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 I'm curious to know if now require less sleep since going on a raw diet?
Thanks,
Michel
Answer Pre-raw diet I'd developed chronic fatigue and acute insomnia. I would find it tiring just to watch television, and doing more than 10 minutes of light activity in the gym was simply not possible. As regards insomnia , it would take me from 1 to 3 hours to get to sleep, and I'd wake up each morning(even after 8 to 10 hours sleep) feeling as though I'd only slept an hour or so. Going rawpalaeo removed both those conditions completely . Mind you, I suspect strongly that if I'd eaten "high-meat" and gone in for raw adrenal glandular(and avoided the raw dairy) right from the very start of this diet , that I would have recovered much faster re removing chronic fatigue etc.
Anyway, as a result of going rawpalaeo, I have no problems any more re chronic fatigue and can get to sleep much, much quicker. It's common for me to need only 5-6 hours sleep on weekdays, and I suppose I usually sleep another hour or two at weekends.
