One month since incorporating raw foods, slowly working up to 70-75% raw meats in diet.

Had been eating heart from cow and liver from cow calves for a few weeks, no major issues. Bought my last batch of both and ate a bit of liver, felt fine. Next day ate some liver again and the new batch of heart and 6 hrs later got very ill, puked and diarrhea all night. Feel pretty much fine now.

I suspected the liver had gone off, stored in plastic bag for a day or two longer than normal. But when i threw it away this morning it honestly did not smell bad. It tasted pretty ok when i did eat it before i puked, perhaps slightly unfresh, as it tasted a little bit different during my last meal compared to he one before. The fridge had to be adjusted too and had been slightly warmer than it should have been. I thought the heart was fine-- they come in vacuum seal and i had left them like that for 2 days before getting to them (I have now learned to get everything aired out ASAP), and although they tasted fine and looked ok, i suspect they were slightly off. There was a very slight maybe sulfury smell to one of them, it is hard to say if it was anything worth noticing though. I had drank the blood out of both the day before when trimming them and felt good. Maybe if i had a stronger stomach acid it would have been ok as my dog ate both and was fine. I also had drunk a mug of bone broth immediately before my meal, which i do not usually do, i suspect it diluted my stomach acid too.

Fwiw, i cant really stand the thought of eating anymore heart right now. Maybe it was the quality. It comes from a local ranch and the butcher is decent, but i assume it is all conventionally raised, there is no explicit mention of grassfed or anything organic. As for the liver, i enjoyed it up until now. I was sure while i was sick that it was the liver that did it, because it was all i could taste and smell coming out of me, but the more i think i cant be sure.

So my lessons are 1. Practice better storage, no more storing in vaccuum packs or plastic bags. 2. Find a higher quality source, no more meat from grainfed cows.

I am thinking of finding some lambs and goats, some grassfed cows. Tbh i am a bit turned off beef right now. Especially the organs. It was a shame to throw away so much food.

As well, it has been hard to find unpasteurized milk. The people in local circles are paranoid, as it is still illegal here in Canada. I will be eating costco steaks (which i have done fine on lightly boiled to kill surface pathogens, interior still cold and raw), pretty much until i can source better food. I feel like i was probably too lax on my standards.

Anyways that was an experience. I even passed out at one point as my body was expelling everything. I lost a ton of fluids but the sickness in of itself only lasted abot 6-8hrs, then i slept like a log all night and woke up feelig ok. For breakfast i ate some cooked egg whites i had left over from drinking the yolks and some yogurt. I feel fine now but the thought of eating more of the same type of food which got me sick almost makes me gag. For some reason i am now craving fish and lamb, goat, stuff like that.


I am more nervous now to proceed, and everyone around me gets to tell me "i told you so".