There's another forum with info if you're interested, 
http://zerocarbforlife.com/

I eat this way. I was used to a very low carb diet to begin with so had 
no problem with adaptation (aka Induction Flu for those familiar with 
Atkins or other low carb WOE's). Some people find they feel crappy for a 
week or so when they drop carbs, some don't.

Vitamin C seems to be a non-issue, regardless of organ consumption. Some 
of the inuit Stefansson stayed with did not eat organ meats, or much raw 
meat/fish (some did - all are different, there is no one Inuit diet, 
depends on their location and available resources) and had no incidence 
of scurvy. Glucose and Vit C molecules compete (are antagonistic), with 
glucose winning out over Vit. C for entry into the cells - meaning the 
more glucose in the system (ie carbohydrate foods), the less Vit C that 
will be taken up. It's not so much what you take in, as how your body is 
able to use what you take in.

Lard is fine, but if you want tallow consider asking a butcher, farmer, 
or even the meat counter at your grocer for their fat trimmings and 
render it yourself. Really, really good!

I don't know if you've read Taubes, but he states that “animal products 
contain all the amino acids, minerals and vitamins essential for health, 
with the only point of controversy being vitamin C. And the evidence 
suggests that the vitamin C content of meat products is more than 
sufficient for health, as long as the diet is indeed 
carbohydrate-restricted, with none of the refined and easily digestible 
carbohydrates and sugars that would raise blood sugar and insulin levels 
and so increase our need to obtain vitamin C from the diet”.

BTW the forum you mentioned isn't Bear's forum - Bear doesn't do the 
online thing anymore :) As far as his health goes...I don't know if any 
diet could compensate for decades of LSD use or pot smoking, esp with 
The Dead!

Tracy

Larry Magee wrote:
> I've been eating a la Cordain for 7 months and reading the posts on this
> list.  A number of you are eating a high fat carnivorous diet with almost
> no fruit and vegetables.  I'd like to try it.  I've read Bears forum --
> http://activenocarber.myfreeforum.org/Bear_s_Words_Of_Wisdom_about22.html
>
> His diet is rare meat (with lots of animal fat) plus cream and cheese.  It
> strikes me that the cream and cheese aren't Paleo so I probably wouldn't
> include that.  Any good information on other zero carb Paleo diets would be
> appreciated.   
>
> I'm not willing to mail order to get grass fed meat.  Is that a show stopper?
>
> Bear claims you can get enough of all vitamins, including C, from very rare
> beef.  Is that right?
>
> Also, if I can't get beef tallow will the pork product lard do for cooking?
>
> thanks 
>
>