primal diet???

[mystery]

i was reading We want to live,by aajonas vonderplanitz and i was wondering how healthfull the raw food/primal diet really was?
i ate rare meats before and it's nothing new to me,but raw meats,dairy butter and animal fats???hmmmm,that's really questionable to me..but what about the accounts of it curing diseases and conditions? from cancers to other terminal and dibilitating diseases? it makes me really curious..but then again,concered about the parasites,germs and bugs.The debate is that they eat up diseased flesh and tumors and such,they are natures 'clean up crew' (???)

[Health Dr. 1]

From nearly all accounts, the raw primal diets appear to produce very good results. Please keep in mind that Vonderplanitz is only one of the advocates and that others can differ in the overall composition of the diet. The basic idea is that raw, organic diets including raw meat are extremely nutrient dense and much easier to digest than are diets that contain a majority of cooked foods. Heat has a tendency to denature many proteins, enzymes, and other nutrients and often renders them in states that are poorly used by the body. Many raw Paleolithic diet advocates claim that they do not experience the same digestive problems with meat that many cooked-meat eaters, high-protein dieters, tend to experience. The incredible reports of extreme health benefits definitely suggest that this method may deserve further investigation and may greatly benefit most people.



Parasites and bacteria may indeed be a real concern if the foods are not handled correctly. I strongly recommend paying close attention to the recommendations of various Primal Dieters regarding freezing and handling of meats and other foods. The truth is that most of are exposed to parasites and bacteria in our normal diets and ought to undertake parasite cleanses on a regular basis regardless of our diets. Regarding whether parasites are nature’s “clean-up crew,” many people become very ill from parasitic infestation. This is a hotly debated issue between Primal Dieters and many others in both the alternative and medical field. It is universally accepted that some bacteria are very beneficial to the human body but the debate about parasites rages on. Part of the truth may reside in the fact that many primitive raw-food eaters likely consumed various plants that naturally contain anti-parasitical and anti-bacterial properties.