Hi TLN ! Well I think most people here are actually more paleo then raw! Im not sure why this forum was started as we already have a paleo forum ! I think some how this was more of a political move to appease the vegans ! But some do eat raw meat, not as one may think of it as hunkering down n a raw steak! Some of us here of course eat sushi but a lot of the diet consist of cooked meats but some raw as pickled smoked or even canned in the case of sardine etc.! But the basic premise is that we avoid all processed foods ,grains and agricultural crops with the emphasis on the hunter gatherer way of eating, which includes foraging for herbs and wild fruit or berries actually! Basically a variation of the low carb diets such as the Atkins diet! Atkins is where I myself learned about this way of eating and this diet helped me in many ways. Learning from Atkins about what then was hardly even considered an illness , that of being hypoglyemic! With this diet I was able to keep my blood glucose levels at a normal range keeping the insidious hyperinsulinism at bay, cured and helped allevite my morbid Depression and anxiety and also last but not least gave me the srenght to quit drinking alcohol for good!
I can't help you much with your question on sushi, but hang in there and maybe someone else will read your post and be able to answer your questions about it!

chazz

Just so you know, real Wasabi will kill any parasite in the fish. Make sure it is real 100% Wasabi and not just green mustard.Stay away from cheap sushi houses that use farmed fish. Also some sushi places start with frozen fish , freezing kills most parasites but I guess then the fish would not exactly be raw anymore or is it?

thankyou very much for your advice-- glad to hear that about wasabi (smart)

so do you guys who eat raw meat etc know anything about the lifespan of the average paleo dieter or health as compared to a raw vegan? just very curious
thanks

Hi, I'm new to this particular forum but I'm on a raw diet and I eat raw fish (and will soon try raw meat).

So far as sashimi goes -- make your own! I know, I know, it's not going to look as pretty as it does in the sushi place but I just cut myself about four oz. of fresh salmon with a very sharp knife, dipped it in soy sauce (I know soy isn't raw, I tried bragg's liquid aminos, but I'm out of braggs) and wasabi which you can buy in a huge sack in ethnic markets for $12 (or a small can for about four but it's a really really small can). Anyhow, it was delicious and is ridiculously easy to digest.
Plus, if you want it to look pretty, there are a million sushi books out there. I actually do make sushi (without rice, obviously) using sheets of nori, avocado, cucumber, scallions, untoasted sesame sees and the raw fish. And I'm psyched because one of the local fishmarkets I found has yellowtail, which is my favorite, for $4.99 a pound (whole, not filleted but still).
(I know soy is not raw but I'm out of braggs liquid aminos)

I'm kind of disapppointed to hear this is really a paleo forum cause I was really hoping for more information on raw meat, that's why I'm here. Once you get past steak tartare and carpaccio, there's the end of my ideas.

Very curious about raw poultry cause the texture gives me the willies although I do feed it to our dogs who are also raw eaters.

Any advice would be appreciated!