The Major Depressive Disorder is related to tons of circulating pro-inflammatory cytokines.

If raw meat and fats are not acceptable, maybe start with raw fish, other seafoods, and eggs.

I own a copy of both Enzyme Nutrition and Food Enzymes for Health and Longevity. I've had them for some years now but have never read them. I'm going to look through them and post anything interesting.

This is not raw paleo by any means, but there is a technology called low intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) that is supposedly able to aid tooth remineralization. I'm not sure if it actually holds up to some of the claims. Its still being developed mainly at University of Alberta, and I think the prototype is available for purchase. Its quite expensive though, if I remember correctly.

lipus.org
Current Status of Low Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound for Dental Purposes, 2012 (link)

Yes, I should have posted in the off-topic section. I'm going to pick up some homeopath remedies soon and see if they do anything for me.

Electric Universe has some great videos on their Youtube channel. If the big bang did indeed happen, a whole lotta stuff expanded a whole lot faster than the speed of light.

- Science, mostly cell and molecular biology I like to read about. The more I learn about this type of diet tho (darwinian medicine, evolutionary medicine) the less I care to learn about the typical mainstream biology subjects.

- Computers, I am teaching myself C# at the moment.

- Music, heavy metal. Everything from Gothenburg metal to opera influenced and classical type bands.

- Coffee and tea, I stopped drinking both a month ago now, for the first time in 6+ years. One of the best things is studying/learning over coffee or tea. Makes the experience 10x better. I am going to get back into this hobby soon, I can feel it.

- Other hobbies that I develop for a few months at a time. Don't seem to have one right now.

I think that evolution is self-organizing. I was all for solely natural selection/survival of the fittest until I stumbled upon this several months ago:

Tools to build complex vertebrate brains assembled long before vertebrates had them. (link)

Then I got into reading about evolution as a self-organizing phenomenon, and it just makes a lot sense to me. A good overview paper I found on this concept here. And the abstract:

"Self-organization is sometimes presented as an alternative to natural selection as the primary mechanism underlying the evolution of function in biological systems. Here we argue that although self-organization is one of selection’s fundamental tools, selection itself is the creative force in evolution. The basic relationship between self-organization and natural selection is that the same self-organizing processes we observe in physical systems also do much of the work in biological systems. Consequently, selection does not always construct complex mechanisms from scratch. However, selection does capture, manipulate, and control self-organizing mechanisms, which is challenging because these processes are sensitive to environmental conditions. Nevertheless, the often-inflexible principles of self-organization do strongly constrain the scope of evolutionary change. Thus, incorporating the physics of pattern-formation processes into existing evolutionary theory is a problem significant enough to perhaps warrant a new synthesis, even if it will not overturn the traditional view of natural selection."

I am also intrigued by the symbiotic relationships that some organisms form, and the possibility of these different organisms working together to drive evolution/complexity.

• The mitochondrion and chloroplast are symbiotic relationships from billions of years ago that allowed more complex and multicellular life to arise.
• The gut microbiota in humans drives brain development and predicts adult behavior. (link)
• Gut and psychology syndrome.
• Some helminths being beneficial and the "old friends" hypothesis.
• Retroviral DNA in our own genomes. (link)
• Bacteria exchanging genes like candy through transposons, even in our guts.
• On the scale of superorganisms, dog/cat and human symbiosis. A beneficial relationship for both.
• The Umami Hypothesis can be thought of as an evolutionary adaption to further promote symbiosis between humans and bacteria.
  
• The theory that our brains are so big because our ancestors dined on hallucinogenic mushrooms.
• The list goes on and on.

Evolution is about symbiosis between organisms to drive complexity, along with self-organization from the genetic level to multicellular level. At the same time its about competition and survival of the fittest.

I think that reproduction is a mechanism for survival of a species/genes, adaption to environment thru genetic mutations, etc. (all the classical theories) AND that it allows evolution to continue doing it's thing, that is drive complexity. If survival and reproduction were the sole tenants of life, then I don't see a need for evolution. Life could have stayed as simple prokaryotes and been happy surviving and reproducing for eternity.

I also believe in panspermia theory.

Every time I have tried suet it is like eating candle wax. I can feel the pieces moving through my intestines, no digestion at all. Makes for slightly painful bowel movements. I'm guessing my bile has no effect on it.

If you find any good new bands you think I'll enjoy, message them to me. Always looking for new music. My library has been at a standstill for about a year now. I'm getting new albums, but no new artists.

so is it weird to think that maybe these veggies are also developing us?

I think about this a lot. Our society is as technologically and scientifically advanced as ever (unless you buy into ancient technology theories, which I don't), yet most are on Standard American Diet and stricken with health issues. Plus humans have been harvesting grains and other plants for thousands of years before modern processing. Would we have developed computers and other technology without the increased carbohydrate intake from corn, grains, etc? Or, from another perspective, maybe we always had the brain power, but would we even have been interested in doing such things? Who knows.

Surely, grains have been affecting our gene expression, genome, and epigenome. When I go to the gym, I see a lot of teenagers with long skinny limbs. There was a section in Dr. Staffan Lindeberg's book (link) discussing how this is related to grain consumption. I lent the book to a friend, otherwise I would look up the reference.

Yes, I'm very fond of Periphery, especially their second album. Had it on repeat when driving for a few months after it was released. The other djentish band I'm into is Vildhjarta.

I was concerned too when I first tried raw meat, nothing happened though, no parasites. My dad thought I was nuts and going to end up in the hospital, now I eat raw meat and some organs at the dinner table. Heck, I might have some amoeba or worm in my intestines, but no symptoms. Pretty much everyone has parasites, even people that eat all cooked food.

Thanks, definitely going to be ordering from there. Looks like they have a good amount of organ meats too. First place I've seen selling pancreas.

Hi all,

I've been eating raw meat for about three years now. I'm going to start following raw paleo more closely to see if I can further reduce the symptoms of my autism spectrum/aspergers. I'm not sure if I've got full blown Aspergers, although I am definitely somewhere on the spectrum. So far, I've noticed an increased desire to be social and my social abilities feel like they have increased from eating raw meat.

Here are/were some of my symptoms:
- Generalized anxiety: gone for the most part.
- Auditory and olfactory hypersensitivities: I have to wear earplugs at the movie theater, cover my ears when I hear loud noises, and am distracted by odors that most people don't even notice.
- Chemical sensitivities.
- Difficulty with conversations. Has been slowly resolving itself. I'm fine with one-on-one convos, still working on group convos.
- Difficulty making eye contact with people: This one resolved when I cut out grains and dairy and started eating raw meat, thankfully.
- Sometimes I speak in a monotone voice.

I've been mainly eating muscle meats, veggies, cooked eggs, almond butter, cooked sweet potato, liver sparingly, and bone marrow sparingly. I did try suet a few times, although I couldn't digest it. I've still been binging on processed carbs though: potato and tortilla chips lol.

I'm in the process of transitioning to a true raw paleo diet. For the past month I've cut out all junk foods, been drinking lots of veggie shakes (1-2 day), and am going to start increasing the organ meats. I've also been cutting down on the massive amount of almond butter I was eating (going to replace with animal fats).

My goal is to keep a journal here and outline my diet and improvements. I want to outline where I was when I started, where I'm at now, and how much further I improve, so that others can benefit. I lurked around the forum some and didn't see anyone else with the exact issues as myself. So, we will see how this goes!

Michael