Wow, so many replies since I went to bed last night!
Ioanna:
I'll try aging the meat and see how it goes. In Colorado, it is fairly easy to find completely grass fed bison and beef, so I'll begin with that. Do you know what about dehydrating the meat bothers you? Maybe just the lack of water makes it harder to digest?
I really do doubt the theory of Native Americans needing to only eat things native to America because if it were true, there would be a lot of Native Americans allergic to those European meats, too, and I haven't heard of any of them being in that situation.
RawZi:
Aging meat helped you as well? I definitely must try it. As far as the fats, I had much rather get animal fats to use. I haven't found a way to get those fats around where I live, but I haven't really looked, either. I assumed since deer was illegal to sell, I probably couldn't find any other wild meats and fats to buy. **Note** I just did a little research and apparently wild game sales restrictions are state by state, so perhaps I can find it in some states. I didn't know that.
djr_81:
Before I knew the meat allergies were making me so sick, and I was still eating it, I probably got a 50/50 percent of grass to grain fed. Whole foods is in the next town over, in Boulder, so I would get my grass fed meats there and from an organic farm, but during the holes between, I would get them from a grocery store. I'm going to try some grass fed aged beef to see what happens.
My meat-only idea sort of began over time. I haven't eaten starchy foods in years because of an insulin issue, and I've never eaten sweets. I just don't have the appetite for them, nor do I like the way they make me feel. As I was cutting more and more out, a friend told me I was basically doing Atkins induction, so I read up on that and did it for about two weeks.
I started cutting out even more carbs and felt better, but I was still using butter and coconut oil for the fats because I couldn't get enough fats from the meat.
At that point, everyone was telling me how unhealthy this was for me, and my extended family disapproved very much and let me know I was setting a bad example for my kids, but how can something that makes you feel so much better be unhealthy?
Then I started wondering if anyone can live on meat-only. Until I googled it a few weeks ago, I had never heard of the concept in any context except it being unhealthy. I was very surprised to find so many people doing it.
Almost everything I read was from
www.zeroinginonhealth.com, and there were so many stories of health improvement. Some of the people there eat pemmican only, and I had intended to do that for the first month using turkey, but didn't know if turkey would work or not. I had hoped to join the forum to ask advice of the experienced people.
This is the answer I received:
"Hi, Sherri. Thanks for your responses.
From reading your answers, it's quite clear that you do not fit our qualifications for membership in our forum. The fact that you have allergies to the very meats that we eat makes this even more difficult. I realize you have questions and I'm sure they are very good questions but this is not a road that we wish to travel.
ZC is not something that we wish to talk you into. ZC is something that people are encouraged to try and once their health improves, ZC sells itself. We're not in the business of converting others through scientific banter and the like. Sure, we do examine studies and look at different sources, but it's not so much for the purpose of convincing and converting others. We offer a simple message and encourage others to try it. If it works, then well and we like to continue that journey with the person. If not, we encourage them to move on with our best wishes.
So from what you've written, this would not work. I wish you well working out your health issues and you're certainly encouraged to read as a guest and hopefully you can find many of the answers to your questions because I'm sure they've been asked and answered.
Best regards,"
I'm not sure why he thought he'd need to talk me into it or that I was wanting to debate anything. I had already decided to do it, but after reading the letter, I had doubts of whether it would be possible at all. Maybe some people have a fear of people arguing with them and become paranoid about it? I went over my application several times to see exactly what sentence gave him the idea I wanted to argue theories, but couldn't find anything.
I am okay with eating raw meat, but i must admit I didn't know you COULD safely eat raw meat until yesterday. When I read "Raw Paleo" I thought it meant something like 'strict' or "down-n-dirty dedicated". I didn't know you literally meant raw until after I had posted and read a few other posts. (Okay, I'm an idiot)
I just want to be healthy. If raw does it, I'm all for it. I need to find out how to safely do it. I also need to solve my fat problem, but if I can eat aged beef or buffalo, it would be solved.
I do love the organ meats. My father always made us eat all the parts of the animals he killed, but it was cooked.
ForTheHunt:
I only know what the allergy tests showed. My blood reacts to it, and supposedly it was all grass fed meats in order to keep it as pure as possible. When I developed whole body shakes, we thought I might have developed early Parkinsons and paid $20,000 to see a doctor in New York. I had read a book of his and felt he was more up to date on research than all the other quack traditional doctors I had been seeing. So, I took his word on having the allergies, and when I stopped eating the meats, I stopped with the stomach burning, the cerebral swelling and the shakes after a few months. Now, if I accidentally get some, it isn't enough to cause the brain swelling or the shakes; I need to eat those meats over time to get to that point.
I don't know a lot about chrons. I'll check into it, though. I never discount anything.
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