When I had my son on SAD diet (Standard American Diet) he was constantly
sick. I can't believe how much money the drs made off us, we were in there
every week with something such as ear infections, bronchitis, you name it.
It was awful. He was on every different antibiotic known to man.

My son was basically well for the first 3 months, then was vaccinated at 3
months.

He became continually  sick from 3 months to 3 years plus.

then I got the internet and began reading diet information.

I changed his diet to a paleo diet (www.paleodiet.com) which included lots
of meat and omitted grains and dairy.

Vegs,  he eats raw and meat we eat dried (jerky) and some cooked meat but
no processed meat, that is, NOTHING added to the basic meat.

He has not been sick now in SIX years.

All my friends' kids, fully vaccinated, are continually sick. The majority
of my friend's boys are on drugs (for autism, asthma, add/adhd) over half
of the boys  in his class at public school were on Ritalin.


Mary

>
>Welcome to raw-food. Having read through the archives, you have seen how
>this list has broadened its scope over the years. My own diet has broadened
>with it. I have gone from raw vegan to fruitarian to RAF eater. Each change
>has been good for me. You talk of evolution but realize that there are
>those that say that our species is genetically engineered by aliens. Who
>knows for sure. You seem to be trying intellectualize something that can
>really only be felt. When I went from cooked omnivore to cooked vegan, my
>body made the switch without any problems. Eight months later I met a woman
>who talked to me about eating all raw. I thought about this for another six
>months before I actually tried an all raw diet. This was a major shock to
>my body. It took a couple of months before it stabilized. I went through
>ravenous hunger and then tiredness with mucous pouring out. I tried
>stopping but I realized that the changes had brought benefit so I continued
>eating all raw. Only you can tell if your diet is working for you. How is
>your energy, hunger, sleep patterns, eliminations? Do you get sick
>frequently? How does it compare to other ways of eating? After not eating
>meat for twelve years, I started eating raw fish once a week and then after
>a year I started eating a lot of animal foods raw including dairy. I
>immediately gained twenty pounds, mostly muscle. As a raw vegan I felt that
>I had been doing well but once I had experienced the difference, I
>understood that my body did best with meat. For what ever it is worth, I am
>a blood type O. I know a number of others of other blood types that also do
>better eating RAF. Whatever decision you make now is always changeable if
>you see the need. My diet now is essentially a raw stone age (Paleolithic)
>diet with occasional cooked foods. Our society has a phobia about germs and
>other nasty things. All species seem to co-exist with them. Our immune
>system usually will not let them get out of hand if we don't sabotage it.
>Even the prions that are supposed to cause Mad Cow Disease are not
>destroyed at cooking temperatures according to Howard Lyman, author of "Mad
>Cowboy".
>
>  A little list history. This list was originally named veg-raw when I took
>it over as listowner over five years ago.  I was a raw vegan who had
>finally become a fruitarian. I was a little surprised that Tom Billings was
>no longer a fruitarian because I thought that I had found the perfect diet.
>As time passed I understood why he had changed. We started getting a few
>subscribers that were raw animal food eaters mostly from the Instincto
>movement. At a certain point we decided to change the name to reflect its
>broader makeup. We wanted to have this be a general raw list but many of
>the vegan true believers did leave. This was before beyondveg but all of
>its contributors are/were subscribers here.