I am in the US now for a few days and had some healthy portions of wild salmon this AM for breakfast.  Still not ready for raw chicken or pork though.  Especially nit high meat yet ;-)

Will eat more pineapple as you suggested.

RawZi, thanks for the advice.  I have been drinking and eating 5-6 fresh young coconuts everyday for a month along with 2-3 fertilized organic duck eggs and my skin feels baby soft.  My eyes are also getting better.  This week I got the best news I could get.  Not only has my pressure remained low but now the scar tissue in my eye seems to be relaxing so I may be able to avoid a membrane peeling surgery altogether and only require a cataracts operation sometime next year to get my vision back.  I have been very happy with the raw food diet but have found it easier to get red meat both fresh organic beef and sashimi tuna.  White meat such as fresh chicken does not appeal to me yet although I see that goodsamaritan found some good quality chicken meat the other day.  One day I will have to try it.  What other types of white meat do you eat?

Luckily my prednisone has been dropped to 10mg and my WBC and blood sugar levels have returned to normal.  As long as the inflammation under my retina does not increase over the next week, I will be able to drop the prednisone completely by next week Thursday. I have continued my raw food diet even though I did sear the meat and fish for 5 seconds on either side when my WBC count was down but I am now back to mostly raw. Just hoping that my eye heals enough to avoid another serious surgery but it looks like I will probably need one to two more surgeries - PVR membrane peeling and a cataract operation - over the next four months in order to get most of my eye sight back in my left eye.  Hoping and praying for the best and also continuing my raw food diet to strengthen my body and help my eye heal faster.  I thank GoodSamaritan for all his advice.  I never would have tried the raw food diet without him!

I have to agree with GoodSamaritan, Kamote Tops are not only a great way to alkalize the body but also to provide some vitamins and nutrients not found in fat or meat.  I believe that a balance of raw organic vegetable juices along with a meat/fat diet (as recommended by AV) are a great way to get all the vitamins, minerals, and nutrients your body needs.

I am reposting comments from another post I made in the general discussion about VLDL levels.  Hope this helps you:


I started my raw diet a month ago and have witnessed the amazing benefits of this diet on the cholesterol levels in my body. After eating an average of 1 to 1.5 lbs of raw grass fed beef a day, 0.5 to 1 lbs of raw tuna and wild salmon, 2 to 3 fertilized raw duck eggs, 1 to 2 raw tomatoes, 1 raw cucumber, fruit in season, 5 to 6 fresh young coconuts along with the coconut water, raw pumpkin seeds for snacks, and a small portion of organic quinoa or brown rice a day (the only cooked portion of the food I eat), 4 - 5 glasses of raw vegetable juice, my cholesterol levels are excellent.

Before I started this diet, my VLDL levels were over 47, they dropped to 30 in two weeks and now are at an amazing 21 (normal range is 2 - 40)  HDL levels improved from 37 to 51 (normal level should be greater than 40) my triglceride level dropped from 238 to 106 (normal range 10 - 200) my overall chol/HDL ratio improved from 5.86 to 3.51 (normal ratio should be below 4.4).  My uric levels did initially increase but have now been brought back to normal levels as I cut back on nuts, ate a bit more fish in place of too much beef and drank more fluids including water with lime juice. Everything else (except for certain ratios affected by prednisone - see my other post) is within normal ranges.

I have seen some amazing results on a raw diet to help improve my health but recently I have had to take large doses of prednisone (60mg/day) which immediately saved me from a more serious eye operation by dramatically reducing fluid build up that caused a tractional retinal detachment.  Within two days on prednisone my surgery was postponed and I may only need a minor operation to remove a membrane as long as the fluid does not build up again.  I can thank the fast working prednisone for helping so quickly to reduce inflammation and my strong immune system that was also, unfortunately, increasing the fluid build up.  The problem now is with the side-effects of the prednisone.  My blood sugar levels have jumped to 146 so I have to cut back a bit on fruit and certain juices but the worrying side effect is the almost complete drop in my white blood cell count to less than 50% of minimal levels. This was deemed necessary in the beginning but now I have a compromised immune system and have been warned about raw food. I am considering to temporarily switch to a cooked paleo diet until my immune system is back up as I gradually get off prednisone over the next month.  Any advice?

I started my raw diet a month ago and have witnessed the amazing benefits of this diet on the cholesterol levels in my body. After eating an average of 1 to 1.5 lbs of raw grass fed beef a day, 0.5 to 1 lbs of raw tuna and wild salmon, 2 to 3 fertilized raw duck eggs, 1 to 2 raw tomatoes, 1 raw cucumber, fruit in season, 5 to 6 fresh young coconuts along with the coconut water, raw pumpkin seeds for snacks, and a small portion of organic quinoa or brown rice a day (the only cooked portion of the food I eat), 4 - 5 glasses of raw vegetable juice, my cholesterol levels are excellent.

Before I started this diet, my VLDL levels were over 47, they dropped to 30 in two weeks and now are at an amazing 21 (normal range is 2 - 40)  HDL levels improved from 37 to 51 (normal level should be greater than 40) my triglceride level dropped from 238 to 106 (normal range 10 - 200) my overall chol/HDL ratio improved from 5.86 to 3.51 (normal ratio should be below 4.4).  My uric levels did initially increase but have now been brought back to normal levels as I cut back on nuts, ate a bit more fish in place of too much beef and drank more fluids including water with lime juice. Everything else is within normal ranges.

Food a great market in Seattle - Pike Place Market - great farmers market, fresh vegetables, fruits, and especially seafood - oysters and salmon! My dinner tonight - a dozen oysters and fresh raw salmon

If I can't get raw protein very often, what is a good substitute while on a 24 hour trip?  What do others do?

Yes, when I said organic beef I meant free range grassfed beef ;-)

Getting good quality raw milk is difficult when you live in a city and ate often on the road eating in airports and hotels.  It looks like increasing vegetable juices is the best answer to deal with the acid.  Anyone ele with suggestions?