I eat a lot of raw meat (mostly beeef)  raw pig fat and raw yolks and
never
experienced any problems.
Every food poisoning which I had in my life was always connected to
eating
plant food.

And know the funny story:
Once I took for lunch some cooked meat (ground)  which I forgot to put
into
fridge the other night. I didn't smell so I decided it's OK.
When I ate almost half of it I noticed that it's full of small white
warms
(I don't know what it was) and I probably I ate a lot of them. I
paniced for
a while (some people told me before that Paleo eating will kill me
sooner or
later and I thought now was the time :) ) but decided to wait to see
what
happen. And nothing happened. I had no problems at all.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Karas" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 10:46 PM
Subject: Re: [P-F] eating raw meat


> Mary Craddock wrote:
> > i am curious about all the raw meat talk and if eating raw is so much
better
> > for your health...then i would like to try to somehow eat raw
meat....for the
> > person that was a vegetarian and now eats raw meat...how were you able
to
> > start to like it...what mental prompts did you give yourself...i
know...you
> > just eat it, but..for me it is not that easy. i feel afraid to eat raw
> > meat/blood, eggs, etc.
> > what about pork...do you eat bacon raw?
> > someone said they "ripen" meat in the fridge....to me this is akin to
> > rotten...meat left in fridge after a while smells bad...to me
anyway...in
> > ripening...does the meat not have a decomposed odor?
> >
> > any *advice* would be appreciated....i am just trying to learn about
eating
> > raw meat.
>
> I have been eating raw for about 14 years. I started out as a vegan (no
animal
> foods). In late 1995 I read an English translation of Guy-Claude Burger's
book
> on instinctive eating, "Instinctothérapie, Manger Vrai". I realized that I
had
> started being a vegetarian based only because of what others had said
rather
> than a deep conviction on my part. I did it because I was told that it
would
> give me better health. I learned all of the vegetarian arguments and could
> repeat them faithfully. I did very well as a raw vegetarian and assumed
that I
> had found "The Way". After reading the instincto book I started thinking
about
> my diet and decided I needed to find out if I would do better including
raw
> meat. I started out buying some raw tuna and eating it for my lunch. It
tasted
> (good) like I remembered it. I thought that this would be a great shock to
my
> body and that I should fast until the next morning. I went off to hike in
the
> hills for about 8 miles. When I got back I felt hungry and decided to eat
> dinner. My biggest problem was that I felt that I needed to hide this from
all
> of my vegetarian friends (later I got kicked out of the house where I had
been
> living because of my dietary change). I ate raw fish for the next year.
Finally
> I was told by another "nutritionist" that I should eat raw red meat at
least 4
> times a week. This changed my life. I gained about 20 pounds almost all of
it
> muscle and felt so much better that I never considered going back to
> vegetarianism. My body had been starved for protein. I had no
refrigeration
> where I lived so I bought enough meat each day and ate it. After about 6
months
> of this I had to go out of town for three weeks. I bought a lot of meat to
take
> because I was not sure of my source of supply. I had been buying meat that
was
> free of hormones and anti-biotics. Along the way I was able to find some
good
> meat and ended up back in Los Angeles with a steak that I had bought three
weeks
> before. I opened it up and looked at it and smelled it. It had darkened on
the
> outside and the inside was red. The smell was a little different also. I
decided
> to try it. As I went to cut it I pressed on it and the meat stayed
depressed. I
> liked the flavor and felt good after eating it. I had no trouble later
either. I
> started buying roasts and aging them on a plate in the refrigerator. It
turned
> out that there is less odor this way than if I kept it wrapped up. I keep
my
> meat this way for weeks now. I have had no problems with bacteria or
parasites.
> I maintain a natural balance in my body as all animals creatures in the
wild do.
> I have learned to trust my body to take care of itself. I have been eating
this
> way for about 4 years and am stronger and healthier than before. I
occasionally
> eat cooked meat and other food but the bulk of my diet is still raw. When
I do
> eat cooked I have no trouble. I eat probably 5-7 pounds of meat a week. I
have
> eaten some raw pork but no raw bacon. I have also eaten raw chicken legs.
I eat
> raw organ meat when I can get it. A group of us raw meat eaters have been
> ordering beef and buffalo organ meat from grass feed animals. This
expensive but
> the quality is excellent. I have been buy unrefrigerated eggs at the local
> farmer's market and the aging them on the counter for a few weeks before
eating
> them. I eat in way that is totally counter to everything that I learned in
> school and from other people. My mother would be shocked at my diet but
she did
> not live to see this change.
>
> I discussed eating raw meat with Ray when he was here in LA. He seems to
be
> worried about bacteria, etc. He might have something to say about this (
Hi Ray,
> your pemmican was good. Thanks). Every species on this planet except for
us eats
> all of their food uncooked. It seems to me that they look healthier than
we do.
> Do they know something that we don't? I have tried supermarket meat raw
and I
> didn't find as good a flavor as the meat that I have been eating. I also
have
> been able to go to some restaurants that will serve me raw meat. I have
gotten
> some looks and questions but I got my dinner the way that I wanted it.
>
> We all must decide what we will eat. This way works for me.
>