AboutRawPalaeoGuy Expertise I can answer most questions on the Primal Diet, a 100% raw, organic,mainly
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.rawpaleo.com/
Experience I have been 6 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, reasonably high proportion of (raw) animal food, limiting raw carbohydrates such as fruit/veg/honeycomb etc. to some extent). I'm also a firm believer in the feast-and-famine idea (ie Intermittent Fasting) re boosting energy levels etc.
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.
