Most people who seek health, tend to hyper-focus on getting the bad stuff out. It is true, that most of us are very toxic, as we are bombarded with heavy metals and industrial chemical in our food, our clothing, our homes, cosmetics, and in our environment. And the build up of these toxins kill living cells and destroy life. So, what do we do? We focus on losing weight, fasting, and detoxification protocols for the liver, the gallbladder, the colon, etc.
However, the biggest killer of cells is not toxins. It is malnutrition. If we do not get the right building blocks to grow and maintain healthy cells in our bodies, we die, not from toxic poisoning, rather from starvation. And, by eating raw animal fats, we nourish our body’s ability to buffer, absorb, and evacuate toxins naturally without having to initiate a detox.
Most people don’t consider that they are starving their systems because they consume plenty of stuff. The problem is that this stuff isn’t really food or its denatured such that your body cannot metabolize the nutrients in the stuff to make them bioavalable for the body to utilize to make new cells.
Our bodies are dying every second. Skin cells die every 7 days. Blood cells every 60-90 days. Liver 1-3 years. Nerve fluid replaced every 2 years. The skeletal system undergoes constant remodeling with 10% being replaced every year and the entire skeleton being renewed every 10 years. As these cells die, are we embracing the most optimal strategies to replace them?
What do we need to eat so we are not starving?
Raw animal proteins and raw animal fats.
Why animal protein?
Only animal proteins have the proper amino acids to build new animal cells (we are animals) But wait, cows are animals too. Why don’t they need to eat animals? They actual do eat animals, not grass. Cows, take in grass and the microbes in their rumen breaks it down into other microbes and it’s the microbes that are absorbed into their small intestine. It’s the proteins from these trillions of microbes that provide the building blocks to build new cow cells, not the proteins from grass. Cows, humans and all animals are really more bacteria than we are human. So, we are microbes eating microbes. I’ll stop there as this could be another whole blog.
Why animal fats?
Without animal fats, we cannot supply the fats and cholesterol needed to rebuild myelin, hormones, and create solvents to help bind, buffer, and detoxify when the body is ready.
Why and what is really raw?
Any time proteins and fats are artificially heated over approximately 102 degrees (some foods have an even lower threshold like honey 93 degrees) or irradiated, the bacteria that is necessary to activate enzymes are destroyed and the body’s ability to transform the food into constituents that can be utilized by the body to create new cells is curtailed. We can build using cooked food, but only at 60% of the rate of 100% raw. And, cooking food creates more toxic byproducts (AGEs, heterocyclic amines, and lipid peroxides) which accumulate 70-90% in the body and contribute to disease.
Why no salt, sugar, caffeine, alcohol?
All of these irritate, dry, weaken, and kill cells.
Why minimal carbs?
Carbs get turned into alcohol and utilized as solvents and not as building blocks
How much should I eat?
Depending on your height, you should be eating between 1 1/2- 3 pounds of raw meat each day and equal amounts of raw animal fats.
How often should I eat?
Never go more than 5 hours without eating raw animal proteins and fats. When we do go longer, we begin to cannibalize ourselves. Our red blood cells begin to eat themselves. This is not good. As we said, it takes 60-90 days to rebuild new red blood cells, so if we are eating them up, we don’t have the cells to transport energy and oxygen to the rest of our body. Go to p. 40 Recipe for Living Without Disease to read Aajonus’ Recommended Eating Guidelines. Click here to purchase
What about while I’m asleep?
Have a cup of warm milk right before bed. Keep food by your bed and if you wake up eat. Set an alarm and wake up and eat a meal or suck a quick egg or two or have a few ounces of Moisturizing Formula (p. 146 Recipe for Living Without Disease) or a cup of warm milk. Suck an egg as soon as you wake up in the morning.
Won’t I get fat if I eat all this meat and fat?
The Primal Diet™ should probably not be called a diet. Most people think of diet as a weight-loss program and this is not a weight-loss program, rather a weight gain program for most people and a weight-equilibrium program for those need to detoxify unhealthy fat and replace it with healthy tissue.
What if I’m not hungry?
Eat anyways. Some strategies to increase appetite include drinking 8-12 oz of raw green celery and parsley juice and eating a meat meal 45-60-minutes later. Adding tomatoes, honey or marinating your meats. Eating a combination of white meats (chicken, turkey, fish, pork) which are more alkaline with red meat. Also, preparing some of the delicious recipes and sauces will increase cravings. Click here to purchase Recipe For Living Without Disease.
What about fasting?
Most of us have been fasting our entire lives by not eating live animal foods with the enzymes and bacteria necessary for utilization. So, fasting will only deplete us even more. Yeah, you might feel good and high from fasting, but this is not a healthy high. This is the euphoria we feel right before we are about to die. Don’t go towards the light.
When can I start focusing on detoxification?
The best answer is never. Our bodies, if fed the proper amounts of nutrients in the bioavalbale form, will decide when it wants to detoxify and will do it. You do not need to force a detox. When your body receives enough of the good stuff, to release the bad stuff, it will.
What are some detoxification protocols that I could consider after I put on the weight?
Hot Baths, adding cilantro to your green juice, eating moldy berries, eating fermented carbs. All of these are detoxification protocols that Aajonus experimented with to address very specific toxins.
He heavily cautioned, however, that detoxification will activate solvents and virus which will create extreme symptoms and weight loss, so “ better be prepared.” He often recommended that people do not focus on detoxification for the first 2-years, 5-years, even 15-years or ever. Rather, just focus on putting on the weight, 15-30 lbs above normal weight for height and keeping the weight on.
Sure, toxins can contribute to disease in a toxic world and The Primal Diet™ is not a quick-fix detoxification weight-loss program.
This is a lifestyle that is designed to feed our bodies, everyday for many years, so we can grow healthy, strong, and happy. This process take years. According to Pottenger, Howell, and Vonderplanitz, it will take 5 generations to achieve optimal health. This is approximately 40 years in humans.
So, fastener your seatbelt and start eating the best way possible for humans living in such a toxic world.
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