Hi Rayne,  

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_pulling

Inger

Hi Inger, thanks for the link!

Love and Light, Rayne

Hello,

I'd like to introduce myself and ask for a bit of help with some willpower issues I'm having.

I came across this way of eating purely by chance, after eating some undercooked chicken from a Chinese takeaway (how randoms that!)
Last august I spent approximately a month eating mostly raw meat and fat, leafy vegetables, some fruit, pasteurized cheese.  I felt really vibrant and had lots of energy to work out and for life in general. I intuitively know this is the right way to eat (edit: except the pasteurized cheese bit).  Despite this I allowed myself to slip back into the sad diet.
So nearly a yr later I'm at it again, following the same pattern and finding myself slipping back to filling my face with junk.  The reasons for this are my addiction to junk food, and a habit of self sabotage.

I just wondered if anyone else has had similar problems?

Thanks Rich

Hi Rich, this sounds like my life pattern.  Make progress, then back up.  It took me about 8 attempts and several years to quit smoking cigarettes.  I have been a master at self sabotage.  

You might try a technique that I learned from a system called "The Golden Flow".  As we normally go about our day, we tend to suppress our negative emotions that come up.  We try to escape from them by doing something else, changing the subject, and a very common one is EATING very bad things, lol.  Try to always be aware of your thoughts and emotions.  This is called "stalking" by the Toltec shamans.  When a negative emotion comes up , allow it, and be with it.  Hold it in your awareness and listen to what it is trying to tell you.  Feel it in your body. Most of the time it is a part of you who was traumatized in the past, and is still trying to get you to pay attention to it.  Listen to this part of yourself and give it the attention that it didn't get in the past.  Perhaps it is you when you were a small child and he just needs to be heard and comforted.  You may have to do this several times with the same emotion, but sometimes it will "flow" leave you, the first time, never to return.

It is these angry, sad, or wounded parts of us that keep sabotaging all of our efforts to improve our lives.  These parts of us are in pain, and they want to be heard so, they create more and more pain in our lives until we deal with them and give them what they want, which is attention.

Along with this diet, "flowing" has saved my life.  It is something that I was never taught to do, but as most of us, was taught the opposite.
I know that this forum is about the diet and not metaphysics, but I hope that this can be helpful.

Love and Light, Rayne

Hi, I am curious, what is oil pulling?

Love and Light, Rayne

Hi everyone, thanks for your responses.  I don't have any fillings and have never had a root canal.  I have always avoided dentists, and luckily I have great teeth.  However, the mercury poisoning is a possibility.  The reason I started this diet in the first place was because I was nearly dying from symptoms that screamed heavy metal poisoning.  I just don't know where I could have gotten it but, I guess that doesn't matter.

I love the milk, and hate to give it up but, will consider it if the symptoms don't get better.  The raw milk shakes, along with the small amount of fruit are the only enjoyable foods I have with this diet.  I also enjoy the little bit of cooked starch, and now Aajonus has taken that away???  Does anyone know why?

What foods can I eat more of that will help my kidneys?

Thanks in advance, Rayne

Just to let everyone know, i have read and re read Aajonus's book and am following his instructions as close as humanly possible.  The reason that I'm asking for help here is because having read his book and tried everything he suggests, I cannot cure this diarrhea. 

All those sound good from my experience except the lemon juice and papaya, as acidic tropical fruits do a number on my stomach, but your mileage may vary. I have no idea about the effectiveness of salt on diarrhea or stomach upset. I have ginger and healing clays on hand myself in case of such problems in the future, and plan on getting activated charcoal. I've only tried the ginger so far, which worked pretty well. Nonhuman primates and other animals use charcoal, ash and clays, so I figure they know what they're doing after millions of years of living in the wild. Not just any clay can be consumed though, and you don't want to overdo it. Calcium is pretty good for diarrhea, particularly the less absorbable types like calcium carbonate from bone meal (as suggested), though its action can be insufficient in some people unless they take big doses, perhaps because of calcium deficiency.

Thanks, i do have Terramin clay and have been taking that too with no results except that it calms down the cramping for a few minutes

Intestinal bleeding is greatly helped by cabbage juice. Try carrot/cabbage juice several times a day. No more than 25% cabbage. Make pints and add the cabbage last and drink immediatly. Cabbage oxidizes very quickly.

Raw goat milk is also beneficial for ulcers.

there isn't any intestinal bleeding, diarrhea is mostly yellowish.  Unable to get any raw milk here in Ohio.  Raw butter is supposed to be here tomorrow, do you have any recommendations regarding it?  Will also try the carot/cabbage juice.  Good to hear from someone who read the book   At this time my heart is starting to pound from dehydration, I hope i can absorb something, this is getting really scary.  Sent Aajonus these questions but can't afford a consult.

I have been on the primal diet (have read and re-read Aajonus's book) for 3 months.  For awhile my digestive system seemed pretty good except for a burning feeling in my stomach when I didn't eat often enough (I had this burning for a long time, even before I began this diet, probably an ulcer).  Then I ate a few bites of high meat made from organic (Krogers) chicken.  A week later, don't know if the chicken caused it, I got very sick.  I had a fever, pain all over my body, and nausea.  I tried drinking lime with perrier every day to cleanse my blood.  Then I began to have deep pain in my stomach and intestinal cramping. 

The fever and body pain went away except for some occasional body pain, but the burning in the stomach and cramping and nausea has stayed with me along with diarrhea that began 2 1/2 weeks ago.

I am now unable to eat anything without severe nausea, cramping and diarrhea.  I have tried eating only raw eggs, one every hour, for a day and now I can't even tolerate the idea of eating an egg.  I can't drink water without cramping and diarrhea.  I know that I am getting very dehydrated but don't know what to do.  Yesterday I had about 8 ounces (2X4) of fresh tomato juice and 2 eggs, along with a few bites of unheated honey from Honey Pacifica.

I live in Ohio, and have been unable to acquire any raw milk products so for my fats I have been eating eggs, coconut cream, high fat ground lamb, and that's all.  However, I was able to find some unfrozen, unsalted raw butter in Tennessee, but that won't be here until tomorrow.  So, I haven't had any dairy at all.  Before this sickness got really bad I was eating raw lamb or buffalo with eggs twice a day.  I was also having fresh vegie juice made from mostly celery and 1 carrrot or some beet.  And, I ate fresh pineapple with eggs nearly every day.  I don't eat anything that isn't part of the primal diet-nothing cooked, or processed at all.  Everything I buy is organic.  I haven't been able to afford/find fresh, wild caught, ocean fish at all; very low income because of past poor health limitations.   My local grocery stores say they can't even order it.  I know I really need to leave Ohio and go somewhere where there is food.

To try and stop this diarrhea, I have tried the nut formula (twice in one week) made with raw sunflower seeds or raw walnuts, and coconut cream.  I have also tried banana smoothies.  Neither of these have worked.  So far, I have avoided trying cooked starch because I really didn't want to eat anything that would put more toxins in my body.

I have diarrhea as soon as I wake up in the morning along with cramping, and then more throughout the day.  I am losing some weight and was too thin to begin with.  i don't know how to stop this diarrhea.  I have some high meat made from ground lamb that will be ready in about a week and don't know if I should try some with the butter that is coming.  I am getting very weak and was weak to begin with.  The diarrhea is yellowish.  I wonder if the high meat chicken I ate a week before I got sick might have had some mutated bacteria that could have done this to me, I just don't know.  I am afraid I am going to die from dehydration and/or starve.

Any of you know what to do?