Unfortunately, the more toxic and unhealthy one's lifestyle/diet etc. was prior to going rawpalaeo, the more likely one is to have to undergo various detoxes. Some RVAFers like to first undergo a long water-fast prior to going rawpalaeo, as they claim that helps the body get rid of toxins beforehand. Also, edible sundried (french green?) clay has helped some of us to detox the poisons out at a faster rate.
My own case was quite normal, and a little similiar to your above example. I was in really bad ill-health for much of my life, with inflammation affecting virtually every part of my body(due to a slow-acting dairy-intolerance/allergy. In my 20s, I went cooked-palaeo but that failed to solve the awful stomach-aches I got from eating any cooked animal food, then I went vegan then raw vegan, then Fruitarian and finally Sproutarian over a total 5 year period or so, before finally going rawpalaeo. I first went on a fake-Instincto diet for 2-3 months of raw, albeit intensively farmed meat/eggs and supermarket plant food and similiar raw "junk" food, which had no effect. Once I went fully rawpalaeo, though, I suddenly got green diarrhea in the first 2-3 days of being a RVAFer, forcing me to visit the toilet/bathroom every half an hour or less. After that, I would get mild detox symptoms(like a mild flu) every 2 to 4 months, lasting from 2 to 7 days, and these would continue for the next 2 years, with them gradually reducing in terms of severity, duration and frequency until they stoped after c. 2 years. Of course, I still get minor detox symptoms if I eat any cooked foods, with me feeling like having a hangover if I eat more than a small amount, but this is reasonably rare. Some RVAFers report no initial detoxes, while others have reported initial detoxes lasting up to 6 weeks.
With a detox, generally speaking, one should feel slightly better after the detox than before the detox. Of course, negative symptoms might not be due to detox. For example, 2 of the biggest problems RVAFers have involve raw dairy and raw veggie juices. Many turn out to be allergic to raw dairy or develop nutritional deficiencies after consuming too much raw veggie juice(1 litre or more a day). In my own case, I bought a juicer after 3 years of going RVAF, and suddenly found that I got green diarrhea within half an hour of consuming any raw veggie juice(though freshly-squeezed fruit-juice was fine). Of course, everyone is different.
Other suggestions:- Avoid the, er " full fat mayo"(
), try raw wildcaught seafood rather than farmed fish like most salmon.
and:-
http://www.rawpaleodietforum.com/important-info-for-newbies/sticky-advice-for-newbies-wishing-to-slowly-ease-into-a-raw-animal-food-diet/
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