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Omnivorous Raw Paleo Diet / Meat suitable for the tropics?
« on: February 05, 2010, 02:42:03 am »
I really wonder how suitable meat is for tropical areas. I got myself to eat 100 g fish, goat or lamb (all raw) per day. It is not my first choice, but I can get it down. An undesirable side effect is the heat it produces, even with this small amount. I have never been a meat eater so never realized how powerful it is to keep one warm, certainly a perfect food for Eskimo's, but what about the tropics? Does it not indicate it is probably not the most ideal food for a human living in these areas?

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Hot Topics / Bioavailability of protein from raw meat?
« on: January 31, 2010, 02:55:07 am »
Does anyone know the bioavailability of protein from raw meats? I have not been able to find this info. Thanks!


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Hot Topics / Cod liver oil
« on: December 24, 2009, 05:37:45 pm »
If fish oils are bad for us, what about cod liver oil? For the time being we need it for vitamin A esp. Will the benefits of the extra vit A outweigh the disadvantages if there are any? Thanks,

Diana




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Carnivorous / Zero Carb Approach / Vit A and bone marrow
« on: December 24, 2009, 03:13:22 pm »
Does bone marrow have any vitamin A?
Does broth made with bones provide any decent amount of vit A?
I just can not find the info, hope you can help out!

Diana


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Hot Topics / Interesting observation re meat in Africa
« on: December 23, 2009, 07:43:19 pm »
Our domestic lady has such beautiful perfect teeth, she is almost 50, but there is no dental decay whatsoever. Here we are in Southern Africa, so I asked her about her diet, assuming she would eat a lot of raw meats. She doesn't. Her whole life she has been eating local home grown foods. They live on a thick stiff maize porridge with vegetables, and 'overcooked' meat (stew) 3 times a week. They eat everything that is edible, organs, fat, bones, whatever. But all of it is well cooked. They do beans regularly, but not too often. As a child her father would kill a cow every 6 months, and they would use it fresh (well cooked) or dried (also well cooked), using all parts till it was finished. Their staples were 2 types of millet, eaten with wild green vegetables, and some wild fruits. Now she is living in town they hardly ever have fruits, because it is too expensive for them.

I wanted to share this with you, it also gives some food for thought. This lady has been on a very low calcium/high phosphorus cooked diet her whole life, and here she is with perfect and strong teeth.

Diana


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Omnivorous Raw Paleo Diet / Ca/P ratio, does it matter?
« on: December 22, 2009, 07:07:23 pm »
One more burning question:

We have been thought that Ca/P ratio is important to prevent osteoporosis amongst other problems.

From this forum I learned that people on 100% RAF do not have issues with too low calcium or too high phosphorus, something to make one think.

Other observations are that people on macrobiotic diets are prone to get osteoporosis, which I think is because of the unfavorable Ca/P balance. It is also known that people do not well on only high fruit (due to lack of minerals), or on the combination high fruit/high fat. Again I thought this could be explained by the generally high concentrations of phosphorus (and acidity) in nuts and seeds.

Now my next question: what happens to someone on a low carb/high fat diet with lots and lots of nuts and seeds, giving a very low overall calcium/phosphorus ratio. Does that make one prone to get osteoporosis, or may it does not matter like it does not matter on the 100% RAF diet? Coconut meat, most nuts and seeds and egg yolks all have excess phosphorus, so it is very difficult to bring up the Ca/P ratio, unless one eats loads and loads of tough high fiber greens. Which makes me wonder: is it necessary? May be there is no need to worry about it?
 I am lost here.

Any insights are appreciated!

Diana




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Carnivorous / Zero Carb Approach / Eskimo's and osteoporosis
« on: December 22, 2009, 03:21:27 am »
While obviously people can do very well on zero carb diets, I would worry about bone health long term. I read that in high fat meat diets there is no measurable mineral loss, but what about the Eskimo's, did they not have the highest osteoporosis rates in the world?

Diana

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Omnivorous Raw Paleo Diet / Alternating high and low carb
« on: December 21, 2009, 08:13:24 pm »
Ori Hofmekler recommends alternating high and low carb days to help the body adapt to both carbohydrate and fat burning systems.
Does that make sense? Is the body able to switch that easily?

What happens to someone who is adapted to a low carb diet, then has one or more high carb days, how long will it take afterwards to adjust to the high fat/low carb again? Do you have to start all over again?

Diana

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Carnivorous / Zero Carb Approach / Fasting and zero carb diet
« on: December 21, 2009, 08:06:09 pm »
I just wonder how you break a fast on the zero carb diet. Or may be you no longer need to fast ;)
Do you go straight back into RAF, or do you start with some light foods like fruits, the usual thing?
I have always been taught never to break a fast with meat, so I just wonder how you do it?

Diana

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Omnivorous Raw Paleo Diet / Frequency of low carb meals?
« on: December 15, 2009, 03:17:06 am »
Hi,
I read that in a high fat diet fats are not stored, because there is no insulin to promote storage. This is nice for someone who want to loose weight, but what about those who do NOT want to loose any? I would like to be able to understand how the body gets its energy throughout the day from 2 or 3 fatty meals, when the fats are actually not stored. The muscles will be requiring a continuous supply of fatty acids. How long do these fatty acids stay in the circulation? What happens to the fats which are not needed immediately?

Diana

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