(Re: Raw eggs/beaten) Are raw meats good for us?

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> Thanks so much for your reply, Bee. I'm struggling with other stuff

(non-candida related) and looking at outside info, it's all so ...conflicting! I

like the Weston A Price site, the only thing that bothers me about them is they

recommend " Really Raw " brand honey when that stuff might be raw but...it is not

organic!!! I was shocked: non organic honey, besides fertilizers, herbicides is

also extracted with chemical solvents. They do have a non pesticide disclosure

on the label, but there's way too many unmentioned chemicals that make the

product questionable at best. Anyway, I do know honey is not for candida

dieters, I just meant by that that their recommendation made me question the

validity of their thinking as to other stuff. Again, there is a ton of

conflicting info out there, we're lucky to have you Bee!

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> What do you think about a raw meat diet? I'm looking into this as I've heard

many good things. Some recommend raw meat, some recommend *only* raw organ

meats. Do you have any thoughts as to the author Aajonus Vonderplanitz. Good

advice or shun like the plague?

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+++Hi . The Weston A. Price foundation isn't perfect but they do provide a

very valuable service and most of their information is very good.

The word " organic " is not regulated so any company can use it willy nilly even

if their product isn't free of pesticides, etc. The only term that is regulated

is " certified organic. "

I've read a lot of Aajonus Vonderplanitz's information. He believes that

Eskimos ate mostly raw animal products that he says made them perfectly healthy,

which isn't true; V. Stefansson and others lived amoung the Eskimos for many

years and they reported Eskimos only ate raw meat " if " they were not in a

position to be able to cook them. They actually preferred meats cooked.

He believes cooking alters chemicals and compounds in cooked food so the body

must create enzymes that will utilize them to the best of its ability. First,

he is wrong that cooking " negatively alters food, " and second he does not

understand digestion.

Enzymes and nutrients in plant foods are encased inside cellulose cell walls, so

they aren't available to humans since we do not have digestive enzymes that

break down cellulose. Cooking and fermenting breaks down the cell wall

releasing more nutrients and enzymes.

Of course meats should not be overcooked, or cooked using high heat, because

more moisture is lost and the protein molecules bind closer together making it

more difficult for stomach acid to break them apart.

However, cooking makes meats more digestible because it starts the denaturing

process, meaning it starts breaking apart protein molecules. That's what

stomach acid and pancreatic enzymes do too. So there is no need to eat raw

meats and eggs; cooked to medium over low heat is just fine.

He also writes that meats should be soaked in an acid medium, i.e. chicken in

lemon juice - he thinks they are still raw, but they aren't (after soaking

chicken you can see the meat is very white just as if it had been cooked).

Soaking meats in any kind of acid medium is another way to cook foods, which

denatures them, making them more digestible. That's why marinading meats makes

them more tender.

The best in health, Bee