based upon your desires and what calls to you as long as it is raw. Let your body guide you to what is healing through your senses for you, because you are an individual. As long as what you are eating is raw you can't go too far off track. Then, over time, you will be able to figure out the details of what works for you the best and what makes you feel the best.

That's my two cents.

Also - don't forget sunshine, good water, happy thoughts etc. - all the other healing things in life.

After 7-8 months, i am now embarking on this journey (had some roadblocks). Well, my instincts tell me i should eat raw fruits, veggies, nuts (only macadamia nuts since they have healthy monounsat fat) olive oil, coconut oil, and raw meat (no idea which ones). I tried some raw beef today and threw up.

I think rawness is more important when it comes to fatty meats than many other foods, and I think that's something we agree on, so rawness might be especially important to an animal that is biologically adapted to a mostly meat diet, such as cats and dogs. Plus, by feeding them raw it eliminates the biologically inappropriate foods from their diet like grains and other foods that require heating and processing. Thus, raw diets also contain a substantial component of Paleo that many rawists overlook when they attribute most or all of their healing to rawness rather than Paleo (biologically appropriate foods). There's also so much overlap that it's difficult to completely separate the two, and thus the arguments will likely be endless, but I've seen firsthand some remarkable success stories from cooked Paleo and read about countless others.
Yeah, a lot of people are put off by the idea of raw Paleo. Cooked Paleo is less offputting to most people I've encountered, and from there they can bridge to less damaging forms of cooking, then introduce some raw animal foods and then maybe finally try fully or high raw Paleo some day. I have gradually seen more of the cooked Paleos considering these things and I think we will see more of them try out these steps over time.

So are you interested in seeing the reports re: Grave's disease from Wolf's site, Adora?

is grilling a safe form of cooking?

Butchers dont seem to know shit from what my experiences

i get what you are saying.

So if it is grass-fed beef (100%) i am assuming that the cows only ate grass and there natural feed? Or are they sometimes grain finished?

I can purchase pasture raised chickens though. The hard part is finding ones full of fat AND pasture raised

That's a great source. There's also a few other online sites that are good too.

But it's best to get it locally so you can save on shipping, and also since online you'll get frozen meats. It's best to get them unfrozen/fresh.

So, what meats are you considering getting?

to be honest, i have no idea which meats i should be getting.

Like i said, i am mainly going raw paleo to treat my acne/dermatitis. I can get grass fed beef from a farmers market, other cuts of beef as well (which is grass fed).

So far, this is what i can easily and readily obtain:

1) grass fed ground beef (its probably pretty lean though, unfortunately)
2) polish sausage (but it may have some spices added). Also grass fed.
3) grass fed carne asada
4) grass fed chuck eye steak
5) grass fed filet mignon
6)grass fed flank steak
7)grass fed london broil steak
8)All beef sausage
9)pasture raised organic chicken backs
10)pasture raised chicken breast
11)pasture raised organic chicken liver
12)pasture raised organic chicken whole

Which are the best options to choose from? Also, from an acne/dermatitis standpoint, from my understanding, modern foods cause these issues (and my leaky gut which is a result of taking antibiotics for 4-5 months). So in essence, shouldnt stopping eating modern junk heal these conditions? Or is it mainly the fat from animal proteins that would heal it.

thank you for the response. I am not sure if this has been addressed, but there is no risks in eating raw animal protein/fat right?