Re: Raw Milk Tonic (Raw Eggs!)

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Hi! Raw egg yolks are never a problem from hens that don't receive

antibiotics. When conventional hens are fed daily antibiotics in

there feed, some of there eggs do have salmonella on the shell.

Get the best quality eggs you can find, preferrable ones that have

access to sunshine and grass, and are fed organic feed.

I love raw milk tonics, I use 2 yolks, and I don't use molasses.

Sometimes I mix a little raw honey in (like 1 tsp) and it tastes

fantastic.

I used to be afraid of raw animal products as well (besides milk), but

as long as you know its a good source, its not any more dangerous than

raw vegetables. I eat raw liver, raw ground beef, and raw eggs, and

have never ever had a problem...in fact, it has helped my health

tremendously.

Good Luck, and raw milk tonics are very delicous once you get over the

raw animal products fear.

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wrote:

> Thanks to those of you who replied to my 'Looking for CD (Crohn's

Disease) Advise' post. I noticed some replies reqested more

information about my diet and I may post a link to my menu at a later

date, but I'm going to be changing it so I'll wait until then.

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> Some also mentioned the possibility of gluten & casin intolerance as

something to look into. To the best of my knowlegde, I do fine with

both. I consume both on a pretty regular basis and neither has made

my condition worse.

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> To the Raw Eggs title.. I have recently gotten the Eat Fat, Loose

Fat book by Enig & Fallon and I have decided to do the Healthy

Recovery plan. (CD is mentioned as one of the conditions the diet can

improve.) Doing this new diet will introduce me to the world of

coconut, gelatin-rich soups, high-vitamin cod-liver oil (I've been

taking the regular vitamin version from GOL), high-vitamin butter oil,

lacto-fermented beverages and raw animal foods. The organic store

here doesn't carry a very large variety of grass fed products outside

of some beef they've imported internationally (?). There is however,

a place I'm going to visit next month that carries a full line of raw

dairy, grass fed beef, poultry, pork and so on.. I'm looking foward

to that!

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> Finally to my point.. one of the things mentioned in the diet is

raw milk tonic for morning & afternoon snacks and it contains raw egg

yolks. I'm having a little bit of a hard time wrapping my mind around

consuming raw egg yolks on a regular basis like the diet suggests due

to 1. the slime factor 2. ecoli bacteria that has been presented by

popular media outlets as a danger associated with consuming raw or

undercooked poultry.

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> From lurking over the past few month I imagine a few people here

have experience with this and I'm wondering if you can offer some advise.

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> Thanks!

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>Thanks to those of you who replied to my 'Looking for CD (Crohn's Disease)

>Advise' post. I noticed some replies reqested more information about my

>diet and I may post a link to my menu at a later date, but I'm going to be

>changing it so I'll wait until then.

I guess I missed that previous post, but my advice is to get a copy of

_Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Intestinal Health Through Diet_ by Elaine

Gottschall and follow its advice religiously, but with a native nutrition

overlay.

>The organic store here doesn't carry a very large variety of grass fed

>products outside of some beef they've imported internationally (?).

That's unfortunately common, for whatever reason. Do you have a farmers

market nearby? You might be able to get much better grass-fed meat if you do.

>Finally to my point.. one of the things mentioned in the diet is raw milk

>tonic for morning & afternoon snacks and it contains raw egg yolks. I'm

>having a little bit of a hard time wrapping my mind around consuming raw

>egg yolks on a regular basis like the diet suggests due to 1. the slime

>factor 2. ecoli bacteria that has been presented by popular media outlets

>as a danger associated with consuming raw or undercooked poultry.

Even with conventional eggs, the risks of consuming raw yolks are quite

minimal -- something on the order of 1 in 20,000 is contaminated with

salmonella. But if you seek out organic eggs that are from chickens which

haven't been given antibiotics and other toxic swill, the risk is even

lower, and the health benefits from consuming the yolks raw can be

massive. As to the sliminess, that's from the white, not the yolk. A yolk

mixed into a milk or cream drink won't affect the texture negatively at

all. Have you ever had eggnog? That's traditionally made with raw

eggs. The yolks are blended in and the whites are beaten into a stiff

foam, which eliminates the slime factor.

> From lurking over the past few month I imagine a few people here have

> experience with this and I'm wondering if you can offer some advise.

Although it has its uses, _Eat Fat, Lose Fat_ has a number of serious

flaws. If you're trying to lose weight, chances are it recommends

consuming too many carbs and too little fat. Some of its recipes even

include white flour and sugar and the like! And if you have any kind of

bowel disease, some forms of coconut might be problematic for you, and all

forms of grains will be trouble. What I really recommend is eating a

traditional, nutrient-dense diet -- but in accordance with the rules of the

Specific Carbohydrate Diet as laid out in _Breaking the Vicious

Cycle_. BTVC doesn't cover nutrition or macronutrient ratios much, but it

is aces for digestion.

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Hi ,

> Some also mentioned the possibility of gluten & casin intolerance as

something to look into. To the best of my knowlegde, I do fine with

both. I consume both on a pretty regular basis and neither has made

my condition worse.

-----> I also thought I did fine with both. I've finally decided to

cut out wheat and most dairy.((after following a weston price diet for

years AND reading people's stories of going no wheat, no dairy!) I've

stopped all wheat and almost all grain in Aug. except for occasional

wild rice in soups. I'm still having some raw dairy but have cut

drastically down on it. My weight has slowly been dropping without trying.

My wheat intake was ALWAYS long fermented breads or sprouted and not a

lot... less than 1 piece/day. Now the few times I've tried wheat at

parties I can tell now. My stomach digestion problems usually return

the next day...constipation, bloating, mild stomach cramping, acidity.

With raw dairy I find a small amount (a bit of cream in tea, cheese in

an omelet, 1/2 cup of raw goat kefir) doesn't seem to bother me but

huge amounts will cause a kind of gnawing feeling in my stomach and i

start looking for food. I'm slowly moving my diet to far less dairy to

see how it goes.

> I'm having a little bit of a hard time wrapping my mind around

consuming raw egg yolks on a regular basis like the diet suggests due

to 1. the slime factor 2. ecoli bacteria that has been presented by

popular media outlets as a danger associated with consuming raw or

undercooked poultry.

-----> I use raw egg yolks almost everyday in morning workweek tonics.

Just blend them for a few seconds. My husband and I use them for the

brain food factors. I also use raw eggs in mayo, ice cream, raw

custards, etc. They make dishes much richer in flavor and texture.

However my eggs are pastured from farmers I know. I would never use

raw from store eggs.

Lynn