GCB gave raw tuna to one of his younger children when it was a newborn. He raised the youngest three 100% raw from birth, IIRC. He specifically mentions a story where he offered mashed banana or a small piece of raw tuna to the newborn. The baby rejected the banana mush, but accepted the tuna. I assume he was speaking the truth about that. He would definitely be the best person to ask, probably of anyone, anywhere. Lots of societies feed their young children raw animal foods, like sashimi, kibbeh, etc.. It's not at all uncommon.
That's what makes me laugh when people talk about the dangers of raw animal products. Right now, as I type this, millions of people of all ages and all levels of health are eating sashimi for lunch in Japan. All over the world, people in dozens of different cultures will be eating raw animal foods today, people of all ages. In many of these societies, the raw animal foods are part of diets that also include some Western processed foods. There's no sharp, clear line dividing all societies into ones that eat pure traditional diets, and ones that eat the SAD, or a SAD variant. People in dozens of cultures cross that line in their daily diets every day.
If there's so much danger, then why aren't all those people dropping like flies from salmonella, etc.? The answer is that the dangers are HIGHLY overstated by ignorant, prejudiced medical and nutritional "authorities" in the US. Think about the millions of Japanese toddlers being fed little pieces of raw tuna every day. They're doing fine. So don't freak out, dude.
Children fed raw from birth have a WONDERFUL sense of what foods they need. They are natural instinctivores, if you raise them that way. I wish I had been a RAFer when my daughter was born. She'd have much better teeth now, and be generally healthier.
