AboutRawPalaeoGuy Expertise I can answer most questions on Raw Animal Food Diets such as the Primal Diet, an organic, raw-meat-based diet and a number of similiar all-raw or partially raw Paleolithic diets, such as the Instincto, Weston-Price, Neanderthin, Paleo and Stefansson Diets. Can also offer advice on
how to resist social pressure to eat cooked foods etc. For further info on Raw-Animal-Food diets, feel free to browse through this website:-
http://www.rawpaleodiet.com/
Experience I have been 8 years on a 99%+ raw version of the Palaeolithic Diet and experienced numerous health benefits as a result, being fully recovered from my previous symptoms from my cooked-food days. My own individualised raw, paleolithic diet routine is mostly based on Aajonus Vonderplanitz's Primal Diet(ie 99% raw, usage of "high-meat",no processed supplements, using primarily naturally-reared, organic or wild sources of raw foods) but, for personal reasons, I have also been, to some extent, influenced by ideas from:- Instincto(ie:- taste/instinct,no raw dairy/no raw veggie juice), Weston-Price(eg: preferring grassfed meat to grainfed meat, incorporating a wide variety of raw organ-meats into my diet along with the usual muscle-meats, and Vilhjalmur Stefansson(high-fat diet, pretty high proportion of (raw) animal food), but also eating some raw carbohydrates such as raw organic/wild fruit/veg/honeycomb etc.). I'm also a firm believer in the feast-and-famine idea (ie Intermittent Fasting) as regards boosting one's energy levels, and giving my body a rest from constant digestion.
Organizations Rawpaleodiet Community(Comprising rawpaleoforum , rawpaleodiet yahoo group and the rawpaleodiet.com website among others).
Publications Allexperts and Rawpaleodiet.com
Education/Credentials BA(German) 3rd; No nutritional qualification(I don't believe in standard(misguided) nutritonist doctrine, so I don't feel the need).
Question QUESTION: Hi, on Aajonus' that eating moist clay helps build intestinal bacteria...i have noticed that when i add montmorillonite clay to still water outside, the mosquito larvae that normally inhabit these areas, can't survive..so i wonder if that translates in humans to killing off intestinal bacteria, rather than supporting growth? I take it myself and can't decide how i feel about the effects. Any ideas on this? Terramin from California Earth Minerals is the clay...its supposed to be good for detox. Thanks for your thoughts, Sarah
ANSWER: Well, from what I understand, clay does kill off bacteria(even good bacteria), so it's really not a good idea to use it a lot. Aajonus' other recommendation (ie bacteria-rich "high-meat") might well be useful in bolstering the body with good bacteria if you want to use the clay regularly in the long-term.
I would therefore recommend using the clay only from time to time, to be safe. My own experience(re "edible French Green Clay") seems to indicate that short-term use of clay is beneficial, whereas I haven't seen any benefit from using it frequently, to be honest.
Geoff
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QUESTION: Thanks, I really appreciate your thoughts... I have made high meat, and was simply amazed at how great i felt the next morning. That spurred many quarts of various high meats in the fridge...and one specifically that was left for many months(I left town) without revamping its oxygen. The top became green and quite putrid..have you eaten any such? I threw it into the river and regretted doing so post-fling! Any idea who/what the green is...and if it should be avoided? Thanks again, Sarah
Answer Aajonus recommends always airing the high-meat regularly. I agree with him. I've at times left meat in vacuum-packs with little or no air in it, for a few weeks in the fridge without airing, and the taste/smell was always extremely off-putting, and I never got used to it in the way I eventually did with aired "high-meat".
