On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:20:08 -0500, Kenneth Anderson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I'm intrigued by those of you who eat only meat, but have not seen a
>comment on how you answer Cordain's call for acid/alkaline balance to
>be healthy?
>
>Ken

The hypothesis that diets high in animal meats cause bone density loss may
be wrong--especially if the diet contains plenty of animal fats and/or raw
meats/organs. Here is some info on it:


Paleo vs Osteoporosis
http://robbwolf.com/?p=454

"...the short-hand reasons why a paleo diet is beneficial for osteoporosis
is that absorption is improved by healing the gut lining + improved hormonal
state from increased protein intake. Retention is improved by a net-alkaline
diet. Perhaps most importantly, it works." --Robb Wolf, strength &
conditioning coach


 meat and acid/alkaline
* From: ChrisMasterjohn
* Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 20:03:30 EST
* Yahoo! Message Number: 17566
* Onibasu Link: http://onibasu.com/archives/nn/17566.html

"...I agree with the perspective that raw meat is alkaline or non-acidic and
cooked meat protein is acidic. I can't include Walcott's work, because he
didn't explain evidence very much in MTD, so I'm excluding it for now.

A lot of people have told me they improved their teeth by eating raw meat.
Steffanson found that the Inuit he studied did not produce putrefecatory
acids in the urine when meat was raw, as they did when it was cooked. This
also explains why acid-alkaline charts include raw milk under alkaline and
pasteurized under acid. This came up on the list before and none of us could
figure out why. But it makes perfect sense-- the protein is metabolized
differently. Since Paul just added that some theorize raw protein is not
acidic, this ties it all together for me. ..."


Lex Rooker of http://www.rawpaleoforum.com/journals/lex's-journal eats
nothing but meat, organs, animal fat and water and reports that his bone
density has actually increased.