How to get started eating raw paleo

[Poncho]

Hi, Im a 19 year old canadian girl. I was in a car accident, suffered a severe traumatic brain injury, and have been struggling with my health ever since. I was very quick to turn away from modern medicine after they had failed me numerous times throughout my recovery. I have been trying to work towards a raw meat diet ever since I obsessively read about the concept almost a year ago. My boyfriend and I are both doing poorly health wise, and are both very interested in getting started. We just cant figure out how. Where do I get the meat? What are the actual real risks? How do I avoid them? Please someone help, Im desperate!

[Iguana]

Welcome.

Try to find meat of wild animals, if possible directly from hunters. Mature it hung in a fridge at least a week and up to 2 months for a better palatability. You can accelerate this maturation by placing it in the air flow behind a fan. You  should be able to buy wild caught fresh ocean fish about anywhere. Live shellfish also. Fruits, vegetables and unshelled raw nuts are available everywhere as well: prefer overripe, not good looking fruits. Those can be very cheap or even free. Suppress all processing, mixing, spicing.

Tell yourself and the others you're doing a limited duration experiment for about a week or two and do it properly, 100% raw. After this period you'll be able to either abandon this experiment or re-conduct it for a somewhat longer duration, and so on. 

[LePatron7]

Everyone's version of raw paleo is different.

But some general things you want are grass fed meats. For example grass fed beef, lamb, buffalo, goat, etc. Wild animals are good too. Wild caught fish is the best type of fish.

Parasites in grass fed meats is almost nonexistent, so no need to do any special preps. I freeze wild caught fish for 2 weeks before eating it to kill parasites.

For food safety, check out http://www.eatwild.com/foodsafety.html

[Iguana]

Instinctos usually avoid freezing because our early experiments repeatedly showed it can cause some troubles (generally minor, but troubles anyway) and negatively affects the taste and consistence of food. Parasites have never been a problem during more than 40 years (26 years for myself) of 100% raw nutrition including ocean fish and meat of animals living in a not too polluted environment. 

[TylerDurden]

Have a look at the first posts of all these threads:-

http://www.rawpaleodietforum.com/important-info-for-newbies/

The above threads should contain all you need to know as to where to get high quality raw foods, what foods are better than others etc.

Once you've gotten used to fresh, raw meats, you might find this useful, but only then, not before:-

http://www.rawpaleodietforum.com/display-your-culinary-creations/high-meat-recipe-preparation-for-more-advanced-rafers/