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 currently eat fresh, 100% grass fed liver, kidney, heart and tongue from various animals. However, I have been wanting to try oxtail, tripe, cheek, and rocky mountain oysters from my beef vendor.
Are these offal as nutritionally beneficial as the other offal I'm currently eating? Are there any that I should avoid eating?
Regards,
Michel
Answer I don't think you need to worry. Technically speaking, it's a good idea to eat from all parts of the animal, just like our Palaeo ancestors did - I used to be happy with just the usual organs(ie raw heart/liver/kidney./tongue), but am now looking for more unusual organs like raw adrenals or the raw fat behind the eyeballs, as well.. I will admit to being squeamish and to avoid a couple organs like raw lung(takes gaes to chew and is tasteless) ,raw intestines, and "rocky mountain oysters"(I once had a dish of cooked-intestines, pre-raw diet, which tasted so foul, that I've never had the nerve to make a special order for raw intestines from my farmers - and though I've, on occasion, been given stag-testicles as an extra to my food-order, I could never bring myself to eat it as it seemed to be too tough for my teeth). But there are plenty of RAFers/RPDers who like eating parts from the whole animal, and who report not having the same issues I had with those particular innards, so feel free to experiment.
