Re: raw meat, cayenne & dogs

[Guest guest]

Dear list,

Now that I have been on my raw food diet for a few weeks, I thought a

follow-up is in order.

For those that feel squeamish about eating raw meat, it really isn't

bad. After the 3rd day your body has figured out that this is real food,

and craves it. This preference for raw food increases daily. I ate

Christmas dinner with family, to share the meal with them, but I decided

no more cooked food, except in emergencies. Emergencies like: I'm hungry

and I see a hot dog stand. (I love hot dogs. I don't care what's in em)

I've even got my two rottweilers eating raw hamburger with my lemon,

cayenne & garlic sauce. So, I make more than I want to eat, figuring

that the tar tar sauce ingredients are as good for them as for me. And,

if anyone still has doubts that Dr. Schulze's cayenne is hotter than ANY

other brand -- IT'S WAY HOTTER!!!! To the juice of two small lemons I

was adding 3 little scoops of cayenne I got from the HFS. It was an

organic, unheated brand from Frontier. I didn't find that too hot. But

when I got Dr. Schulze's, I had to cut back to 1 scoop cayenne. Now, I'm

back up to 2 scoops of Schulze's. But, I'm also sweating under my eyes.

What Mexicans call " enchilado, " after ust a few bites. The rotties don't

even hesitate, even though by now they know it's hot!

At first I cut up my own steaks, because I didn't like the texture of

hamburger. That was my squeamishness. But, when I reasoned I needed more

raw fats, and the only good source I can be certain of is from the meat,

I am now having them custom gind my hamburger to add more fat. The

Mennonite lady in the meat shop thinks I'm a little crazy, but they are

happy to give me what I want.

I'm still eating it on a triscuit. I haven't gotten past not wanting to

eat it raw without the crunchiness to help with a lifetime's twisted

attitudes. But, I am making great strides in my acceptance of raw meat.

And, since the lean hamburger I get is only $1.65 a pound, I am feeding

my dogs about 1/2 pound each of raw meat daily too. It's not much more

than buying canned food to add to their Purina.

I find I only eat about 3-5 ounces of meat at a meal, where I would eat

2 to 3 times that cooked. The body simply doesn't want or need as much

when it is not dead food. And raw meat for breakfast lasts all day long.

Talk about a food sticking to your ribs!

To anybody wishing they were already on a total raw food diet, as I did

for several years, just jump in and give raw meat a try. It isn't that

bad. You change your attitudes real fast. And it does a lot for my

self-esteem to realize I am finally walking the walk I have believed in

for so long.

jim

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[Guest guest]

Jim,

I have several good books on the raw diet for dogs. This is what

got me going toward raw but I am very rarely raw as to meat for

myself, only becaue of my lack of saliva, digestive juices, etc.

In dogs there are many email lists about BARF(Bones and raw food).

The raw bones are considered the most important part, you must

balance the bones with the meat. Chicken wings fed whole are

considered a proper ratio if you want to get yourself started that

way:) I feed my dogs some barf, the veggies should be put through

a juicer and the pulp added back as dogs do not break down some of

the veggies in their digestion. Billinghurst is probably the most

read book on this. He is from Australia, touring this country

currently I believe. Deb