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I have actually thought about this many times and have silently thanked many times all our ancestors who died while experimenting with food, and in the process teaching us what not to eat!
I know. Who could look at a lobster and say, that looks tasty!?
Oh boy, you've ;gone and done it no, PS. You've gone and revealed yourself a southerner.
Well I guess if you are starving you will try anything once. I love just about anything from the sea but won’t eat sushi. It’s probably safe it’s just in my head.
If it's fear of it being raw, you can get the cooked kind. You can get tempura sushi and other cooked versions. Someone sold me it's the sashimi (spelling?) that is the raw stuff and sushi is cooked. I'm not sure if that's correct, but I do know you don't have to eat it raw, there are cooked versions.
At first it was fear but it just doesn’t look appetizing. Also I am not a big fan of rice unless it has gravy 😀 If I want fish I eat it fried the old fashioned way in cornmeal. Otherwise I like my seafood grilled or cooked in butter.
I’m not concerned about parasites you can those anywhere. Just the thought of raw food makes me sick. Especially if you trust restaurants and fast food. Heck buying fresh produce in the grocery store is a risk. Greens, herbs etc don’t need to be wet yet they spray them all day. I know it’s to keep them from drying out. I wash everything in vinegar. During Christmas cooking I asked my husband to buy me scallions (green onions). He brought home soggy wet mush with about two inches of firm onion. I threw it out. He didn’t know poor guy he’s a trooper. One time for my daughter’s 16th bday party I sent him to the store for avocados. I accidentally wrote guacamole on the list and described what 🥑 looked like. Poor guy is searching the entire produce section and finally ask someone😝
lol yeah!
Sea urchins. Yikes. Lol
I haven’t thought of mushrooms specifically. I don’t know why recently I was thinking about American Indians, native American’s, I never know what’s the best name. This could apply to all of early civilizations. How the heck did they know what plants were healing and what were deadly? Supposedly the first peoples ate only animals and if they couldn’t find any they ate plants. I don’t know this as fact. It’s just what many people say when discussing carnivore diet. Either way it had to be process of elimination. We learn by figuring out our mistakes.
btw, I have recently discovered that scriptures contain tons of information about plants and their medicinal use and what kind of food is good for what kind of issues. I am specifically talking about Ayurveda, but I hear that other civilizations have similar kinds of compilations.
With Ayurveda, it is written that the guy who wrote it got the info from the Gods. Perhaps early humans did get a list of food to eat and not eat, and Brian didnt really die from mushrooms, who knows!
I’ve dabbled with Ayurveda medicine for several years. I order from Banyan Botanicals occasionally. I just made an extremely too long post on my carnivore experiences. I failed to mention that’s one reason I’m changing my mind. I hadn’t researched as well as I thought. They recommend beef, eggs, butter, bacon and basically anything from an animal. No plants, herbs or anything not even spices. Because plants can be toxic. My first thought was what do you think these animals are eating? Second I’m not giving up herbal tea and medicine. Plus this girl will have tomatoes, watermelon and strawberries in season. I highly doubt there’s any place on earth that’s doesn’t have toxins in the soil or air. Humans have destroyed our planet and no amount of environmentalists or climate change can ever reverse that. God is the only way and the Bible says he will destroy Earth and build it new, “build back better”🤣
It makes sense the early people knew what to eat. After all God told them not to eat the apple (or from the tree) we assume it was an apple.
Poor Brian and the mushroom. Hope he had a damn good trip before he went.
This is a common misconception within the Carnivore community.
I have many friends who are into Carnivore diet and who keep sending me videos about this, but when I watch them, they all talk about Oxylates and how they can be toxic if you eat TONS of stuff like Potatoes every day.
For instance one of the videos specifically mentioned that even eating potatoes daily is not going to be toxic. But if you eat multiple services of potatoes, green leafy veggies etc, every day, thats bad.
I agree, my own research into this is extremely limited, but I am not able to find one video (even amongst those sent to me by carnivore practitioners) that actually makes the scientific case that plants are toxic without caveats.
if you have a well researched video that does this, I am interested in watching.
How is the carnivore going for you?
Check out my post in gen chat made in the last hour. I love a dang good hamburger, steak and eggs but every day isn’t for me. I don’t even like leftovers. I really wanted to try because so many people said they don’t have chronic conditions after being on it. Secondly to lose weight. If I lose weight my pain should get better.
Yeah, I saw that. Sorry it didn't work out for you but I understand. It's so extreme. I have wondered about trying it myself, but I honestly don't know if I could stick with it for more than a few days. I like fruit and veggies too much.