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 Thank you for your response to my previous question about consuming the thyroid and adrenal glands. Sorry if there was some confusion on my question but I did not mean to imply that frozen was more expense, rather it is the fresh that would be more costly for me as I would have to get that shipped to me on a weekly basis to consume it fresh. Where as frozen could be shipped in bulk and I could thaw and consume it as needed.
My follow-up question is how much would you recommend consuming of raw/fresh thyroid gland a daily basis? I know you referenced how much you take in the freeze dried capsule form but I'm able to get it raw/fresh through North Star Bison along with the adrenal glands.
Thanks,
-M
Answer I really don't know what amounts of thyroid to recommend. Others go in for higher amounts such as 300mg or as little as 10mg each day. I have no choice re my own 30mg product as I can't get raw thyroid from UK farm. I can only suggest that you experiment. I would assume that it's certainly not necessary to have more than 300mg a day, so just eat 1 thyroid every so often, see how much it weighs, and eat it often enough that you're just effectively eating an average of 300mg a day.
All I've heard is extremely vague anecodotal reports re side-effects from eating raw adrenal gland, but I'm a bit dubious re this claim, IMO.
I don't think it's the end of the world if you buy frozen. It would be best if the raw thyroid was only freze-dried as opposed to slowly frozen. But agin, you do need to experiment, as you may find subtle differences betwen the two.
