Powerful stuff!  Sorry it killed your mushroom.

    Lots of herbs are antibacterial, antifungal and antiparasitic.  I wonder if that's why lung cancer sufferers can't handle ginger.  Maybe they need the bacteria and yeast that would clean up the person's toxins. 

    Too much garlic or cinnamon can't be used preparing yeasted bread dough, or the yeast will die before its time.  Americans try going to India and eat foods unspiced.  Curries were invented partially to keep pathogenic parasites under control.

    That being said, I don't know why I'm talking about this.  Drinking kombucha makes me foggy brained and yeasty feeling. 

    Definitely we have godlike qualities.  We can affect our environments a lot more than other animals can theirs.  With that, of course why not enjoy our status.  As gods though, what are we doing on Earth in each our own personal body?

    MSNBC health Australia 2007 after eight years raw? vegan, and two years into his 811 stint:

Harley Johnstone is an extreme vegan. The 29-year-old endurance cyclist went cold turkey on poultry and meat six years ago and is now a total fruit and nut fan. "I wanted more so I went raw and I haven't looked back since."

...

Harley (aka durianrider)
Remember, Harley completely cuts out anything to do with animal products and relies purely on raw fruit, veggies and nuts.

His results have got Susie really worried: "My biggest concern is that your vitamin B12 is one of the lowest clinical levels we have ever seen!"

Harley's B12 was just 78 (in his blood drawn in 2007). That's drastically lower than the normal intake range from 145 to 637 and means our vegan could be susceptible to anaemia, blurry vision and loss of feeling in the hands and feet in the long term.

"In the case of vegans, it's really up to them if they decide to supplement with B12. It is primarily from animal-based food so it's probably worth him discussing it with his GP or medical specialist," says Susie.

    Does Susie still have her job.  Maybe B12 isn't necessary.  We might should feel sorry for him.  A person can be delusional without enough vitamins for their brain.

    The following pic has been his default profile pic for three years on his MySpace, that states he's thirty-four years old:


    Sorry, SkinnyDevil, you're right.



     

    They still pass gas, but it's not toxic.  I still prefer buffalo and chicken. 

    Sunshine may be very important so that people can tolerate grain.  In sunnier climes grain may be tolerated better for a number of reasons.  Also there may be less incidence of autoimmune disease there for a number of integral reasons.

Do Vitamin D Deficiency, Gut Bacteria, and Gluten Combine in Infancy to Cause Celiac Disease?
This article appeared in the Summer 2008 edition of Celiac.com's Scott-Free Newsletter.

Celiac.com 06/16/2008 - Do vitamin D deficiency, gut bacteria, and timing of gluten introduction during infancy all combine to initiate the onset of celiac disease? Two recent papers raise the potential that this indeed may be the case. One paper finds that when transgenic mice expressing the human DQ8 heterodimer (a mouse model of celiac disease) are mucosally immunized with gluten co-administered with Lactobacillus casei bacteria, the mice exhibit an enhanced and increased immune response to gluten compared to the administration of gluten alone.[1] A second paper finds that vitamin D receptors expressed by intestinal epithelial cells are involved in the suppression of bacteria-induced intestinal inflammation in a study which involved use of germ-free mice and knockout mice lacking vitamin D receptors exposed to both friendly and pathogenic strains of gut bacteria.[2] Pathogenic bacteria caused increased expression of vitamin D receptors in epithelial cells. Friendly bacteria did not.

If one considers these two papers together, one notices: (1) Certain species of gut bacteria may work in conjunction with gluten to cause an increased immune response which initiates celiac disease; (2) The presence of an adequate level of vitamin D may suppress the immune response to those same gut bacteria in such a way as to reduce or eliminate the enhanced immune response to gluten caused by those gut bacteria, thus preventing the onset of celiac disease.

Vitamin D has recently been demonstrated to play a role in preserving the intestinal mucosal barrier. A Swedish study found children born in the summer, likely introduced to gluten during winter months with minimal sunlight, have a higher incidence of celiac

http://www.youtube.com/v/I7QoP4Y37RM
Monodiets work, he says he studied paleo, and it works, he talks about 80% raw diet of Inuit.

Does this mean that Lex and all the others eating the same muscle meat and fat do not digest the specific raw food? What about all those eating pemmican or cooked muscle meat and fat for years on end?

    I believe that some people do need to eat the same food every day.  I believe that other people need to vary their diet somewhat.  I think I am of the latter group.  I've never lived any length of time on just (raw) meat or had more than half a bite of pemmican at a time, so I can't be sure though.

    I know we are not cats, but one of my cats will only eat (raw lean) bison muscle meat and nothing else, but in a real pinch may eat  (raw) pork), (raw) chicken, interstitial fluid, blood, sardine juice or freerange canned catfood nothing else!  She will only eat other than (raw) buffalo (muscle) if she hasn't had other food around that she will eat in a couple of days.  You probably know cats' livers degrade if they haven't eaten in twenty-four hours.  She obviously has a very real aversion to other than the bison.  She will not touch (raw) beef no matter how long she hasn't eaten.  My other cat will eat all the above, yogurt, honey, eggs, butter, cream, kefir and cheese "no questions asked".

    I've seen it in people though too, even if in the same families.  I've always been the one that needed variety.  My only exception was doing Living Food LifestyleTM.  I could eat the same concoction of energy soup meal after meal, month on end, no desire for other food.  Problem was it made me have "pins and needles" constantly all over and look like I was from The Planet Bloodorange with black painful veins.  Also, if I couldn't have my food, I had a paining and strange looking reaction right away.

    In some poor regions people only eat rice and water.

    Eat what makes you feel best.  If any raw food makes you feel best, I can't see how it could be wrong, as long as it isn't dry beans or something like that.  Is there an animal that lives on that?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090727191906.htm

which cold blooded animals are you thinking of?

    Herbivorous lizards?  They need to lay on warming rocks in the sun to warm their crops (area under/between tail and torso) or they won't digest their food.  Ideally the air temperature should be between ninety and one hundred degrees F for this to happen at least for several hours each day. 

    Without direct sunlight, since their diets do no provide vitamin D, their bones bend and crumble.

If ecophysiological constraints imposed by eating plants necessitate high body temperatures and small body size in coolclimate herbivores, then phylogenetic history also may have played a critical role in promoting the repeated evolution of herbivory in liolaemids. Ancestral state reconstructions indicate that the common ancestor of Liolaemidae had a small body size
(reconstructed SVL 80.4     11.7 mm for 86 taxa) and a preference for high body temperatures (reconstructed value 33.8    5.8°C for 52 taxa), even though this ancestor was most likely insectivorous (Fig. 1) and lived in a warm climate (reconstructed value 37.0     4.9°C for 86 taxa). Thus, the evidence suggests that the critical ecophysiological traits permitting the repeated evolution of herbivory in cold-climate liolaemids were inherited from an ancestor that evolved in a very different climate and with a very different diet.
In summary, our studies reveal repeated and unexpected origins of herbivory in liolaemid lizards that challenge many preconceptions about the evolution of dietary strategies in vertebrates. The discovery of the repeated evolution of herbivory in small-bodied, cool-climate-dwelling liolaemids also raises many questions for future research, such as how liolaemids overcome the disadvantages of small size for digestive efficiency and why other groups of lizards with similar attributes (i.e., small size, cool-climate distribution, and high body temperatures) have not evolved herbivory (e.g., some lacertids, Phrynocephalus, and Sceloporus). More generally, our results show how characteristics of the environment, ecophysiology, and phylogenetic history can interact in unexpected ways to cause striking changes in macroevolutionary trends in diet.

fermented and fresh milk. Kidney and liver are the most typical (testicles rare). Everything I eat is completely raw (it has been so about 2 years now) and organic/wild. You`re right, neolithic foods are really better tolerated here (even pasteurized products). My body seems to love (raw) butter/honey mixture.

    I think you say all the liver is fermented?  Even so, I was thinking along the lines of carbohydrates.  That maybe fresh milk and other carb containing food may make it harder to tolerate cold.

Taking care of animals and all kind of practical working include my outdoor activity. I love trekking in wilderness, sauna and swimming. My parents house where I live now hasn`t radiator warming, but water warming. My incoming house needs wood to keep warm, so I have to pollute myself. (smoke makes me headache which lasts 2 days)

    Where do you swim?  I love river water.  Each type of water has its own quality(ies) be they positive or negative.  If a pool, is it heated?  Saunas are so good for detox, must put that on my list.  Any kind of stove, radiator etc that I've tried so far can give me headaches.  Half a dozen of one, six of the other, heat may be needed some time and you have to do what you can.  I wish you luck with the wood and everything.  I may start using one myself.  Maybe we can exchange ideas on what kind of wood etc.

There`s maybe one good thing: low population, so pollution levels are quite low (except winter).

    Yes, but will that make you warm or tolerant to cold?

RAW MEAT/FAT to cure my over active immune system. Just goes to show newbies looking for quick results don't always happen and that long term results are also worth the effort.

    Found same thing.  RAF especially fat is the only thing to cure my overactive immune system.

Ray Audette's son flourished on nothing but pemmican, water and diluted juice, but the sample size of children who have lived this way is very small so far, so there is probably still much to learn.

    When did he stop fluorishing on that?  What does he eat now?  Am I misunderstanding?

easy one i can find from whole food, even though i prefer organ meats

    At the Whole Foods by me, early Thursday mornings the hearts, livers and kidneys of pasture grazed lamb is put on display, although not very obvious.  Invariably by Friday afternoons there are no more.  Fat trim is availble in the mornings until about 10 AM, and then they throw it into the garbage can

    On the power struggle thing, we humans are smart, even as babies, especially when raw.  We love to play, especially babies need to, they need that for growth, and we all need it for happiness.  He may be playing with you about not eating what you like.

There is nothing else to do but to hope that a carnivorous diet will balance hormones, correct underactive thyroid and boost metabolism...

    In my experience it takes more than diet.  The way we think can have effect on us, types of exercise too.  Then I never tried zero carb.  That being said, all day yesterday I was ZC, and hope to try it more often, maybe all through the Winter, if trying it more and more seems good.  I should get my thyroid checked again by the doctors, it would be interesting to see any differences that show up in their tests.  I kind of hate the medical field though in the type of existance it is in right now.

    I hope you find much more healing soon! 

1st, when i give him raw liver, his facial expression  changes. it like he hates this. also i feed him blended beef muscles (WITH PLENTY OF RAW BUTTER) and he hates that too.

    Are you eating around the same time as him?  Do you prepare your own plate the same way.  I'd love to hear more details.  In doing so we may see more depth and balance of the picture.  When my son was about four or five he saw people who were having reactions to new foods.  Suddenly he didn't want them.  Most children are sensitive to everything going on around them.

Le chef du restaurant Le Camillou, Cyril Attrazic, reviste latradition culinaire de l'Aubrac: Un tartare de boeuf, gelee au macis et emulsion de noix de muscade. Un terrior savamment modernise.
http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x2nkr1
by passiongastronomie

Anyone know French?  What is the wrapper?  Had it been frozen or is it prosciutto?

Might be a good basis for a recipe at a party for entertaining, a date or a potluck.