First of all, "convincing" scientists is not our main aim here. After all, scientists are usually in the pay of companies, and it simply isn't in the interests of the big food corporations/supermarkets etc. to encourage the sale of raw animal foods, as those foods have a short shelf-life by comparison to heavily-processed ready meals which can last for months/years.
As for our members, you will find that many of us have already tried virtually every single other diet out there before going in for RVAF diets/rawpalaeodiets - I'm a typical example thereof(about the only diets I didn't do were the macrobiotic diet and breatharianism). This is not surprising as there is a big phobia in society about raw animal foods, so that the only diet viewed with greater disdain than RVAF diets is the breatharian diet, so RVAF diets are usually started only when other dietary possibilites have been excluded. What this means, is that trying to convince us of the supposed "merits" of other diets, particularly cooked diets, when we've largely already tried them with no, or very few, benefits gained therefrom, is a bit pointless.
I am, of course, not suggesting that other diets are always useless. I happen to be aware of some evidence indicating that cooked-palaeodiets can reduce symptoms of diabetes and a few other conditions, for example. But for people who are in real trouble, a rawpalaeodiet will usually be more effective. After all, there are obvious benefits:-
1) Reduction in the amounts of heat-created toxins, as many studies show, leads to a reduction in many age-related (and other)conditions such as arthritis, heart-disease etc.
2) A rawpalaeodiet provides high quality foods in the form of wild foods and grassfed meats etc. So it has higher nutrient levels.
3) There are no grains, dairy or legumes in a rawpalaeodiet. Many modern diseases are directly linked to consumption of those 3 foods. So a rawpalaeodiet avoids that trap.
4) A rawpalaeodiet has bacteria which helps populate the gut more effectively, thus easing digestion etc.