Ok, so this has nothing to do with raw paleo, but as a young inexperienced person i was hoping to get some advice maybe?

So the thing is, im in a new relationship with a guy i really like (long distance, but lets not get into that..), hes the brother of my friend who lived on my floor during my 1st yr of university (just ended), and on the last week, the 3 of us went out, and me and this guy really hit it off..we've been in touch ever since.
So on one of our 1st skype chats where we were getting to know each other a bit more, we started talking about one night stands/things  and he was telling me hes not like that and he would never go further than kissing on the 1st date, and also when he kisses a girl its never a one night thing and he believed im not like that either. I told him i'm that in the past,. yes, i have kissed guys and it was only a one night thing, but he's right, im a "good girl" and wouldnt go further on a 1st date etc. This is the honest truth, but the thing is, i made a mistake in the past where i did go further on the 1st date...it only ever happened once, mainly because i felt i was young and should just take a chance and do it cuz thats what i felt like doing at the time. I realised later that ONSs are not for me, and its not something i'd do again.. I kinda wanted to tell him, but i also didnt wanna screw anything up as it was the beginning of our r/s, and also i'd rather not say sth like that over skype where i cant gauge the other person's reaction..
Well i was ok with that, but yesterday i started thinkin about it and feeeling bad about it somehow. at night we were texting each other, and i was telling him i was feeling down because i was dwelling on a mistake i made in the past (i didnt tell him what it is ) and he was reassuring me that everyone makes mistakes and the most important thing is not to worry about them, lifes too short, etc etc. He also said he was glad i was telling him this because it shows i trust him and he trusts me too..

So basically, what im asking, is....should i be feeling this bad? Is that mistake something i should tell him, or should i leave it in the past because it dosen't matter anymore? Should absolutely everything be out in the open, even stuff thats not relevant anymore? was i being dishonest by not telling him? What should i do???

also, ive been reading up a bit on AGE content in grain fed beef, how would this compare to the beef im talking about which is mostly ( probably 90% grass fed). still an issue? And would the AGEs be present in the muscle meat or the fat?

What do you guys think of organic beef/lamb that is fed *some* grain in the winter (eg oats, beans) as well as hay/silage, and grass fed and finished in the spring/summer? My meat and fat sources some from animals like this...which are mostly grass fed.
Is it worth seeking 100% grass fed meat that are fed no grain whatsoever, or is the difference not that small, if the animals are at least finished on grass?

thanks for the reply lex. Actually, the last time this happened,i saw a doctor, and he took a urine sample. Apparently it was cloudy and there was a little blood in it, so he diagnosed a UTI, and prescribed me antibiotics (however i didnt believe i had a UTI as i didnt have any of the other symptoms eg pain when urinating etc, so i never took the antibiotics, and just recovered naturally). He sent the urine off to get properly tested, but i never found out the results...
I'm going to make an appointment for this week, and hopefully get the results of that test, will post here when i find out.

so today, i got food poisoning for the 4th or 5th time since this time last year. The symptoms are always the same - i wake up in the morning with a sharp pain on my right or left abdomen, extending round to my lower back. I may also have horrible pains in my lower abdomen area, which is constant (doesn't come and go). Also, vomiting if i eat or drink anything. The only thing i do is sit or sleep with a hot water bottle held to the area, this is the only thing which seems to help with the symptoms.

I don't get why this keeps happening to me. The meat i eat is frozen 2 weeks usually, as im too paranoid about parasites (is frozen when fresh). Sometimes the meat is aged a bit - for instance yesterday i ate meat that i';d thawed 2 or 3 days before, as well as raw suet.
This never used to happen when i ate a mixed cooked diet, and my family is getting really worried. They accepted my dietary choices but my mum has told me to rethink this. I am the only one in the family who ever gets sick like this. and the only difference is our diet. I really don't know what to do. I cant be missing class every now and again because of this, and it is EXTREMELY unpleasant. If eating this way is making me feel this way, i really do need to rethink what i am doing.
any tips/advice?

hey guys! so i was wondering if you could help me with something. At uni I've volunteered to write an eco article about meat production, with the aim of showing the other side of the story to the general view that meat production is destructive and a vegetarian diet is best for the environment (ill be talking about how local grass fed meat is very ecofriendly whereas its the industrial stuff thats bad)  But I need sources of info! I've found articles online and also have found Lierre keith's book "the vegetarian myth" useful in explaining how grain production is harmful to soil, how without animals and manure we need 2 use synthetic fertilizers which are bad for the environment, etc, but I also need some solid facts. For instance the veggies say 30 people on a grain based diet can be fed on the grain needed to feed an animal eaten by 1 person on a meat based diet, livestock production is responsible for 18% of greenhouse emissions etc etc . I need data for the other side of the argument.
Also, any interesting info you think I should include in the article!

Calorie restriction/IF works well when I can remember to eat only when hungry, and not from habit. I think the reason for success is that it takes more time for proper digestion/assimilation/detoxing than we usually give ourselves.
I do not believe that our bodies break down regardless of what we eat, if true, there would be no point in eating what we guess is raw paleo.
Normal metabolism may very well age our bodies, but "normal" means everybody does it. I try for right, rather than normal.

I've managed to stop at least one "aging" process, that was hair loss, reversing aging is now the plan.

IIRC all those studied by WAP ate some carbohydrates, so of course they died and were not perfect.

raw paleo may slow down body breakdown which is why there IS a point in eating raw paleo. Nevertheless our bodies DO eventually break down and we die...that is what is supposed to happen. You can't reverse aging and live forever (yet) , especially not through diet alone...



as for calorie restriction, i was under the impression it prolongs life because it reduces insulin levels (all long-lived humans have one thing in common - low insulin), the body is more efficient/less toxins accumulate as eating less puts less strain on the body, and also, the body goes into "preservation mode" allowing you to live longer so you will have the chance to reproduce

Hi!

Nice to see Weibliche around hier !
Ok, Im aktually not German, while Norwegian Citicen and born and grown up in Finnland, but who cares  .. Now I live in beautiful Hamburg, really enjoy it! The whole World is mine

Are hier anyone who stay/live in Hamburg..? Just curios...

Cheers,
Inger

I'm actually in London, but I definetly plan on visiting Germany soon! Hamburg is somewhere I'd want to visit...
So is it easy to get organic/grassfed meat there? From what I learnt in German classes, organic food seems to be widely available there, but is there any emphasis on grassfed organic?

I usually eat about 250-300g meat (steak usually) and about 150g suet (v little i know but then again I'm a 5"2 female, 109 lbs), and thats with not much exercise. Once i get back in the habit of doing more weightlifting and sprinting I'm sure it will be more.
I usually log what i eat into fitday, the average for the past couple of weeks has been about 1,600 calories, 80% fat 20% protein.
Some days I have 85% fat like lex, especially since i finally found a reliable source of grassfed suet which i find really tasty.
I average about 75g protein a day, but I have no idea if this is too much for my height/weight. But if I were to eat less my stats would probably be something like 90% fat at least....hmmmm

the definition of fraud:
 a fraud is an intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual.

While i may disagree with some of Price's views, I certainly do not think he was anywhere near fraudulent. He visited isolated groups of people in a quest to find the causes of tooth decay/disease, and noticed that primitive peoples eating their traditional diet had far less decay/disease than typical westerners at that time. It isn't his fault that even grain and dairy eaters happened to be healthier than typical westerners, who can blame him for seeing them as healthful? And after analyzing the components of the diets and finding them far higher in certain nutrients than typical western diets, who can blame him for advocating raw grassfed dairy which is high in nutrients and relatively accessible by americans at the time? I don't think he was out to deceive people, what would he have gained? He was just doing research. He didn't know about the fact that grain is not an ideal food for humans, or that archeological evidence shows that paleolithic humans ate mostly meat and dairy is relatively new in the human diet.
I';m grateful that he did the research and wrote a book about it so people could learn about the importance of animal fats. I'm also grateful to the WAPF because if it wasn't for me stumbling across their site who knows when I would have realised how vital animal fats are?

Sure, not all their views fit in on these forums but weston price and the WAPF do a damn lot to try and get people to eat REAL food and educate people on the benefits of animal fat/cholesterol.
So I really don't see the fuss about them, and insulting them outright just because they have a few things wrong is harsh IMO because they also do a whole lot right.

if your only issue is WHERE to eat, don't sweat it. you can easily just go to a park and eat. hardly anyone will notice you, much less what you're eating. i've eaten lots of places besides my house. it's kind of fun because people have no idea you're eating raw meat right next to them.

LOL, good point
and when it gets really cold i'll just find a nice quiet lil cafe, or go to the restaurant area of Wholefoods and find a secluded corner...that and a newspaper/good book and i'll be set 

lol, thanks for the advice tyler...the pemmican and jerky i can make in big batches at the weekend, when i go home (luckily i live within a train ride of home) and bring enough for the week (well 5 days)
good tip about the oysters, and the blended meats idea is not bad, though i'm not sure i'd be able to stomach it! I suppose i could chop my meat and fat into a container and do the same (eat when roomie is not around)..i'm quite good at quickly hiding my food, as i've had practice (mum/dad randomly coming into my room without knocking   )

i'm not totally zero carb, as in i'm not militant about it...raw egg yolks would be fine (though i'm wary about the soy that is in the feed of most chicken - though in feb i can get goose eggs - no soy )
Also, i can make raw coconut cream at home with the champion juicer which i can make into a sauce or something...

ah, it's gonna be a challenge..but i;ll (hopefully) be able to do it!