I was told once that, during a trial, it was found that "Norse Wrestling" was found to  be superior to ALL other martial arts, except when on the ground. As regards Gracie Ju-Jitsu, most practitioners state that, once on the ground, you have no chance whatsoever against an experienced Gracie-Ju-Jitsu opponent.

Well, I'm not sure if this counts at all - but I used to play the recorder quite well(and the flute rather badly!). That's about it, I'm afraid! I know one other who's a professional musician(orchestra-player?) raw-animal-foodist  in Florida but that's all!!!

In the past I bought some supposedly wildcaught fish from supermarkets and I would get a vomiting reflex  in hindsight other wildcaught fish I ate was perfectly fine so I strongly suspect that those supermarket fish had been doused with some nasty chemicals in the process(indeed some of the fish definitely had a harsh chemical-like taste). I've never had a problem with raw seafood bought from reliable fishmongers.

Re heart-palpitations:- I had that before the diet, and it was one of the many adrenal-related symptoms I had.  I got rid of it after going rawpalaeo, but it returned when I started  zero-carb trials  and returned strongly but also temporarily when I ate some cooked suet(high in cooked saturated fat) as a short-term experiment. I don't think I've ever had a problem with raw saturated fat, but you could always experiment and see if less raw saturated fat works for you.


My suggestion would be to buy Dr Ron's adrenal supplement at this website:-

http://www.drrons.com/

It would of course be much better (and cheaper) if you bought raw adrenals direct from organic/grassfed farms like NorthStar Bison etc.


Re cayenne-pepper:- I used to douse my foods with cayenne-pepper/black pepper, garlic etc. when I first started this diet but I eventually realised it was all a waste of time, IMO, and gave them up with no resulting issues. *Just a thought - cayenne-pepper is a stimulant - could that be the reason for the heart-palpitations at all?*

Aajonus recommends eating a marble-sized amount of high-meat each day. I found, however, that I didn't get the full benefits unless I ate two bite-sized chunks each day. One has to remember that our digestive system wipes out something like 99% of the bacteria in food, so eating fresh, raw food isn't enough to make up for eating bacteria-deficient cooked foods over decades. High-meat helps to correct the balance. IMO, people new to the diet should preferably start getting used to fresh raw grassfed muscle-meats first(along with raw fish/shellfish etc.), then proceed onto raw (grassfed)organ-meats, and then wild meats/organ-meats(if available) - only after that should they try high-meat - however, if beginners have serious problems with digestion right at the start of the diet they should either go in for EM products or the high-meat (along with enzyme supplements which are as natural as possible) so as to improve digestion.

Minced/ground beef usually has its fat removed before sale, so it's well worth looking for a pure fat like suet or marrow. Sometimes one can get a farmer to NOT cut off the fat from the meats in which case that's great, but not everyone can get that opportunity, so it's best to set up long-term supplies of  tongue, marrow or suet as alternatives.

You need to buy lots of pure fats, especially marrow and suet  or very fatty meats.It's really difficult to eat vast amounts when you're eating so much raw animal  fat, IMO.

Hi, I just started this diet 2 weeks ago, hoping that it would help me overcome some health problems. One of the big problems - constipation. So far, no change. :'(

I went cold turkey. I've been eating fatty steaks, eggs, and fish. Raw lamb tasted disgusting, for some reason, even though I love cooked lamb. So I didn't repeat the experiment. I also tried lamb hearts - they were even worse. I didn't mind the texture - I can get used to that - it was something about the aftertaste that didn't agree with me. Perhaps I should try beef heart. Maybe it doesn't have the same aftertaste. But the worst thing by far was bone marrow. I was kind of excited to try marrow, because it is one of my most favorite dishes when cooked. It turned out that raw marrow is nothing like the cooked one. It was grainy, not creamy, and it got stuck to my palate. I know that organ meats are supposed to be very good for you, better than flesh. But I went back to steak so far.  :

It's common for some side-effect to occur when you suddenly transition from cooked to raw - the most common symptom is diarrhea - I had unusually light green diarrhea for the first 2 to 3 days where I had to go the toilet every 15 minutes, before it tahnkfully stopped - given the unusual green colour of the stools, it was obviously some form of detox. Don't worry, though, these things pass.*One thing, mind you, people generally need to sh*t much less regularly on a low-carb diet than on a high-carb one, and less on a raw diet than a cooked one, so being less "regular" than on a cooked diet isn't necessarily a bad thing*- I think this is primarily because raw carbs like plants include lots of fibre/roughage which is not properly absorbed by the body leading to bigger stools ; and raw animal food is generally much more easily digested (ie more bioavailable) than cooked, so that the body makes more use of the available nutrients so that less comes out the other end. At least, that's my own experience:- when I eat raw fermented sauerkraut my stools are huge as they are when I have to eat some cooked food on a festive occasion like Christmas(eg:- organic christmas pudding).

Don't jump into raw organ-meats so suddenly:- Most people need time to get used to the whole concept of raw meat first. When I first started, I went in for organic grassfed minced meat but found it very bland in taste. I then tried raw organ-meats like liver but it was so awful that I couldn't handle it - so I experimented and found that swallowing tiny slivers of raw liver , 1 at a time, worked as long as I chased each sliver down with a mouthful of mineral-water and didn't chew for more than a microsecond. So, I went back and decided to try 100s of different raw animal foods(in tiny amounts each to avoid huge costs) and tried all of them - I subsequently found that a lot of raw shellfish and some raw fish , and one or two meats like raw goat, were instantly preferred by me re taste  - only c.10% of the 100s of different raw animal foods I experimented with turned out to be an instant success, but I decided that 90% of my diet from then on would include those foods, with 10% of the diet consisting of foods I didn't like at all , such as raw liver etc.:- I knew that after a while I would get used to and eventually enjoy the taste of things like raw organ-meats, and I duly did so - but the trick was to keep on eating lots of raw animal foods which I liked.

Re marrow:- marrow comes in 2 forms:-"(Vilhjalmur) Stefansson describes two types of marrow, one type from the lower leg which is soft "more like a particularly delicious cream in flavor" and another from the humerus and femur that is "hard and tallowy at room temperatures."

Paleolithic diet forbids peanuts(which are beans) and cashews(they aren't "palaeo" nuts).



Nuts are not recommended heavily on palaeo diets as their omega-3: omega-6 ratio is very low unlike grassfed meats  It's also been sugested that, like eggs, they were unlikely to have been eaten in quantity in Paleo times due to scarcity.

My suggestion would be to greatly minimise consumption of nuts/seeds, even soaked nuts/seeds as soaking only reduces but doesn't eliminate the antinutrients.

calories of course!!!!

Northstar freezes unless you specifically ask them not to(in which case the meats are merely chilled). - I think they insist on freezing anyway if there's a long distance involved.

Rendered suet is not recommended on a rawpaleodiet - however, some people find themselves in awkward social situations where they find it easier to compromise by eating rendered suet rather than the genuine raw version.

Re amounts of fats:- I think 60% calories as fat would be needed with zero-carb(?) - maybe as low as 40%?

The trouble with supplements is that they are almost always full of unnatural substances such as trans-fats(eg:- magnesium-stearate) which are used as fillers or preservatives. I've only ever come across one single exception to that rule, which was Dr Ron's website. Otherwise, all other supplements, however "raw" or "pure" in their description, are not worth taking, as they all have some form of artificial preservative/filler/binder or whatever. Of course, it's not always possible to get hold of the "real thing" such as some organs, so...