A few days ago I actually randomly heard of a person whose diet was 98% raw or lightly-steamed vegetables and has been for years. He posted his blood data 

Superinfinity, can you please tell me where you heard about this person? This is the diet that I need, having trouble with most other foods, so I very much wish to get to know this person and to get more details. Thanks!

Diana

Does anyone know the bioavailability of protein from raw meats? I have not been able to find this info. Thanks!

Nielsz, thanks for the links! I will look into it. A good idea to look for dear!

We are actually out of the country for most of the year, but we do spend some time there every year. We are from Elst (Utrecht), right on the edge of the woods. A could opportunity to do some hunting  if that was allowed. Paleo times are a thing of the past. There used to be a poacher nearby our home, that is why I thought of that.

Cayenne (chili pepper) will stop bleeding. If you are brave enough (I think you are )you can put a full teaspoon of the powder in a cup of water and drink it down, and repeat if necessary. It normally works pretty fast.

Paleophil,

No I did not know about the quotation mark! Thanks for the hint!

Diana

djr_81,

You are right. I need vitamin A because my liver is not able to convert all the beta-caroteen to vitamin A. I was trying to get away from meat and liver, just because of a severe mental aversion against animal flesh. However, yesterday we had a tiny bit of chicken liver raw (from our own free range chickens), besides a good bit of the chicken, fat and all, partly raw, partly cooked. As for me: never again. Today we had a good amount of goat liver. The taste is fine, it is just the mental thing which is bothering me. Anyway, we have decided to go for the goat or lamb liver for the time being, because out here I can not get any safe cod liver oil. I checked the pharmacy today and all they had was a light colored oil in transparent plastic bottles, which I don't trust. We also supplement with raw egg yolks, but that does not give sufficient vit A on its own.

Diana

If fish oils are bad for us, what about cod liver oil? For the time being we need it for vitamin A esp. Will the benefits of the extra vit A outweigh the disadvantages if there are any? Thanks,

Diana

Does bone marrow have any vitamin A?
Does broth made with bones provide any decent amount of vit A?
I just can not find the info, hope you can help out!

Diana

Our domestic lady has such beautiful perfect teeth, she is almost 50, but there is no dental decay whatsoever. Here we are in Southern Africa, so I asked her about her diet, assuming she would eat a lot of raw meats. She doesn't. Her whole life she has been eating local home grown foods. They live on a thick stiff maize porridge with vegetables, and 'overcooked' meat (stew) 3 times a week. They eat everything that is edible, organs, fat, bones, whatever. But all of it is well cooked. They do beans regularly, but not too often. As a child her father would kill a cow every 6 months, and they would use it fresh (well cooked) or dried (also well cooked), using all parts till it was finished. Their staples were 2 types of millet, eaten with wild green vegetables, and some wild fruits. Now she is living in town they hardly ever have fruits, because it is too expensive for them.

I wanted to share this with you, it also gives some food for thought. This lady has been on a very low calcium/high phosphorus cooked diet her whole life, and here she is with perfect and strong teeth.

Diana

goodsamaritan,

Thanks so much for the link on prevention and cure of tooth decay.  This is really shocking information. It really shows how mainstream science has gone astray.

I also think that if this all is true, there is no need to worry about high phosphorus foods, as long as they are natural. Thanks! This is going to make life a lot easier.

Diana

Hannibal,

I am  

Anyway, what are we, are we cats? 

My excuses if I was not clear, I meant to say, how do you know that there is no need to worry about Ca/P ratio? Do you have any evidence for that? Or do you just trust the body to take care of itself, provided it gets the right foods?

One more burning question:

We have been thought that Ca/P ratio is important to prevent osteoporosis amongst other problems.

From this forum I learned that people on 100% RAF do not have issues with too low calcium or too high phosphorus, something to make one think.

Other observations are that people on macrobiotic diets are prone to get osteoporosis, which I think is because of the unfavorable Ca/P balance. It is also known that people do not well on only high fruit (due to lack of minerals), or on the combination high fruit/high fat. Again I thought this could be explained by the generally high concentrations of phosphorus (and acidity) in nuts and seeds.

Now my next question: what happens to someone on a low carb/high fat diet with lots and lots of nuts and seeds, giving a very low overall calcium/phosphorus ratio. Does that make one prone to get osteoporosis, or may it does not matter like it does not matter on the 100% RAF diet? Coconut meat, most nuts and seeds and egg yolks all have excess phosphorus, so it is very difficult to bring up the Ca/P ratio, unless one eats loads and loads of tough high fiber greens. Which makes me wonder: is it necessary? May be there is no need to worry about it?
 I am lost here.

Any insights are appreciated!

Diana