I wouldn't be surprised if cooked palaeo had a small effect. After all, many highly processed foods contribute heavily to inflammation, not just cooked foods in general.

 

As for cooking meat rare, that does reduce the amounts of AGEs, and therefore the symptoms, to some extent. It's certainly not as effective as raw, but it's still a major improvement on eating meats well-done. 

Some palaeos who don't identify themselves as rawpalaeo as such, don't seem to mind only searing the meats on the outside for a short period but leaving the meats largely raw on the inside.

 

Geoff







 
> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:05:12 -0500
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Arthritis question...
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 
> Thanks for all the links, Geoff. Very interesting (and a bit 
> disheartening) reading! Suggesting raw fruits & veggies is easy enough 
> but I don't think raw meat is going to fly. Would it be of any benefit 
> to cook the meat as rare as palatable, not allowing it to brown? 
> Wouldn't that reduce the AGE's?
> I just turned 48 yesterday so I can see what's coming. I eat most of my 
> veggies raw, all fruits raw, but raw meat has been the stickler for me. 
> I used to be a well-done girl, then went to med-well, then med. and now 
> I am down to med.-rare. Do you feel that while not perfect, I am on the 
> right track? This I might be able to push on my picky non-paleo sisters.
> 
> Stevie
> 
> On 1/19/2010 4:21 AM, Geoffrey Purcell wrote:
> > A cooked, palaeolithic diet wouldn't be any good for getting rid of osteoarthritis. This is because it's been pointed out that modern hunter-gatherers on traditional diets also get osteoarthritis, even if they eat a cooked palaeo diet:-
> >
> >
> >
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> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic_diet#Observational_studies
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> >
> >
> > Given that heat-created toxins derived from cooked foods, specifically advanced glycation end products(aka "AGEs"), are routinely linked to general age-related inflammation, and the number of studies done on the connection between AGEs and osteoarthritis:-
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11822407
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> >
> > http://arthritis-research.com/content/6/S3/78
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> > http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/107642826/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
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> > http://www.febsletters.org/article/S0014-5793(07)00368-7/abstract
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> >
> > going rawpalaeo(ie raw meat, raw fruit/raw veg) would be more likely to work than any other method.
> >
> >
> >
> > Geoff
> >
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> >
> > 
> >> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:19:46 -0500
> >> From: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Arthritis question...
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >>
> >> Hello everyone. This may be sort of off topic and I apologize in advance
> >> if it is. I have read that paleo eating can help rheumatoid arthritis,
> >> but haven't really found anything saying it's of benefit to
> >> osteoarthritis--the wear and tear on joints as we age. Three of my
> >> sisters have osteoarthritis and I've been trying to find info to help
> >> them alleviate pain/inflammation and possibly to prevent further
> >> deterioration of the joint.
> >>
> >> I'd appreciate any links, suggestions and/or personal experiences of
> >> what may help.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Stevie
> >> 
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