Raw Meat....ok that sounds gross but I tried it.

[catherinethegreat]

Jerry and I went out to lunch at a restaurant I had never been to. I spotted the seared rare tuna and asked about that. And told them I'm all raw.
So they brought it out - 5 tiny slices of tuna
on a huge bed of raw spinach.

The taste of the grill was heavenly to me, but the tuna itself was just not as amazing as I wanted it to be. Unfortunately they drizzled some type of lemon poppyseed sauce over it ( not raw of course )which gave it extra flavor, I didn't take the sauce off - and I didn't plunge it into the puddle of sauce - just left it as it was.

I tried to eat a ceasar salad without the croutons but the cheese was on every single piece of lettuce. I had a little bit - but just didn't enjoy it as much as a raw salad(!!!!)

I felt fine for a while Thought if anything was going to bug me it would be the little bit of sauce on the tuna.

It's been a few hours since the meal and my tummy has pretty sharp pains and I'm bloated and my eyes feel puffy and I'm tired in a different way then I've experienced in a while. I don't feel awful - but I can tell a huge difference from when I don't eat the raw meat.

So even though Carol Alt does - I've decided after this experiment to not do that again. My body doesn't want/like it.

I had been craving a hamburger with bluecheese and bacon for the past 3-4 days so I thought that this might just do the trick...and you know - I still crave that amazing bluecheese bacon hamburger FLAVOR - but I know that my body couldn't handle it.

I watched Jerry eat his cheeseburger and fries and thought - that could be me - but the consequenses of that are so enormous that it's just not worth it.

So we went to a bookstore after that meal and I found a book on all the vegetarian restaurants in LA. We picked it up - so that when I'm out and want to try a salad or something raw at least these places will have more specific options.

At least that is the theory.

Feeling tired of having raw be a bit of a chore when going out to eat - and sometimes at home. I don't want to always eat a salad. Like it to be easy and a non thought. Now it will be that much easier for me to NOT eat raw meat! That is my new non thought.

lol!

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[levamssg]

Wow - you said this soooo well ...

"I had been craving a hamburger with bluecheese and bacon for the past 3-4 days so I thought that this might just do the trick...and you know - I still crave that amazing bluecheese bacon hamburger FLAVOR - but I know that my body couldn't handle it."

I've been having heaps of cravings for cooked food lately. ... almost like I can Taste them. Like I just want to go into a restaurant and order "normal" food. However, you are not the first person who has written about how their body did not like cooked after being raw for a while. Every time I read about the results, it strengthens my resolve to not give it a try. Thanks for posting this!!!!

[Alissa]

Ok so its bad enough to eat cooked food and feel lousy the next morning but anyone thinking of trying raw meat or fish really needs to be careful of this. i would highly recommend NOT doing this. There are so many reasons not to eat raw meat. One is because as bad cooked meat is, at least your killing a lot of the bacteria and disease that is carried by the animal or fish. But when you eat it raw your opening yourself up to a host of problems. This is really a dangerous practice in my opinion so anyone thinking about this, donÂ’t just go and eat at your local store or pick up some raw meat to try. Its really too long of a list to write at the moment, but i just wanted to caution you all against this as i personally do not believe this is a healthy thing to do in any situation. You can really make yourself sick and do some long term damage with raw meat.

[Revvell]

the best vegetarian restaurants I know of in our area are ~

Happy Family Restaurant in Monterey Park ~ not raw at all
Leonor's in No. Hollywood ~ can get some good, raw salads and other cooked veggie stuff
Of course, Wild Oats and Whole Foods are available near you
In Canoga Park there is Follow Your Heart ~ interesting salads ~ all veggie, mostly vegan
In Burbank ~ mmmm, forgot it but it's on Magnolia. You can request a half side of shredded carrot and half side of shredded beets with a half an avocado. It's amazingly good! They are closed on Saturdays I believe.

Of course, there are quite a few other places on the westside ~ Juliano's Raw (knocked me out before I got to the freeway on the drive home) and a few others I'm hearing about. Oh! The Goddess something. Had some of their "cheese" pate on a cracker at an expo we were at in Pasadena.

I have gone to Thai and Chinese restaurants and ordered their stir fry ~ raw. Just brought my own dressing.

I've read Carol's book and have gone out with two gents who are into the Paleonthetic (or some such thing) diet where they eat everything raw including meat. Not my thing.

Hope this was of some assistance.

Injoy~

Revvell

[sweetgoddess]

What an interesting experience. I am glad you shared it. Interesting too that you feel different so quickly. lol Still cant believe you tried that. Yep, brave just like I said!


Carmel

[VeganVixen]

ALL RIGHT I CONFESS!!!!

Before I went veggie ,when I was about 10-13 I ONLY ate raw fish (sashimi),I HATED chicken ,pork and beef. I ate raw oysters and sushi, sashimi- I loved it -but soon I relised that even though I was closer to veggie than alot of people,it was STILL not vegetarian -so I stopped.

but I got to admit I never got sick-but I only ate it at higher end sushi places that buy sushi (or grade a) grade fish -so they check for coloration and impurities in the fish.alot of times they use lemon and freezing techniques too.But rarely things do happen.....

so IF YOU MUST EAT FISH I WOULD NEVER RECOMEND "UNCOOKING" FISH YOURSELF OR EATING IT AT A "QUESTIONABLE" PLACE...

Also I dont recomend eating meat or fish at all...but thats my opinion......

[catherinethegreat]

yes - I of course had the memories of my one and only time I had food poisioning...it was from cooked salmon and or cooked shrimp.
That was the worst experience ever. Thought I was going to die. I'll let you all know if I wake up tomorrow with any adverse side effects. I'm hoping not. My dream was to eventually eat sushi from time to time as I do love it so. But the thought of the parasites makes my skin crawl...literally ! ACK.

Alissa. I totally hear you about not doing this. That was why I decided to write - to let people know that it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be to add raw meat into the mix.

I think tonight I may take an extra dose of your enzymes!

Luckily I don't feel bad anymore - all that passed very quickly....hopefully for good!

I never thought about being a vegan - it just happened all of a sudden when I went raw so this was my first and last experiment...guess I am vegan afterall.

Hope this can be a learning post for others who are / were considering it.

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