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:-
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Experience I have been 7.5 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.
Question Hi Geof,
First off, thank you for the responses to my wife and I's questions from last week! We have been following a raw organ meat and fat diet for a week and a half now. I feel great (she struggles, but we hope that this will end soon).
What is the difference between high meat and aged meat? We put some (previously frozen) beef heart out on the counter overnight and by morning it really smelled BAD! Does it make a difference that it was frozen and not fresh? And lastly, when you prepare high meat or aged meat will it smell rancid?
Thanks Geof!
Joe
Answer It's really not acceptable to use prefrozen meat for making high-meat. For one thing, freezing causes a loss of nutrients, and damages enzymes, and speeds up the breakdown of cells. Also, I've tried using prefrozen meat for making high-meat, once or twice, and it really didn't work out, smell/taste-wise. High-meat is already smelly enough, without making it worse(IMHO).
High-meat and aged meat are, more or less the same thing, though aged meat can be used as a term for just dried meat. Oh, and, high-meat was originally used as a term(by AV?) to describe the meat that Eskimos put into holes in frozen soil, so I think it's just aged meat stored in a cold environment.
Lastly, high-meat will always smell really bad - which is why you're meant to leave it in a sealed vacuum-jar in a fridge rather than open to the air. I always air the meat once a day, for a minute or so, to speed things up, and then I eat it after two to four weeks(on a lowish setting in the fridge). At this stage, it becomes very slimy on the surface of the meat,and has the best effect. After c. 4 weeks or more, it becomes pretty much a liquid soup, at which point I'm unable to swallow the stuff as the smell and taste are just too overpowering.
Start with marble-sized amounts of high-meat,and just bolt it down quickly quickly without chewing, at first. Over time, increase amounts to c. 2 bite-sized chunks of high-meat - at least, I've found that the later amount is required for a truly noticeable effect. Also, don't eat the high-meat too close to bedtime as a few people have complained of not being able to go to sleep due to being so wired and full of energy after eating the stuff. And, obviously, try several different varieties of meat/organ-meats, to find the one or two that are bearable/enjoyable.
If you can't handle the taste/smell of high-meat at all, don't worry - it's, anyway, mainly recommended for those who've been at least a couple of years on a rawpalaeo diet.
(In my case, I generally notice a decent effect only on the next day, after eating high-meat, so don't necessarily expect immediate results).
