Hi!
I'm new to the whole this diet and can't seem to find any specific diet guidelines or meal plans. What do you typically eat per day? Cals? Pro? Fat? Fiber? Carbs?
If you can list what u generally eat for each meal, that would offer SO much guidance for me.
Thanks!
-Shelby :-)
Cals:- No one really bothers about cals. Some claim that 80% fat by calorie is necessary. I find, however, that far less is required than that.
Pro:- No RPDer really bothers with limiting protein. The whole "protein is dangerous" myth was invented by vegans.Utter nonsense. That said, do try, when eating muscle-meats to not only go for the lean muscle-meats like turkey but also buy fatty, raw muscle-meats like mutton etc.
Fat:- This is reasonably important. Because most RPDers often get sold meats which have had the fat cut off before sale, they often feel the need to add in some extra raw suet, raw marrow or raw tongue. That said, I've managed to get hold of some very fatty muscle-meats like raw mutton.
Here's a sample of what I may eat over the course of a year - some items are only seasonal or very rarely eaten, others like the wild hare carcasses I eat for most or all of the year). All are raw, most are 100% grassfed/organic or wildcaught :-
wild hare carcasses-plus most organs/ leg of lamb/mutton plus lamb organs, venison organs(tongue, liver/kidney), goose-/quail-/duck-/chicken-eggs, sea-urchin-eggs, swordfish, giant tiger prawns, lobster, crab,oysters,mussels, kingfish, shark, beef organs(ie liver, kidney, tongue, lung(not recommended!), heart, thymus/pancreas, suet, marrow), free-range turkey breast-fillets(whole goose and whole turkey at Christmas), wild boar muscle-meats/organs(see beef organs for details), horse-muscle-meat, heather honeycomb, samphire, blueberries, cherries, raspberries, bananas, wild mallard duck and organs, limpets, goat muscle-meat, mackerel, scallops, pigs' brains(grainfed, though); saltmarsh-fed lamb, heather-fed lamb, radishes, mandarines,apples, pears.
Re fibre:- Well, I see no reason for fibre. Admittedly, when eating only raw animal food for days, I do find that bowel-movements can almost be nonexistent unless I go in for overeating. That said, I never get the bodged, constipated feeling I got with cooked-animal-foods, so I reckon that fibre isn't necessary.
Re carbs:- For general physical performance, I do recommend carbs- most RVAFers tend to something like 5-25% carbs, judging from reports, but start with whatever feels right to you, at first. You can always change percentages, later.
The general rule I have is to have 1 large meal a day,, consisting of a main meat/fat meal with raw carbs added 30 minutes before or after the meat-meal(I don't have raw carbs every day, but quite often). That seems to have the best effect re energy-levels. Not all people do well on that and may prefer the usual 3-meal a day routine. For my part, I find that I get more constant energy-levels if I do the 1 large meal a day(afternoon or evening depending on whether it's a weekend or weekday). There's also the warrior diet routine where you eat fruit in the mornings, and 1 meat/.fat meal in the evenings.
*I also recommend occasional fasting. I notice, again and again, that my appearance etc. looks healthier(re gleaming skin etc.) when I do an occasional whole-day fast every so often. I highly recommend it(but not if you're suffering from adrenal-related issues, perhaps).
