Re: Eating raw meat

[Guest guest]

Roman,

Thank you for the questions.

I eat raw meat in various ways. Carpaccio is a favorite as is steak

tartar. Sometimes I will make a pate which is a blend of fish and beef

processed in a food processor until it reaches the desired consistency. I

usually mix it with honey and butter. Fermented fish is quite tasty and I

make it every chance I get. And yes I do consider fermented fish that has

not been heated raw just as I consider unheated fermented milk to be raw.

Fermented foods have a long and honorable tradition as healthy food so I

wouldn't worry too much about what some " modern " has to say about its

toxicity.

For me all animal food is fare game. Raw oysters with raw butter and some

grated ginger are quite yummy. Tuna Tartar or salmon carpaccio works for

me. Ever had lamb kibbeh? Its a treat. I will grate brain, heart, or

liver in a vegetable drink making a tasty cocktail. I got that one from

Pottenger's Cats. Once I tried brain I decided I could eat anything.

Sometimes I will take really thin slices of beef and roll them around

some french morbier cheese mixed with garlic. Lovely. Throwing a little

caviar on my carpaccio is tasty too. I use lots of raw sauces on ocassion

for a change of pace. Raw mayonnaise, garlic butter sauce, even raw

tomato pesto works well. And oh for dessert nothing like a raw creme

brulee. I got to where I could get it to set no problem even though its

not cooked.

With a little creativity it is not hard to eat raw meats but it is out of

the normal course of things.

No I have never done anything to protect me or anyone else from pathogens

other than the basic commonsense sort of stuff. A healthy body simply

won't tolerate them, and they don't usually stick around unless you have

dead matter in your body that needs to be cleaned up. Parasites don't

normally show up on their own unless there is an internal environment

that encourages their presence. I've seen lots of parasites passed as

people changed their diet and got better but I have never treated anyone

directly for parasite infestation. When that was a problem I just

directed them in the direction of raw foods and cleansing their colon and

the problem took care of itself. The only exception I can think of is the

several instances of folks who picked up stuff from drinking water in the

wild. They didn't care anything about " traditional diets " , so I had them

drink raw kefir. Within HOURS all their symptoms were GONE. But these

were friends of mine, not patients, and it wasn't until several years

later that they were even open to listening about NT ways.

Their are many foods when raw that are antiparasitic. Raw milk, fermented

milk, garlic, coconut products, even butter. A diet based on raw animal

foods is naturally protective. With plenty of these items in the diet it

should not be a problem. As medicine is now discovering, some parasites

are good for you. The ones that aren't will not stick around once things

are cleaned up. You don't want to know the stories of the narly stuff I

have seen eliminated by folks. Certainly not for the faint of heart!

Sally mentions that the FDA says 14 days of freezing will kill all

parasites. I'm not sure I buy what the FDA says. I have been reading a

website published by the University of Montana (I think) that disputes

the notion. They also take issue with the idea that freezing doesn't

negatively affect meat. I would like to see the study the FDA based their

decision on. It wouldn't surprise me if it was overly influenced by some

special interest trying not to get the American public alarmed over the

meat supply in this country. I don't know. I'm just speculating.

Just make sure you have a good clean grass fed organic source for your

products. Don't freeze your food for maximum benefit. And make sure you

keep everything coming and going, constipation can and does lead to

serious toxicity in the body and an invitation for parasites to

permanently take root.

In a nutshell, I believe parasites are friend or foe depending on the

quality of your diet. Like vultures on a dead carcass, they show up when

there is dead matter and in a very real sense help clean up the mess. In

other words in symbiotic mode they can help the body detox waste matter

and then will die off. But if you don't support the process with good raw

food, you could potentially be in a heap of trouble.

just my controversial thoughts...

On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 18:00:34 -0800 Roman <r_rom@...> writes:

Bianca,

How do you eat raw meat and what kind of meat do you eat raw? Do you

consider fermented (pickled) raw? Some say that even fermentation

produces toxin, and therefore, meat and fish must be eaten raw, not even

fermented.

About taste of raw animal food. Fermented salmon is tasty. And so is

herring (at least the kind I buy -- it's raw, preserved with salt. Is

this OK, by the way?). But what about raw meat?

Also, do you do anything to protect yourself against pathogens in the

meat?

Thank you

Roman

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