Here in Japan, you can buy whatever kinds of raw fish you like. It almost always has ginger and/or wasabi. Beef is also served raw. I had some that tasted like it was the most tender roast I have ever had, and I’ve had some that was a little tough. I have also had rare chicken here. I don’t advocate eating most American meats raw. The fish and beef and eggs here are specifically sold to be eaten raw. They are butchered and sold to be eaten the same day. Japanese use many less toxins and preservatives and don’t feed their food animals nearly the disgusting things that Americans do ...
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I’m open to the possibility that we did not evolve. I think the human being an alien genetic engineering experiment is an interesting theory. I have to say that I do hope that the aliens do not come back to ”extinct” us, as some people theorize. (Yes, I have been to a Star Trek convention). As far as ”Creationism” by a single, omnipotent god - I am less inclined to believe this, but not completely closed to the idea. I am interested in the differences between us and the apes as well - if you know any good links, please post them:-) Tina.   [End]
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I’ve been to the evolution debate forum. People there mostly either debate that evolution is true in general, or talk about the differences between evolutionary theory and creationism. Since it’s a debate forum, people don’t generally post in a very open-mided way. I suppose we could use that already-existing forum, though since half those peolpe don’t believe in evolution, there might some vicious reponses. I would be interested in more of a ”human evolution and human-ape comparison discussion forum”. I don’t know if there would be enough interest for that, do you think we should s ...
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Very interesting article. I hadn’t even thought of why our head hair grows so long. I put a few textbooks on human evolutionary biology in my wish list at amazon. I don’t know when I’ll have a chance to buy and read them, though. I think that comparisons between humans and apes should be more widely studied. The few times I have posted questions on curezone regarding human/ape differences/similarities, I didn’t get many responses. Tina.   [End]
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I think if we posted this quetion on the barefoot forum, we would get answers regarding breatharianism. It is true that our body absorbs water and other things via the skin. Without fur, one could take a swim in the ocean and absorb all sorts of necessary things? According to breatharianism, a human can absorb everything they need through the skin and lungs via the air(and sunlight) and never have to eat (assuming the air hadn’t been polluted, as it is today). I find this to be an interesting theory. I think a modern scientist would laugh at it. I think maybe, in times of famin ...
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While we are on the subject of apes and evolution, does anyone know why humans don’t have fur? Yes, I know we have tiny hairs all over our bodies, but there are very few mammals that don’t have a thick coat of fur so I was just wondering. Tina.   [End]
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I do agree that the article implies that our domesticated fruits and veggies are insufficient. I tend to agree with that. Also, I think it says that soluable fiber is preferable to insoluable, for the most part. About pith - what food sources do we have that can qualify as ”pith”? I looked up this word and it is the center parts of stems and such? Do cerely stalks qualify? Sorry for such a basic question. I went to the glyconutrients support forum and went through a few pages of posts, but they all referred to supplements and not real foods. Do you know or have a link to a list o ...
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THat’s a great article. That chimp Frodo that they referred to is on Animal Planet, but I can’t remember the name of the show. I like to watch the shows about Chimps, but don’t often get the chance, since my children are still young and prefer cartoons. Tina.   [End]
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Yes, and I do think (but I really don’t have anything to back up my claims) that humans evolved to eat more meat than chimps do. Some people generally use our teeth as an example as to why humans ”evolved” to be vegetarian. But, really, a trait like teeth only evolves if their is a reason for others with the opposing trait to die out. For example, short-necked giraffes died-out in times of famine, leaving the longer-necked ones to reproduce. Generally, carnivores have sharp teeth to kill and tear the flesh off thier prey and, if they could not do so efficiently, they would have died ...
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http://www.cast.uark.edu/local/icaes/conferences/wburg/posters/nconklin/conkl... If you are interested in reading about the diet of chimpanzees, click on the above link. Tina.   [End]
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You know, I think that fish tastes less ”fishy” when it is fresh; it’s the cooking it that makes it taste that way. Good, fresh salmon tastes rather buttery and has a very soft texture (almost melts in your mouth). And it does not smell at all. If you go to the store and see the wild salmon (don’t eat any fish that have been farmed), maybe they will let you smell it. If it smells fishy at all then don’t buy it. Eat it the same day you bought it; if you bought it frozen then you can eat it the next day, but smell it first. If it’s frozen when you buy it, then it would probably be di ...
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My daughter was eating it plain. I usually cut it up in slices and just sprinkle sea salt on it. Sometimes I also sprinkle some special seaweed that comes in an herb-like shaker bottle. I don’t know what it is called, and the only writing in phonetic letters on the bottle that I can read says ”nagai”. (I cannot read kanji yet - the symbols for which there is one unique one for most words - like ”sight words” for toddlers, except there are thousands of them that need to be learned to be able to read Japanese/Chinese). You could also get some ”nama shoyu” for dipping, which is a com ...
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My 3 1/2 year old daughter usually wakes up before the sun and goes in the living room to play or the kitchen to get a snack. Yesterday, I had bought some salmon, but it was frozen so we were going to wait until today to eat it. So at about 4 o’clock this morning, my daughter came into the bedroom munching on and swishing between her little hands what used to be about a pound of salmon but now was half the original size, asking me to ”make worms” out of it. (I sometimes cut the salmon into worm-like pieces because she likes to pretend she is a bird.) I just thought it was cute, s ...
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Hey Omniguy, Did you see this post in the Ask Curezone Community? http://curezone.com/forums/m.asp?f=362&i=16987#i Sorry that it’s a link to a link. It essentially puts insulin ressistence in perspective with tyes/qualities of fats consumed. It implied that we should consume more high-quality omega 3’s and less soybean,corn,canola,hydrogenated, etc oils. I actually started consiously adding these omega 3’s a few weeks ago (more flax, more salmon) and I have already noticed an increase in my energy level. So when I read the article, it made a lot of sense to me. Tina.   [End]
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Unfortunately, this forum hasn’t been terribly active lately. Usually, someone posts and the forum is active for a day or two and then goes dormant for a few days or a week or two. Even if you are an omnivore, if your question doesn’t involve meat, you should post at the vegetarian site, which is much more active. It seems most rawies go the vegan route. I can’t blame them, as meat products in the US are mostly disgusting and the good stuff is difficult to find. I may even go vegan when I get back to the US. Tina.   [End]
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They didn’t have any raw dairy at your whole foods? I’m kindof surprised. We last lived in Rhode Island and the WF in Providence always had some kind of raw dairy. Although I was disappointed because they didn’t have any raw goat cheese. My family lives in the Philadelphia area and there was a small health food store there that had a reasonable variety of raw foodist stuff, like cookies and bars and crackers and meals. They had some great raw goat cheddar. My mother was upset that I would buy it because of the ”germ” thing. Someone posted at one point that the aged raw cheeses a ...
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You know, this has nothing to do with raw, but I bought a bottle of Dr Schultze’s Brain formula a while ago. It is essentially Ginko Biloba and Cayenne pepper. I just got around to trying it out a few days ago - one dropperful twice a day. I have not been tired since, which is unusual for me, as I almost always want to crash in the early afternoon. What goes along with this is that I have been having trouble sleeping; it’s like my brain won’t stop thinking. I’m going to have to go off the stuff for a few days and then do it only once a day in the morning. Have you ever tried Gi ...
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Wow, your son is eating great; it is good that you are starting out with a great diet from birth. I am embarrased to say that I used to be a SAD food eater and have been slowly improving over the last few years. When my son was young, we ate a lot of cheese and bread and not enough raw fruits and veggies. Though I think I know what foods work for me now, it is still difficult for me to stay with it. And my children still have addicions to all the crappy foods I used to let them eat, though their diet is improving rapidly as well. I discovered Curezone about 2 years ago after wat ...
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I agree with you that it is so sad that children are fat and obese nowadays. I don’t know how much interaction you get with other parents, but as a ”stay-at-Home” mom, I get quite a lot. I try not to be judegmental, but I hear things like one mother complaining that she HAD to make chicken nuggets almost every night for dinner because it is the only thing her son will eat. And one child got pizza rolls in her lunch box every day because that’s what she likes. We had a ”field trip” to the commissary (the military grocery store). I rarely shop there because I don’t think that stuff ...
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Hi, Actually, I am Italian-American. We have been in Japan for almost a year because my husband is in the US Navy. We will most likely be here until Deember ’07. I am trying to get out and get the feel of the whole Japanese lifestyle while I am here. I love the food and the people are very nice. No, there is not a whole lot of tofu here. I get some tofu sticks at the local grocery store about once a week for my kids, which they dip in various soy-based sauces. Other than that, I rarely see tofu in a few prepared dishes, or little tofu squares in miso soup. I don’t eat a lo ...
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Hmm Maybe I shouldn’t be eating the white. Quail eggs are so small, I bet they will be difficult to separate. I live in Japan, so I can get quail eggs at any grocery store. The Japanese are very particular about the freshness of their food; any egg you purchase, including chicken eggs, are safe to be eaten raw until the expiration date. Some chicken eggs cost up to $1 each, depending how the chickens were raised. Maybe I should get one of the pricey ones and eat the yolk raw. Quail eggs cost about 8 cents each and usually come in packs of 10. Tina.   [End]
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Hi, I consume raw quail eggs occasionally. I crack 3-5 in a teacup, sprinkle a little sea salt and cayenne and drink them down. I didn’t know that info about the biotin. I read somewhere that eggs are healthier if you don’t mix the yolk and white together. Do you think drinking them with the yolk intact will protect the biotin at all? Tina.   [End]
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Hi, I’m still here too. Although, I have dropped to 80% raw, because my kids are out of school for the summer and the markets and such that I was buying my food from are all at least 3/4 mile away, which is difficult to do every day with a 3 and 4 year-old tagging along (I don’t have a car). I was at a relatively nice resturant the other day with for a sort of ’party’. The people in charge had already ordered everything, and it was one of those places where they just put everything in the middle of the table and everyone shares. So, one of the dishes was some very rare chicken sli ...
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I remember hearing about ground beef having more bacteria. It was on some television show that was telling you why you should always eat burgers well-done. On the show, they said it was because the places that grind the meat use the same machines to grind pork and chicken as they do for beef, and there are a lot of bacteria in chicken and pork. In my opinion, if you grind it yourself and eat it soon thereafter and if your machine was not dirty then I think eating ground meat is no different from eating whole raw meat. I have eaten raw beef and it didn’t kill me. I do a parasite clea ...
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I’m not sure exactly the benefits of raw vs rare, but I do remember reading something about the comparison of the Neanderthal Man who ate their meat cooked and the ancient Eskimo, who merely ”seared” their meat on fire (which seems to me the same as rare. Supposedly, the remains of Neanderthal were plagued with arthritis and other degenerative diseases, wheras the Eskimo remains were virtually free of these diseases and seemed to be much healthier. Even the semi-domesticated cave bears who lived off the scraps of the neanderthal’s cooked meats had arthritis and such. Maybe someone kno ...
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Yes, I have heard of kobe beef. I have not seen any at the market; I will have to ask someone Japanese where to get it. They have it at resturants. From talking to people who have had it, it cost about $300 for a large (american-sized) steak or $35 for a small piece. I will definitely have to try it before I leave Japan. I heard that they were massaged also, but I thought the person who was saying that was making a sarcastic comment about the price; maybe it is true. Tina.   [End]
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I was just wondering what people thought about the healthiness of eggs vs meats like beef and fish. I am talking about eating each food raw. I went to the store to buy some raw meat yesterday, but the good stuff was so expensive. I could get 10 quail eggs for about 80 cents, but the same amount of meat cost over $5.00! I read in my book that eggs are high in iron. Do you think eggs are sufficient, or should I eat other meats occasionally? I think I am one of those people who needs more protein, since eating too many carbs really makes me lethargic. I am also an O blood type, thoug ...
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Hi, I was eating plenty of raw fish for a while and then I stopped because I was doing a parasite cleanse. I think I’m going to start back up again as well. I am currently living in Japan. The people here eat raw fish, raw eggs, as well as raw beef regularly. They also feed raw meats to their young children. They are much healthier than Americans and have an average life expectancy of about 10 years longer. Also, even though they live longer, they are not incapacitated like American elderly. They take very few prescription medications and are very independent and healthy. On ...
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Hi, I just read ”Green For Life” by Victoria Boutenko. It has an interesting section on too much weight loss on a raw diet. I am planning to test out her theories. I have been raw for a month and a half and have lost less than two pounds, but I definetely don’t want to loose any more; I’d like to gain about 10 pounds. So, I’m beginning to add more greens and fruits instead of gorging myself on nuts and seeds all day. Tina.   [End]
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Hi, Well, I am 5’3’’ and have weighed between 95-105 pounds for the 15-18 years or so (not including pregnancies). I didn’t loose any weight, but I did loose about 2 inches on my waist (probably from all the crap that was in my intestines). I weigh about 96 pounds right now, but I plan on starting to lift weights and I would like to get back up to 105. I have not lifted weights since first pregnancy over 5 years ago. My daily diet varies and I know that I don’t eat nearly enough greens. I have decided to start out eating anything raw that I want and then to slowly try to eat more ...
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Hi, This forum has been a little slow lately, so I thought I’d post my progress here, for anyone who is interested. Well, I’ve been raw for a little over a month now. It has been pretty difficult so far. Some days I think I’m doing great and I will be raw forever. Other days I wonder why am I doing this? I started going raw to try to create a healthier lifestyle for myself, and to be a good role model for my children, ages 3 an 4. I am 33 years old. I don’t have any major health problems. I’m not dying, and I’m not overweight. But lately, I’ve known of several people and I’ ...
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Thanks for writing to me :-) You know , I don’t have a real plan for my raw-food consumption. I will have to look into the book you reccommend. I read a few books like Rainbow Green. They try to tell you things not to eat. I have wanted to be raw for a while and haven’t been able to motivate myself because the foods didn’t taste all that great. I think it was because I was trying to eat the ones that the books said were the best instead of the foods that I liked the most. For example, I tried to eat a lot of almonds because they are healthier, but I like walnuts so much better. A ...
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Dear FF, Sorry for lack of raw fish to all who live in the US. I am living in Japan for the next few years because my husband is in the military. I can walk to several fish markets and 4 malls which have grocery stores in them. They all have a wide assortment of raw fish that has just been caught that morning (they never sell day-old fish here!). It is even cut up in nice little bite-sized chunks. Some of it is over rice or rice noodles, but some is just in a package by itself, ready to eat. There are 2 grocery stores that I have found that sell quail eggs. My Japanese friend tel ...
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Hi, I’ve been a curezone member for almost a year and I’ve been trying to add more raw foods into my diet, with the intention that I would someday ”go raw”. I just read Victoria Boutenko’s book ”12 steps to Raw Foods” and decided to try going raw now. I told my husband and friends that I’m just going on a raw food fast because I think that if I told them that I only wanted to eat raw foods forever, they would think I was insane. I have to say that yesterday was mildly torturous because my husband wanted to go out to eat, so all I ate at the resturant was a salad with sea salt on it ...
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