No, cooking makes meat more digestible. It's not the meat that is constipating you. Years of grains screwed up your digestion and the change of diet and not enough fat is constipating. Get some digestive enzymes and fiber at the health food store to tide you over until you have become accustomed to this way of eating. Oliva ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evelyn McWilliams" <[log in to unmask]> (constipation/bloating) - which seems to be exacerbated after eating meats. And does anyone give credence to the theory that cooked meats are toxic to the colon? Evelyn