Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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I have started to kill rabbits for food. What I want to know is is it safe to eat the raw kidney and liver straight from the rabbit?

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Jamie · Answer 1 · 2012-07-14 13:24:08Z UTC

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no. u can get diseases. bad idea.

Also....why?

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Chinaeskimo · Answer 2 · 2012-07-14 16:16:13Z UTC

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I am straining to think back to the class in parisitology I took. I cannot quite remember the specifics, but rabbits can carry some nasty parasites than humans can easily get. I would either cook, or freeze for 48 hours before consumption.

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We all have parasites. If you have functioning stomach acid, you'll be fine. And just because you might consume a parasite/bacteria/virus, does not mean you'll "catch it." It still has to adhere to parts of the body and multiply. – BoneBrothFast Jul 14 at 16:46

Are you kidding? – syrahna Jul 14 at 18:33

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphyllobothrium Among others. Good grief, dogs have MUCH stronger stomach acid than we do, and us raw feeders have to be conscientious about cooking anadromous fish because of the parasite risk. Freezing won't kill all the parasites. I wish it did! My dog loves a whole raw fish! – syrahna Jul 14 at 18:38

Parasites are totally paleo right guys. Yay helminths! – Mscott Jul 14 at 20:15

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@BoneBrothFast: Well you are correct in some cases. The field of parasitology exploded in the 80's because HIV infection gave us a population of immunodeficient individuals, but there are some things I would not take a chance with, Tularemia being one of them. – Chinaeskimo Jul 14 at 20:59

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Talldog · Answer 3 · 2012-07-14 20:37:22Z UTC

You should read "Catching Fire - How Cooking Made Us Human" by Richard Wrangham.

Human beings cooking meat is not a recent phenomenon. We started cooking meat at least a quarter of a million years ago (and it may have been as long ago as half a million years). Consequently, the digestive systems of humans evolved and became adapted for eating cooked meat (and we lost the ability to properly digest raw meat).

The digestive systems of dogs are adapted to eating raw meat. A dogs stomach accounts for 75% of it's digestive system (the human stomach accounts of only 20% of our digestive system).

The idea that eating raw meat is somehow "getting back to nature" or eating like our ancestors is--to be blunt--100% wrong. Our ancestors ate cooked meat.

Animals need to eat the type of foods their digestive systems were designed for. Put a dog on a diet of cooked meat, they get fat (because it is too easily digested) and sick.

Put a human on a diet of raw meat, they get thin (because they can't properly digest it), and they get sick.

You are not being more natural, real, or healthy by eating raw meat. In fact, it is just the opposite for humans: unnatural, unreal, and unhealthy.

Matthius · Answer 4 · 2012-07-14 13:26:30Z UTC

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Ew. I'm with Jamie...why?

answered Jul 14 at 13:26

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NMG · Answer 5 · 2012-07-14 17:54:24Z UTC

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Where are you, geographically and seasonally? This will affect the chances of the bunny carrying parasites and diseases. And no, you're not guaranteed to "catch" the parasite but do you want to risk it?

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Henry S · Answer 6 · 2012-07-14 17:58:32Z UTC

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everybody and anybody has never gotten sick from eating any raw meat. It's an incredibly better source of protein. theres a whole raw meat community, just google it.

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This is just plain wrong. I'm sorry - I drink raw milk because I'm comfortable with the risk. That doesn't mean there is NO risk. Same thing for raw meat. – syrahna Jul 14 at 18:39

ah HA! I didn't say raw milk! I said raw meat. A female, open ranging Cattle (a milk cow) is designed to nourish a cow, not a human. Though, eating the cream of milk, has been shown to be considerably less offensive to the human body compared to drinking all parts of the milk. And about the raw meat, do you research, you will find that from scientific research, you should get sick from bacteria, if you find peoples accounts of trying to eat raw meat, you will find they have never once gotten sick, only improved health. But hey, what do i care that you get sick. – Henry S Jul 15 at 2:00

Poop Master MC · Answer 7 · 2012-07-14 20:47:50Z UTC

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Grok wouldn't bother raising rabbits, he would eat one that got run over by a car

answered Jul 14 at 20:47

Poop Master MC
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eating rabbit raw

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