... tripe is my very favorite. ... in USA, those store brought tripe and  didn't like them at all. when i was in my country, i used to eat them a lot and that one just delicious! i usually ate beef and goat tripe. ... feeling to eat them raw way before i know that kind of raw animal food diet exist out there. i never washed them, but i'd seen my mom  washed them with salt and hot water. most of the people consider eating tripe as very dirty ... hide that from other people. it sounds very funny. in US it is very expansive and they clean it with high chemicals ... if rawzi gets more fresh tripe, please, inform me. i'll pay for the price and fedex ... i miss that very much and i think i can eat them raw with no problem. ...

    I have a lot leftover having been soaked in room temperature water and celtic salt.  I'm going away tonight.  I'm going to throw some in the yard.  It did cost more than I think it should, but I know I'm lucky I got it.  I would send what I have here to you or carry it with me or both, but I think it will be problematic this time.  I'm sorry.  If you want next time, lets discuss in the ordering stage.  Orders have to be made before slaughters which are every ten or forteen days I think.  I'll PM you more. 

    I have this deep feeling this tripe is very healthy for me and more people should try it. 

    I want to get a sharp meat shears like GS to cut it more simply.

do you have his contact number? dear rawzi, my mom is coming to see my little boy in this christmas vacation for 2 weeks. i want to do those tests for her.

    Here, I Googled this and I know this to be an address he has been reached at and sent email from even recently.  I do not see his phone number public anywhere.

On this note, it is unfortunately getting harder and harder to find raw milk due to germophobic agencies like the California Dairy Board, who, although they are supposed to only be "regulating" the production and sale of raw milk, are actually on an offensive to outlaw it. This is an outrage and if you care to invest in preserving your right to raw milk and other products, you can do something about it. Write to Aajonus Vonderplanitz at optimal@earthlink.net and tell him you want to join the class action suit he is waging. You can write the California legislators, even if you don't live in California. Tell them you have friends who live there who benefit from raw dairy and you don't want to see it banned. California sets the precedent for other states frequently, so it will be an investment in your own health, too. We hope to have a page up soon just to address this issue in more depth.

Raw goat milk is another alternative, and is often more easily accessible through local small farmers who sell their excess. Call your 4-H extension to find them (if you live in the USA). For more information on this topic, read WWTL. We will also be adding a FAQ site specifically addressing the issue of finding foods on this diet that aren't readily available in supermarkets or even health food stores. Aajonus said to ask any local farmer you might be wanting to buy from if the cows/goats had any antibiotics within the last 30 days which you won't want to be passed on to you through the milk. 

That's true, but the diet that is low amounts of animal foods is generally high in carbs, which is not so goodBut you can be on rawpaleodiet that is based mainly upon animals foods and eat low-protein, low-carb and high-fat, sth like raw version of Optimal Diet of Jan Kwasniewski; including fasting, IF, etc.

    Acne they say is often caused by a toxic liver.  I looked up Optimal Diet and Jan Kwasniewski and found what's below.  

Saturated fats (particularly from animal sources have all the enzymes and nutrients needed, according to the OD, especially if there is no processing and eaten with the meat or cream etc.) bypass the liver as they can be absorbed directly and are preferred as first choice by the body. So any carbohydrates quickly become an excessive source of energy and will convert to sugar/fat via the liver and be stored - hence you may gain weight instead of loosing it. For max. benefits one has to stick to proper ratio outlined in the OD.

    My liver was always fairly weak and my son who has been ill these last few years also seemed to always have weakness in the liver.  His acne has finally improved not after trying other variations of vegan diets (that did not work for him and he was strict) but improved from switching from "Vegan to the death!" or as he said "Vegan for life" to a diet mostly consisting of (raw biodynamic) butter.

On my 6 year old boy his chicken species allergy is always through his skin.

    When I normally don't catch cold, nor eat cooked chicken at all, I caught a cold right after and I feel in direct response to eating a serving of rare chicken.

    I hope you're stools are better, and you too.   

    I was looking at another thread, and it made me think of the ileocecal problem I had between eleven and four years ago.  Then ... 

    I Googled Ileocecal Valve Diet, and in the first couple of links that came up, I got this:

Most ICV is pure protein deficiency. For instance, one protein, gastrin is produced in the stomach during digestion and is carried along in the chyme through the small intestine this hormone helps the valve to relax open when it is time for the contents of the small intestine to pass through into the colon. If a protein deficient system is not producing gastrin correctly, then the ICV valve will not respond properly. This is just one small example of how protein deficiency can effect an ICV. Remember, 9 out of ten people do not properly digest their dietary protein, this means the protein is putrefying in their gut and producing tremendous amounts of the chemical indican, which can affect an ICV causing it to malfunction.
This chemical can be measured in the Urinary Indican Test. Also, a protein deficient gut is
usually struggling with yeast overgrowth and inflammation caused by gluten, these two things alone can cause a swollen, toxic ICV that has that has become thick and prone to stick open or closed. This is where the Two Edged Sword Diet is very helpful. Removing yeast and gluten from the diet helps to calm an irritated ICV.

And this:

Eat dense protein 3x a day. A portion should be at least the size of the palm of your hand.
This includes:

Eggs
Beef
Chicken
Turkey
Lamb
Pork
Fish
(All meat and fish needs to be cooked, egg yolks preferably runny)

2. VEGETABLES

You can eat all of the FRESH vegetables that you want except potatoes and beans.
(potatoes contain the same amount of sugar as a can of Coke. Beans contain phytates which block digestion of certain vitamins and minerals.)

3. FRUIT

After 3 months following the diet, you may eat a limited amount of FRESH fruit daily.

You can mix your fruits together but don’t mix fruit with other foods.
Fruit must be eaten in between meals at least one hour away from meals.
Eat your fruit but don’t drink your fruit or dry your fruit.

4. GOOD FATS

Unlimited Butter, Olive Oil

No Margarine, No Vegetable Oil, No Soybean Oil, No Canola Oil, No Safflower Oil, No Crisco, No Pam, No Trans Fatty acids, No Partially Hydrogenated oils .
(most prepackaged foods and salad dressings contain oils that can cause health problems.)

5. WATER

Drink 1 liter of DISTILLED WATER per 50 lbs. of body weight, daily.
(100lbs = 2 liters, 150lbs = 3 liters of water, etc.)

6. SNACK

Eat every 2 hours to prevent your body from going into starvation mode.
(Eating every 2 hours takes stress of the adrenal glands, pancreas and many important functions off the body. In order to regain your health you want to take as much stress off of your body as possible.)

7. AVOID

Food Sensitivities/Allergies:
Wheat, Corn, Soy & Dairy (eggs and butter are OK)

NO:
Rice, Potatoes, Cereal, Bread, Flour, Pasta, Cakes, Brownies, Pies, Cookies
Ice cream, Candy, Soda, Artificial or Natural Sweeteners* & Alcohol.
(In general, alcohol is ok approx. twice a week, but not 2 days in a row. Some people are more sensitive to one type of alcohol than another. In general the better the quality of the alcohol, the better your body will be able to handle it.)

*(Honey is ok as an occasional sweetener. Rotate a few different brands/sources so that you do not become sensitive to it.)

8. IN GENERAL
Try to eat organic FRESH foods. Avoid food preservatives, monosodium glutamate (MSG) or hydrolyzed proteins. If it says “LOW FAT or FAT FREE” don’t eat it.



ileocecal valve health
The following are additional guidelines for all patients, but patients with many of the
symptoms at the bottom of the sheet need to be especially vigilant.

Eliminate from your diet:

All roughage foods,
Popcorn, Potato chips, Corn chips, Nuts, Seeds, Whole grains

    I had little idea the ICV problem I was treated for between seven and ten years ago might be due to eating vegan foods and not eating animal foods.

    Come to think of it, a number of times I ate wheat, and a good portion of those time only one bite stopped me from pooping for two weeks.  I did go to the medical doctor for symptoms like these as far back as seventeen years ago, and medical tests have been run on me for the symptoms, but the medical industry always said it was not unhealthy after all was said and mostly intrusive tests done.

i'd emergency c-section, my son's born a month earlier from due date. out of the blue, my severe bleeding started middle of the night. i was unconscious and rush to the hospital. before that, they found several complication on my   x-rays. so, for me it's a horrible moment.   

    I was very lucky.  I never lost consciousness even once in any way.  I gave birth past the due date they calculated.  They were a mess, when I didn't give birth the day they thought, they assumed I was a month less pregnant.  So then, when I was trying to check into the hospital because the contractions were one minute apart, they all tried to force me to not enter the hospital; because I don't scream or cry.  They gave gave me radiography tests numerous times all through the last trimester.

    I'm so sorry for you.  Your husband must have been so scared too.  And your baby must have been skinny and delicate at first.  How was recovery from that ordeal?

Helpful tips:

    Get tripe in the Summer.  The nasty stuff you rinse off it should be wonderful to pour on unfrozen ground.

    Cut the fat-like off the outside of the stomach.  Put that fat-stuff aside.  It's not dirty.  Do not soak it.

I've always been wary of eating stomach-contents or intestines after some nasty experiences eating cooked versions of the latter in my pre-RPD days.

    Did you get sick from it?  If so, what symptoms?

... jungle naturally,  and probably with least pain or no pain. my experience is completely different. my case was very severe that i get the warning of bleed to death if i give birth at home. so, i get the cesarean baby.

    They were going to cesarean me, without warning.  A member of my obstetrician's staff went against his orders and told me the secret half a month before due date.  We promptly switched insurance to next to nothing, and switched to a hospital that statistically had less cesareans and I managed to avoid the cesarean.  For me too, one of the reasons I was even going to give to birth in a hospital is because after the doctors examined me and did tests, they said I would bleed to death if I gave birth at home.

    They were wrong.  I did bleed from their episiotomy quite a bit; I did not expect so much blood.  There was no other interventions really though, besides monitors and such, nothing they used was necessary and some apparently harmful, but not too bad.  I wasn't given anything for the episiotomy bleeding.  None of us even mentioned it.  Just a lot of bed sheets changed.

    Thank you uph0.  That is helpful.  Obviously what I got is not the preferred type.  After soaking it a while, much of the thin outer skin and some of the carpety part part lifted and started peeling off.  I disposed of most of that part in the yard, as it is brown colored like its poo smell.  It seemed natural to peel it off plus that was the part that contacted the animal's stomach contents while the animal was alive.

    Thank you Tyler.  I don't know whether I'll buy any tripe again.  I did try it cooked in several different styles as a child.  It's another one of the (cooked) animal foods (no pun intended as this is becoming a popular dogfood) that didn't make my body react.  Maybe that's just because I only had it a few times.  I did cut some up and eat some.  It tasted better than it smelled, it didn't taste bad really and I feel ok.  

    One of my cats is very curious about it, but has not considered it as food at all.  Maybe they just think an animal is around and are curious about that.  The other cat who usually eats a lot has absolutely no interest in this.  I try to choose foods I can share with someone.  I am the only meat eater in my house, who is a human.  If I can't give some tripe to my cats for them to enjoy eating, that's a reason I will likely not do this again.

    The rest of the soaked, peeled, cut tripe is in large mason jars in my refrigerator.  I'll eat as much of what's there as I can, until I feel a strong enough reason not to.    

    Cows, goats and deer need to eat greens of some sort or another.  Some people live healthfully without it.  Bovines don't.  People probably don't need it.  Why do you ask?  Are you giving it up?  Green is a bitter color.  This color is used as a medicine for off balance people.  If you're balanced, you won't be attracted to bitter metalic tastes like that.  Dontcha think? 

    So far, I only eat the bones I can chew up myself.