Of course its clear that VCO is much more healthy than it's highly processed equivalents ... There is some kind of "stop" signal to it, which is the feeling of having ingested enough oil, but it's not the same.

I find a clear stop with good coconut oil, too, which has its own distinctive taste and smell. I challenge your statement that this is a different kind of stop because I think that the "feeling of having ingested enough oil" refers to satiety, or even fullness, not to a food-specific stop signal. You can still want more food, even when the coconut oil says, "Enough!"

you may have too much food in your stomach before going to bed.

I'd consider this first, too. It's best to go to bed with an "empty" stomach, otherwise your digestion can impinge on your heart and make it race. That's why people feel indigestion as "heartburn" or back pain. If you eat right during the day, an empty stomach at bedtime does not feel like hunger.

If you can take apart the blender jar for cleaning, then it is easy to do. I have done it before, but I don't own that kind of blender now. The benefit is that it is difficult to get all the contents out of some blender jars, so this way all the contents are saved in the canning jar. Also, you can use a different jar for each one of your blender recipes.

it seems like some animals actually are grass fed, and not grain finished, but there are not any labels or anything to know what was the cows diet

Don't worry, even with all the labeling laws where I live, I still have to ask questions and often visit the farm before I get information I can rely on.

When I started reading this article, I thought, "Ho-hum, it's just another hydroponics farm." But then, the really important implication of this article struck me: It's the bacteria/insect/fungus-free environment on this farm that is the shocker!

No more sauerkraut! - It's dependent on surface bacteria to ferment.
No more birds! - So many need to eat insects.
No more athlete's foot! - okay, okay, J/K. But seriously, in a soil-free environment, fungus' role in decomposition is redundant.

Sure, this would never happen on a large scale, where there would be a lot of environmental impact. But still, projects like this can take hold while minimizing big-impact problems that lie ahead.

Welcome to the forum. Sometimes it takes a lot of looking to find food sources that are really good. Maybe you can find some smaller farms that still raise cattle the old way, or switch to smaller animals like lamb or goat.

I've been pleased with both Tropical Traditions and First Quality International brands. If you want raw, the question to ask is How high a temperature does the oil reach during processing (such as centrifuging)? 

Very interesting, Sally. I see your comment that you are considering eliminating milk products, so I hope my questions don't jump the gun on your decision: How can you have strong intolerance to cow's milk and casein yet have yogurt as a safe food? What happens to the casein in the yogurt, in terms of the IgG reaction, that makes yogurt a safe food in spite of the casein?

Once in a while, members of this forum discuss their health progress with RPD - some with better results than others. Some are even outright convinced that they will live well into their hundreds! I didn't start eating RPD until I was a grandmother, and I have found tremendous improvement but not cure for major diseases that got their start earlier in my life. For me, the most gratifying result has been total absence of pain in arthritic joints, perfect control of diabetes (cured!), and lots of happy energy and mental clarity despite a lot of diagnosed autoimmune problems.

Scientists suggest that foods full of fat, sugar and salt change the way genes work and even swapping them for fish, fruit and vegetables cannot turn back the clock.

I have often sought to explain why RPD has not cured every disease I have, and this epigenetic explanation make sense. It's important not to get discouraged if you have huge improvement but lack complete healing.

@ Political Atheist: I didn't see any mention of bone broth in the article that TD posted. I get it that you are enthusiastic about bone broth to heal the gut, but this article wasn't even about gut healing. Perhaps you can expand on your experiences with bone broth in your own journal or a dedicated thread on the Weston Price forum. Otherwise, people searching for bone broth information will get search results that have nothing to do with bone broth, except for your off-topic posts in unrelated discussions.

...Still, I would like a clear definitions of what is meant by “God”, since everyone seems to attach a different meaning to that word! So I don’t know what is God and if it exists or not; it depends on the definition.

By my way of thinking, once people start agreeing on a definition for God, their ability to agree indicates that they have found the wrong definition. By extension, that is what makes many organized religions "wrong" when they insist that everybody agrees on one, dogmatic definition.

I think God must be sought, and found by each individual, therefore cannot be defined. Some religions and spiritual groups provide a framework for this individual process, many do not.

Hi! I think it would be helpful for newbies like me if site admin create a highly moderated topic where every RPD follower can post detailed info about himself with pics and vids of himself(herself). I understand that the general ammount of RPD fans is still not very significant and there will be not pretty many people willing to post info about themselves for free, but with time number of such a guys will grow... I hope...
 As for me as an every newbie at forum, not RPD follower, but highly interested, i have many questions in my head. The most common and simple question is how body weight changes on RPD diet. It would be very handy to get info about all body changes in 1 topic, where every post meets some requirements(this is for anti-fake content too) so every post needs to include video where person confirms that he is on a raw food diet or explains his diet).

Welcome! A lot of the information that you are looking for is here for the browsing, but requiring members to determine strict "posting rules" (as you suggest) requires a lot of active moderation, such as moving and editing posts. The kind of forum you suggest is usually supported by retail affiliation or ads, which we don't have here. Start in the Welcoming Committee section at http://www.rawpaleodietforum.com/welcoming-commitee/. Individual member journals are good to browse, especially if you read something from a particular member and you want to learn more about that person's story.

The search function can find you a lot of specific information. You will have to wade through information that may or may not be of interest to you, but look on the positive side: members here are free to post their own posts without strict rules.

My most valuable acquisition from this forum has been how to store, prepare, and handle raw meat. I live in a world where every package of meat carries a dire warning about thorough cooking, and I had no idea how to maintain a raw kitchen until I learned how to buy and store meat well.

On the other hand, I don't particularly care about the verified results of others because I experiment with what I read to find out what my body's results will be. Selfish, yes; but that's all I really care about.

My friends (senior citizens) see me and how I glow with improved health while they are all taking insulin and putting rash cream on their psoriasis. Their medicine cabinets are full of prescription medicines, and mine has a jar of coconut oil. Like them, I believed the high-carb vegan propaganda of the day. Unlike them, I got tired of multiplying illnesses and switched to RPD. Will they follow suit? Nope!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/11197958/Rationing-in-World-War-2-increased-intelligence-of-Britons.html

Run that topic by me one more time, TD... I read the article forwards and backwards and didn't see any mention of raw foods in the author's discussion. She does mention "Researchers think that cutting rich, sugary and fatty foods out of the diets of growing children had a hugely beneficial impact on their growing brains." She also states, "It is known that despite the stress of the war, the health of the lower classes improved as they were encouraged to eat vegetables, beans and fruit. Access to cigarettes and alcohol was limited." The article's accompanying photograph shows children chowing down on raw carrots, but that doesn't suggest a raw diet in the same sense that we talk about it.

Were there cooking fuel shortages during that war that led to increased consumption of raw foods?