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 Hi, I just received some raw glands from grassfed cattle. I am new to eating raw
land animals, any suggestions for preparing these organs so they are more
palatable? Can I mix them with say tomatoes in a blender and drink it down like
a smoothie? Can I soak them in Kimchi juice? Any ideas would be appreciated.
Answer I'm not sure what to suggest. Like the majority of long-term RPDers, I generally only very rarely use extra raw spices etc. and just eat the raw foods on their own, and I'm only able to get hold of freeze-dried (grassfed) adrenal/thyroid in supplement form which I find quite palatable on their own. I do eat raw thymus(on its own) occasionally, which I still find rather bland, but my tactic is to mix it up with meats like raw ox tongue which I very much like, thus disguising the blandness of the sweetbreads(other name for thymus/pancreas).
But, yes, mixing in a blender with tomato juice or soaking in kimchi juice etc. sounds well worth trying, especially since many newbies use blenders for this purpose. You might want to ask about this on the various other raw animal food forums out there(rawpaleodiet yahoo group, rawpaleoforum etc.) as many people new to such diets mention numerous different recipes they use to get used to the stuff. Or you could look up the various 1000s of cooked recipes out there on the net, and just substitute any cooked ingredients for the raw equivalent(eg:- replace any vinegar with raw apple-cider vinegar etc.)
Another way, people use is to start off cooking every food, if only lightly, add any sauces(however processed) to the raw meats. Then, gradually, over a period of time, they start reducing the cooking temperature by 1 degree celsius every so often(and replacing processed sauces with raw ones), until , eventually, they are completely used to eating raw meats at room-temperature. Then, after a while, you likely won't feel the need for the raw spices any more and can eat the raw meats/glands on their own.
