Raw meat

whiteonion

A while back I started experimenting with eating raw meat instead of cooking it. At the moment I feel fine and have suffered no ill effects from this diet.

Because I distrust most "health experts" I think there is no point in listening to them, everything they say are lies. If they promoted the myth that saturated fat is bad for you then that raw meat is dangerous is probably just a myth as well.

jam_mac_jam

What's the point though? Its not going to taste better or be more nutritious so why would you eat it like that?

Davei141

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

What's the point though? Its not going to taste better or be more nutritious so why would you eat it like that?

Sticking it to the man, man!

El_Dangeroso

whiteonion wrote: »

A while back I started experimenting with eating raw meat instead of cooking it. At the moment I feel fine and have suffered no ill effects from this diet.

Because I distrust most "health experts" I think there is no point in listening to them, everything they say are lies. If they promoted the myth that saturated fat is bad for you then that raw meat is dangerous is probably just a myth as well.

Love me some beef carpaccio, but don't forget, they freeze the beef for a few days to kill any parasites, most people who have parasites have no symptoms of it either (though there is some cutting edge research using parasites to treat ulcerative colitis, but NOT something to try and do a DIY job on!)

Raw meat has higher levels of glutathione, the so-called 'master anti-oxidant'.

In any case, it's not a good idea to over-cook meat, but there is no reason not to cook it. And ALWAYS cook chicken, pork and seafood right through, unless you like playing russian roulette with e. coli.

Also, although I have massive disagreements with some dietary recommendations, they are not all bad. Most of them are good for example, eat oily fish, avoid trans fats, deep fried food etc..

Mellor

whiteonion wrote: »

If they promoted the myth that saturated fat is bad for you then that raw meat is dangerous is probably just a myth as well.

At the time, that's what people believed, they didn't promote the mis-informatino on purpose. It still has fully become known.

Rare/raw beef is fine.
But eatign all meat raw is retarded. As is you logic above.
Bacteria is real, not something anybody made up. there is a reason most meat should be cooked

Bottle_of_Smoke

whiteonion wrote: »

Because I distrust most "health experts" I think there is no point in listening to them, everything they say are lies. If they promoted the myth that saturated fat is bad for you then that raw meat is dangerous is probably just a myth as well.

I don't think this is good logic to be honest.

On the other hand I've never heard many attacks on raw meat from health experts, which isn't surprising given not many people eat raw meat here.

Any time I've heard warnings about raw meat it has been more to do with concerns about food poisoning, which you have to admit is more likely. Though still not a reason to avoid raw meat so long as you take proper precautions.

metamorphosis

Id echo what BOS said above. Your logic seems to be to do the opposite of what's recommended

Saturated fat is bad for you wasn't put out there on purpose or with an agenda, it was put out there as it was percieved to be true.

Id say you are, in the long run, much more likely to make yourself sick by eating nothing but raw meat than the opposite.

Pace2008

whiteonion wrote: »

A while back I started experimenting with eating raw meat instead of cooking it. At the moment I feel fine and have suffered no ill effects from this diet.

Because I distrust most "health experts" I think there is no point in listening to them, everything they say are lies. If they promoted the myth that saturated fat is bad for you then that raw meat is dangerous is probably just a myth as well.

That's horrible reasoning. It's not some "health myth" that raw meat can be dangerous, it's basic science, microbiology specifically.

Some meats, beef for example, are fairly safe to eat uncooked, but others will make you seriously ill. Eat a feed of raw chicken or pork and come back telling us the Bacteria Hypothesis is all a big conspiracy.

I've seen you spout on about vaccine conspiracies on other threads and claim that Vitamin D will grant you immunity to all strains of flu. Get out the the whole "science/medicine has been wrong before, therefore all my completely unsubstantiated notions on health issues are valid" mindset. It's childish, it's arrogant, and it'll get you hurt in the end.

whiteonion

Since the day our species began evolving we were eating meat raw. Why would it be so dangerous today if they could handle it those days?

El_Dangeroso

whiteonion wrote: »

Since the day our species began evolving we were eating meat raw. Why would it be so dangerous today if they could handle it those days?

Naw dude, we've been cooking for at least a million years.

Traditional cultures will eat some raw meat, but only if they are picking it from a freshly killed animal, not when it has been sitting on a supermarket shelf for days.