WADE REESER wrote:

>Barry,
>
>I was responding to the idea that the 'missing green veggies' worry for the SLD
>has no merit and was using an extreme example of a people that THRIVED on
>nothing but meat.  Go crazy, have all the veggies you want, I wont stop ya.
>Have a milkshake while you are at it. ;)
>
>>From V. Steffanson's experiences it would seem that 'raw' meats arent required,
>but they certainly should be on the rare side.  And many people worldwide have
>traditionally buried there meat till fairly rotten (northwest pacific natives
>and romans for a few) and even modern day grain fattened beef are hung in a
>cooler for awhile to properly 'age' but besides a desired taste, it's not clear
>this helps at all nutritionally, you have other info?  I encourage the eating
>of organ meats, no other foods have the nutritional desity (certainly no
>veggies, green or otherwise).  And except for the raw food fetishists, I see no
>reason to eat it raw (we arent talking burnt...).
>
>It doesnt seem clear that meat alone without the organs couldnt sustain a man
>indefinitely, perhaps even thrive.  I'm almost positive that Steffanson used
>only muscle meat during his year experiment with no ill effects.  And not raw.
>And I understand that traders and trappers often went for months in North
>America eating travel rations consisting of only pemmican and jerky made from
>meats.  Again, not raw.
>
>
>
I think we'll have to agree to disagree on this one. I have no
nutritional data on the maggots and mold found in rotten meat, so I
don't know if it enhanced the nutritional value or not. I do know that
organ meats contain nutrients not found in lean muscle. Modern meat
aging consists of holding the temperature of the meat between 33F and
36F for 3-10 days. It does not rot at that temperature. The limiting
factor for aging is bacterial growth. Bacteria, even in this case, ruin
the meat. Also, pemmican is not simply meat and tallow. The Indian
recipes always called for whatever fruit/nuts/seeds that were available.

The only historical precedence for a pure meat diet I can think of is a
royal diet. Some (European) royalty subsisted on just meat. They weren't
pictures of health from what I understand, most of them suffering from
gout, among other maladies.

I don't know where to get fresh adrenal glands and a good supply of
liver, kidney, lung, etc from various species, so I will stick to the
vegetables, thank you! :)

Best wishes,
Barry