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Health101.org
The Fallacy of
the Benefits of Eating Raw Animal Foods The info contained on the Raw Animal Food (RAF) sites is spurious; it is without basis in science. It lacks validity. In my opinion it is perpetuated by those who prefer to eat meat, cheese, milk, etc. It flies in the face of biology, anatomy, and physiology. It is a shining example of human nature; we can make incorrect choices thanks to free will. The firmly held beliefs of those who eat raw animal foods do not reflect reality; they'd do well to let reality affect their beliefs. As to the spuriousness of RAF eating, this from odomnet.com/live-food/faq.htm... "Fruit: As this diet is primarily an animal based diet that is high in protein and fats, carbohydrates tend to adversely effect blood sugar since they don't have much fat to slow them down. Fruit is a wonderful food, but you don't need to eat much of it. As a general rule, it is a good idea when eating fruit to have a raw fat with it to slow down the rate of the sugar hitting your blood stream. Raw fats with fruit seems to have a very different effect than raw fruits alone, in maintaining health. You can have raw, no-salt-added cheeses, or cream, or eggs in a egg and fruit smoothie, for some examples." In the real world, eating fats with fruits does hold up sugar from leaving the bloodstream and entering cells, but this is an adverse reaction, not one to be coveted. This leads to chronic, sustained high levels of blood sugar, which in turn can promote candadiasis blooms, and plays havoc with insulin levels. I'm very sensitive when it comes to blood sugar level changes, and if I eat sweet fruit alone, I have no problems (contrary to what the RAF eaters say), and have plenty of energy (with no abnormally high blood sugar levels). If I eat fruit with fat, I get lethargic, a good indication of a blood sugar level problem. Another example of their lack of credible information: "Veggies: Contrary to popular diet advice these days, vegetables are not considered important on this diet because this diet is naturally cleansing and the digestive tract of a human is not set up for the cellulose in vegetables." The nutrients contained in green leafy veggies are essential to human health, and I'd rather get them first hand from the plants themselves, rather than second hand from animals who have eaten plants. And it is the cellulose in vegetables that accomplishes the beneficial cleansing. To say that meat is cleansing to the human body is like saying that pouring garbage all over your living room is cleansing to the living room. Sure, the living room will eventually be spotless, but that's because the garbage necessitated a thorough cleansing! Wouldn't it have been better to simply do regular primary cleansing (with plant fiber), rather than pollute the living room (with dead flesh) to invoke a secondary cleansing reaction? And animal flesh has no fiber! And fiber is something that is needed by our gut, a fact long settled and not subject to debate. The RAF folks are correct that it's the cooking of edible substances that does great harm. But there's no way that a person will be healthier eating a raw animal based diet over a raw plant based diet. You can't argue with nature. Well, you can, but it's fruitless. (No pun intended) Fact: We're designed to covet sweet things... that's the purpose of the taste buds that are coded for sweetness that are appropriately located at the front of our tongue. Animal flesh isn't sweet... unless you blend in some Medjool dates in a Vita-Mix. It's a shame these folks participate in "I believe what I want to believe" rather than in "I believe in reality/nature/truth". The health benefits experienced by folks going from the Standard American Diet diet to a RAF diet are due in part to the lack of cooking, and also to any other healthy changes they make. Those I know who then adopted a raw plant-based diet found further improvement. That says it all in my book. For further info, read
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