Sabertooth, thanks for your insightful views and very interesting posts! I have enjoyed reading through most of them (and on other topics).

Recently I got a butcher to get me some raw beef thyroid from a healthy animal. Unfortunately he didn't know which part of the glands in the neck was the thyroid exactly so he just cut all the parts from the neck and packaged it for me. I was hoping you might be identify it for me? Some of it is the thymus I believe and the other part is the thyroid. My assumption is that the smaller thingy is the thyroid.

Thanks

Lolz. It was a helluva long time ago, but ye The raw meat put a huge strain. The fish probably wasn't fresh. The meat thing could possibly be psychological if you're a vegan... who knows. I had INSANELY good sense of smell when I was a vegan and my friend who got me into raw meat eating always stank when i was in the car with him. Somehow I think it might have to do with bacteria also. Apparently bacteria can interact with your thoughts and determine what you like and don't like. If you don't eat meat you won't have much bacteria that like to eat meat in your obdy...

Does anyone have any decent links showing the dangers of birth control pills? A friend of mine's little sister is being forced on it by her parents. She's 14 years old and might have to suffer a lifetime of gut dysbiosis etc. due to this, so we'd like to show the parents some good information and write ups about it before they jump head first into this decision.

There's not too many good articles out there that I could find, but if someone possibly has one saved on their harddrive please paste it here!

Here you go! http://thenourishingcook.com/2009/12/1-whey-cool/

I did all my detoxes first, then raw vegan, then fasting, then raw fruitarian, then raw paleo diet.
None of it was intentional.
I just bumbled and stumbled along.

Hey Geoff. How much fruit do you eat per day on average?

I can confirm that the Ostrich is not grass fed at all. It is completely grain fed and they are kept in feeding pen thingies, like other animals. A friend of mine has done the research about the woolworths foods. By the way I would be very very careful with raw chicken from Woolworths if you ever in the mood to try it. I got horribly sick one time eating it.

With regards to eggs, buy the free range pick n pay eggs rather than woolworths. They seem to be of a higher quality. The woolworth eggs' yolk is completely yellow while the pick n pay ones are a deep orange (which is a sign of good quality I'm told).

I live in Cape Town and by going to various farmers markets and asking around I've managed to get some good sources of meat. I order half a sheep once a month (it's about 10kg) for R48/kilogram from a health shop in Somerset West. It's free range and no antibiotics etc. The meat is absolutely fantastic, and I get all the different cuts like ribs and necks and leg etc.

There is this other guy who I order all my grassfed beef from, who I met at the old biscuit mill market that runs on a SAturday. It's a lot cheaper than woolworths and million times better quality. I literally never buy woolworths beef or chicken anymore. This guy's chickens are amazing, they are super strong and awesome. You can just see by the size of their bones and their bone structure that they are far superior. My sister bought some free range woolworths mince the other day and we made a bolognaise from it. The quality difference is ridiculous, it tasted horrendous compared to what I'm used to now. We have some good meat in South Africa,but need to try find out where to get it! This guy has gotten me beef hearts, kidney, liver, lamb liver, lamb brains, bone marrow, suet and muscle fat (R5 per kilogram for fat lol), and various other cuts of meat. His brisket is only R42 per kg. You can eat cheap if you know the right people. I'll find out from him if he knows anyone in Gauteng that gets meat from the farm like he does.

I am stating my intention to try eat fully raw again from tomorrow! I have learnt a lot since my last post and have a good supplier of grass fed beef now. I can also get hold of duck eggs, bone marrow, duck liver, lamb liver, beef heart, beef tongue, lamb brains and some other stuff!

I also have some high meat that is nearly a month old. I have been eating a largely paleolithic diet for the last while and have been doing pretty well (barring a 1 month long near disaster stint with Matt Stone's high everything diet). I think my metabolism is more suited to eating fat now and I have been eating 50g or less of carbs per day pretty much for the last month or so. I had some extremely tired days and my performance/energy still isn't brilliant but I'm hoping high meat and the raw meat will help that

For me the biggest thing is enjoying the taste of raw food. I really don't enjoy the taste of pretty much any raw meat plain. I can get it down using drinking water to swallow. The swallowing part seems to be hard for me some reason. Haha. I ate some 3 week old "high meat" (not quite high I know) and it wasn't that bad. Anyways, I can handle small amounts of raw meat but have difficulties eating as much as I should.

I know now that I can be ok, eating large amounts of animal foods and fats, whether they are raw or not. This is now my raw experiment ... I'm aiming for 20 days but will be happy if I manage 14 days. I'm looking forward to experiencing high meat.

I also have a friend who is very much into this way of eating now He tried a week long zero carb stint and has been eating 90% raw for the last month or so. We order our meats from the same guy. Having a buddy helps a lot!

Tomorrow I will be having some lamb fat, beef ribs and egg yolks as well as a little bit of fruit before I go to sleep. On friday I'm receiving half a sheep to share with my friend. We'll see how it goes !:)

... On the progress side of things. I've been off the antidepressants and anxiolytics since end May this year ... nearly 6 months, which is a first for me since all troubles began a few years back. My cranial sacral therapist said to me last week that my system feels many times better than when I first met him last year. I also got a massive release in my cranial sacral system last week, where I noticeably felt a release and tingling throughout my whole body for 10 minutes. I have been coughing up a lot of green and yellow mucus since though. Maybe a detox, or maybe just an infection, who knows. I do still get depressed and anxious but overall feel a lot better.

How do we know that those particular bacteria are in high meat? It would be fascinating to look at it under a microscope and to see exactly what bacteria are present.

Today I didn't eat any high meat because I knew I was going to eat cooked food. Is this a mistake? Can one eat high meat and cooked food on the same day without becoming sick? I eat most of my meat very rare cooked anyway... Struggling to enjoy completely raw meat at this point but I've come a long way if I think back a year or two where I couldn't even eat my meat rare.

I know it's not completely high yet but the average person would never ever ever in a million years eat that lamb. It STINKS and normal people would say it's beyond rotten.

I had like 2 hours yesterday of elevated mood and a bit of euphoria where it felt like my inhibitions were slightly lowered. Don't know if it has anything to do with the meat or not. Placebo effect? Time will tell At least I didn't get sick or anything.

I'm airing mine every day. Lol. My girlfriend thinks I'm pretty f*cking crazy (I am a little ... and hopefully this will make me less so, haha )

http://www.ted.com/talks/heribert_watzke_the_brain_in_your_gut.html

This guy goes on and on about cooking ... but the idea that we have a brain in our gut lends a lot of credence to the ideas of high meat etc... I have some high meat brewing in my fridge at the moment that's a week and a half old. It's growing (or decomposing) very rapidly. Looking forward to seeing if it does anything when it's ready!

Transdermal magnesium doesn't effect the bowels!

It's kinda this colour... http://www.google.co.za/imgres?imgurl=http://athbo.squarespace.com/storage/LOLA%2520Yellow%2520Orange%2520Car%2520Show.jpg%3F__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION%3D1176069633531&imgrefurl=http://athbo.squarespace.com/vintage-collector-automobiles/&usg=__kSpPsvpBjmSSloic2cX9YC39ZfI=&h=422&w=563&sz=122&hl=en&start=17&zoom=1&tbnid=9k8wKooNbe4ghM:&tbnh=123&tbnw=157&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dyellow%2Borange%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D837%26bih%3D700%26tbs%3Disch:10,803&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=426&vpy=300&dur=3343&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=115&ty=212&ei=VgLHTKLCFoGWsgO5_M3iDQ&oei=PALHTJasBIaP4ganmbW7Dw&esq=2&page=2&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:14,s:17&biw=837&bih=700

If my pictures are unclear. Normal bone marrow next to it to compare.