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EAT RAW PROTEIN DAILY

by

Kyle Grimshaw-Jones
B.App.Sc.(TCM), Dip.App.Sc.(Nat), N.D., R.T.
www.ConsciousHealing.com.au
updated: December 2006

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1 Raw protein is a basic nutritional requirement for all living cells, and has been eaten
by traditional societies for centuries.
2

Protein is composed of peptide chains made of amino acids.

3 Eight of these amino acids are classied as essential because our bodies cannot
synthesize them (We must therefore eat them). The rest of the amino acids are
classied as non-essential, and are both ingested from food and synthesized within the
body from the essential amino acids. In addition, another two amino acids, Histidine and
Arginine are often considered essential during growth and tissue regeneration, for
growing children, and perhaps in some people with a predisposition to manufacturing
them poorly from what are normally considered the "eight essential amino acids".
4 Protein is digested to varying degrees and is absorbed into the bloodstream,
sometimes as tripeptides or even macromolecules. It is then absorbed into human cells
in a process called Pinocytosis. It is a myth that all protein is broken down to single
amino acids prior to its absorption from the gut into the blood, or from the blood into the
cell. (According to a peer-review science journal article quoted by author Ronald F.
Schmid in his book Native Nutrition. For further understanding of this concept please see
point 31 in this document.)
5

Protein is used in the formation of hormones, neurotransmitters, and enzymes; the

structure of muscles and other tissues; and a myriad of other functions in the body.

Close observation of the iris has shown empirically over the years that synthetic
amino acid formulations (containing l-form amino acids) tend to be associated with
regression of the iris bres, indicating a decrease of vitality in the body tissues.(Dr. John
Ray)

7 Similar observation has revealed that many bulk-building protein powders seem to
produce lymphatic congestion/trabeculae signs, indicating congestion of the intracellular
spaces with undigested material.(Dr. John Ray)
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l-form amino acids, and formulations containing them.

Soy-based protein concentrates contain antinutrients and goitrogens and are best
avoided. For more information on this go to www.westonaprice.org and read the articles.

10

High-temperature-extruded breakfast cereals contain toxic protein-derivatives and

are best avoided.

11

Synthetically hydrolysed proteins and textured vegetable proteins are questionable

and may contain toxic substances, including MSG.

12

Lysine and Tryptophan are two essential amino acids that are modied or
denatured by heat at 110 degrees Fahrenheit. (Barely warming it up) Therefore cooked
proteins can be considered as decient in these two of the essential amino acids, which
could theoretically also produce deciency in the other amino acids that the body
manufactures from these two.
(This information, and the information in point 13, are based on personal
communications with Dr John Whitman Ray about information he received from a
research scientist in Swannanoa, Virginia and elsewhere. With these understandings Dr
Ray recommended raw protein to every client, every day. Viktoras Kulvinskas also made
a reference to Lysine denaturation in his book Survival into the 21st Century. Any other
references or discussion on these points are welcomed.)

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These two amino acids are required to manufacture many of the hormones in the
body. To manufacture Thyroxine, 18 amino acids are required. To manufacture Human
Growth Hormone, 20 amino acids are required. For the pineal gland to manufacture
Melatonin, Tryptophan, in particular, is required. Melatonin shuts the body down in
response to environmental darkness, thereby facilitating sleep. This is very important
information for those with insomnia, and any hormonal problems.(Dr. John Ray)

14

We are the only animal in nature that cooks protein and eats it.

15

It is essential to source natural raw proteins on a daily basis, ingest them, and
ensure they are digested well, to build health and vitality and manufacture necessary
hormones.

16

To fully digest proteins, stomach and pancreas function should be optimized, and
proteolytic enzyme supplementation may be helpful. The vegetarian-sourced enzymes
are more eective than animal-sourced enzymes, as they activate rst in the upper
fundic portion of the stomach, and again in the small intestine, giving a double-action.

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A healthy benecial gut ora is also very helpful in good nutrient assimilation.
Consider the Grainelds probiotic products from AGM Foods. [Refer to the links page for
Grainelds products -JH]

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From where then, can we obtain our raw protein on a daily basis? There is some
kind of an objection to almost every source, from some people. Yet this basic biological
requirement for cell maintenance and regeneration still exists. This is an area of
personal responsibility in health choice. On the following pages are some information
and personal opinion. Good luck!

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Nuts and seeds are vegetarian sources of raw proteins. They require an overnight
soaking in water, followed by a morning rinsing, to leach out the enzyme inhibitors
which prevent the enzymes in them from growing them into a plant. These same
enzyme inhibitors also prevent your digestive enzymes from digesting the nutrients in
them.
Almonds, for example, also contain tannins, and prussic and tannic acids, which are
leached out during the soaking and rinsing process. Brazil nuts are the best source on
record that I could nd for methionine, an amino acid essential in heavy metal
detoxication from the liver, and often decient in vegetarian diets.
Soaked nuts are a great snack, go well blended into smoothies or eaten with porridge,
and can also be dried again at very low temperature so they can be stored for prolonged
periods of time, as discussed in Sally Fallon's book Nourishing Traditions.

20

Legumes contain anti-nutrients and often require cooking. Legume sprouts can
contain some anti-insecticidal compounds designed to repel insects which may
otherwise eat the sprout as it begins to grow in the ground. This is a function of natural
selection over many generations of these plants to increase their chances of survival.
Unfortunately these compounds can be toxic to humans, sometimes cumulatively. Alfalfa
sprouts contain l-canavanine, an unusual amino acid that has been known to result in
some toxicity and joint stiness in humans. Therefore, it is not recommended to use
these as a primary daily protein source, although eaten occasionally they seem
acceptable.

21

Bee Pollen is a concentrated nutrient-dense superfood. Rarely, SOME INDIVIDUALS

CAN BE HIGHLY ALLERGIC, AND FOR THEM EATING IT CAN BE LIFE-ENDANGERING. Be
very careful if you've never used it before. It is usually buyable in a dried form, so the
temperature of drying must be below 110 degrees Fahrenheit. If it is stored moist, it can
grow mould, and from this can contain mycotoxins and a coumarin-like compound that
may excessively thin the blood. Fresh raw pollen is ne moist, and can be stored in the
fridge, although it can be dicult to obtain.

22

Raw dairy products (especially fermented) have been a traditional food for many
cultures. Pasteurised dairy products are not raw - they have been heated. Raw dairy
products can contain dangerous bacteria, as can any food. For more information refer to
websites www.westonaprice.org and www.realmilk.com and Ron Schmid's book The
Story of Milk. Traditionally, dairy products were cultured and predigested with friendly
bacteria. I have noted in clinical and personal observation that fermented raw dairy
products seem to be better assimilated and make no or very little mucous, as compared
with pasteurized dairy products. Also consider very carefully if the cows were pastured,
or feed-lot.

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Raw eggs can contain bacteria like salmonella, and mycotoxins/fungal toxins if the
feed of the chickens contained mouldy corn, for example. The raw egg white contains
avidin, a Biotin (one of the B vitamins) inhibitor. One Olympic Health Nut in England had
13 dozen raw eggs a week and managed to induce Biotin deciency. He may be the only
person on record as having achieved this, because it is very dicult to do. Biotin is
contained in many foods, and to induce deciency of it in animals is incredibly dicult,
because so many foods contain it. (From memory the preceding two points were
mentioned in A Diet of Tripe.)

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According to Edward Howell, raw egg white also contains a decarboxylpeptidase

inhibitor. It is my belief that the quantities of enzyme inhibitors in raw egg white are
minimal, and not enough to disturb the balance of health of a person with a half-decent
diet. On the contrary, I believe they may be an excellent source of raw protein, if
ingested in small quantities on a regular basis.
We are the only animal in nature that cooks eggs. You could try it cracked into warm
porridge, a bowl of brown rice, stirred through a stir-fry on serving, blended into a
smoothie, vegetable juice or salad dressing, or, if you can enjoy it, sucked or swallowed
raw. If you choose to use these as a source, I recommend you crack the egg into a cup
rst, and smell it to ensure it is not o. This seems to be a superior test to the oat
method, as some eggs that sink in water can still smell o.
Salmonella growth in eggs has been a concern to some health authorities, so the age of
the egg since laying and it's transport and storage conditions including termperature
may be important to consider, as well as the overall health of the laying hens.

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Raw animal tissue foods contain cathepsin, lipase, and other enzymes and
nutrients which are not present in these foods once they are cooked. These enzymes
result in autolysis (self-digestion) of the food, as its own enzymes digest it, making its
nutrients more available. In all cases of raw animal foods, or animal foods in general,
and particularly with brain tissue, it may be wise to ensure the health of the animals was
excellent, and that no unnatural feeding habits or diseases were present (e.g. Mad Cow
Disease, BSE, TB). Transport and storage conditions including temperature may also
need to be considered.

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Raw sh has been used as a traditional food in many places in the world, including
Japan, the Arctic circle, the Polynesian and Melanesian islands, and parts of Asia. It can
contain parasites, or parasite eggs. These eggs have a protective coating that is eroded
by acid, allowing them to hatch out. As the food bolus moves through into the small
intestine, it is alkalinized by the watery bicarbonate solution secreted by the pancreas.
This protects the newly hatched parasite from prolonged acid immersion, which would
kill it, and so it lives to potentially enter the body of the ingester.
This explains the tradition of acid-marinading (soaking) raw sh for 6-8 hours before
eating. By this method, the parasite eggs hatch out in the acid, but there is no watery
bicarbonate solution to save the hatchling parasite, and it perishes in the acid. For this
acidic use, lime juice, lemon juice, strong ker, cultured whey, Grainelds B.E. liquid,
and various types of natural vinegars can be used.
Rollmops are another raw sh food tradition. It is worth considering, that the further up
the food chain (trophic scale) the sh you select comes from, the more it may have had
a chance to bio-accumulate toxic methyl mercury. For this reason, predominantly
smaller vegetarian sh may be a better choice than larger carnivorous sh. Ciguatera
toxin can occur in reef sh in certain areas of the world at certain times of the year, and
may be better avoided.

26

The following information is from my good friend and colleague, Douglas Morrison:
"Not all parasites can live in humans, but really only those found in sh that exist near
humans to where a parasite could conceivably have a life cycle that involves both that
sh and humans. For example, one student who'd spent a lot of time on remote islands

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in Micronesia noted when I mentioned this idea that the people there eat raw any sh
that they catch outside the lagoon, but cook anything that is caught inside the lagoon.
The idea being that sh, etc. inside the lagoon have access to human excrement, and
vice-versa."
(My two concerns here are: that so many human settlements channel their sewerage out
to the ocean these days, and I don't know how long a parasite egg will last in sea water;
and that some parasites seem to be able to cross between dierent species.)

27

In her excellent book The Coming Plague, Laurie Garrett presented information
concerning an outbreak of cholera in Peru from the consumption of the traditional raw
seafood dish "Ceviche". Please see the second last point in this article for some further
information, or read her book (it's rather thick! Around page 560 should help you to nd
the relevant section).

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Raw beef was eaten in France (Steak Tartare), Africa, and other countries. Raw
lamb was eaten in Lebanon (Kibbeh - with pounded sprouted wheat). Sally Fallon, in her
book Nourishing Traditions has indicated that according to the Food and Drug
Administration in the USA, the parasite risk for raw animal tissue is removed by freezing
for 2 weeks before eating. I nd that thin-slicing and an acid-soaking similar to the
method with sh above are also acceptable. There are several food traditions that
involve raw dried meats, like Biltong, and Jerky, and also meats predigested with friendly
bacteria. Nutrition researcher Francis Pottenger used many raw animal foods, including
brain, thyroid gland, and liver.

29

Some excellent products exist which are composed of either vegetable proteins, or
mixtures of dairy and vegetable proteins that have been predigested by friendly bacteria
(probiotics), and left in liquid form, or dehydrated at, or very close to, body temperature.
(These are available from Grainelds. Refer below for details.)

30

Please understand carefully, the purpose of this document is to encourage people

to nd a raw protein source that they feel is safe, and eat it everyday, if not twice per
day. I am not suggesting that ALL protein ingested should be raw. The body's utilization
of all its ingested proteins will be greatly enhanced by the inclusion of some raw protein
on a daily basis. This is a must for serious regeneration and hormonal health.

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Health is a personal responsibility. I believe everything I have written here, but you
are still responsible for the consequences of your health choices. I am not willing to take
responsibility for the outcome of your actions. If you make a decision based on
information in this document, it is your decision, and I am not willing to accept
responsibility for your decision. Do your own research. Question everything I have
written. And then take responsibility for your own decisions and their outcomes,
whatever they are.

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This point is referenced from point 27 above. (From The Coming Plague by Laurie
Garrett) Here is an attempted summary of the changes that seem to have produced the
cholera outbreak in Peru in early 1991. (This point may expand into an entire future
document on microbial ecology.)
Fecal waste from humans (there are too many of us! And we mix our bodily waste with
drinking water which we then have to dispose of, instead of composting it!) and
domestic animals/livestock (we have grown too many of them to feed too many of us);

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garbage, fertilizers, silt, and agricultural runo goes into rivers, streams, and seas. (Now
remember that humans and their domestic animals use lots of antibiotics, thus
producing antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which we now know can swap genetic material
and teach lots of other microbes how to be resistant to these same antibiotics.)
UV light making its way through the ozone layer formed by our human pollution may
drive a higher mutation rate in organisms living on the sea surface. As a result oceanic
algal blooms increase in size and frequency. (Basically we've polluted our own giant
bathtub and now we're oating in it with a bunch of bugs that live happily with our best
antibiotics and teach other bugs how to do likewise!)
Concurrently, marine ecosphere biodiversity overall declines from our coastal
developments, sewage and pollution wastes, and shing industries. As the population of
plankton/algae eaters (like whales) decreases, nature lls the ecological niche of algae
control with viruses to keep blooms in check. Cholera hides and mutates in algae, and
enters the oceanic food chain. It is moved through ocean currents and freighter bilge
water drawn in one location and discharged at another.
Humans eat raw sh and their immune systems face a type of cholera that has never
been seen before to which there is no immunity, even in those immune to other types of
cholera. Obsolete/nonexistent public water purication systems, inadequate sewage,
and aquired chlorine-resistance in the type of cholera, combined with airplane travel
created a health crisis from our human perspective.
As reported by Garrett on p.566-567:
".the cholera microbe defecated by a man in Dhaka (India), for example, got into algae
in the Bay of Bengal, lay dormant for months on end, made its way via warm water
blooms or ship bilge across thousands of miles of ocean, and killed a person who ate
ceviche at a food stand in Lima (Peru)." (parentheses mine - remember the cholera is
breeding and mutating while "dormant".) Researchers "saw a complex interplay at work,
involving global climate changes, pollution, and the microorganisms."
."In Epstein's view, algal blooms were giant oating gene pools in which antibioticresistance factors, virulence genes, and plasmids, moved about between viruses,
bacteria, and algae. And terrestrial microbes were constantly being added to the gene
pool, he said, in the form of human waste and runo." (P. R. Epstein, T.E. Ford, and R.R.
Colwell, "Marine Ecosystems," Lancet 342 (1993): 1216-19; and P.R. Epstein , "Cholera
and the Environment," Lancet 339 (1992): 1167-68.)
This type of information raises many types of concerns, including potential health
concerns from the consumption of phytoplankton (like Spirulina) by many species,
including amingoes and humans!

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So the health of animals and their environment, including the oceans, must be
carefully considered in making our raw protein choices it seems. I have pondered the
connection between consuming animal proteins raw, and inevitably, some of their
microbes, and the role this may play in generating an oral immunization eect in the
populations that consume these foods traditionally.
That is to say that perhaps eating raw sh with some cholera over time helped to
maintain a dynamic balance and functional immunity between the humans consuming

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these foods and the microbes that inhabit them. Where the normal fear response to
such outbreaks is then to avoid all raw food from the oceans, perhaps there is a wisdom
in continuing to participate traditionally in foods which do give us exposure to microbes,
and thus educate our immune systems.
It occurs to me that the traditional lactic methods of fermentation may carry the
"memory" of lactic bacteria killing other potentially pathogenic microbes into our own
digestive tracts, and educate our own immune systems to be resistant to them. This is
pure hypothesis at this point, but I believe some research should be done in this area.
The "memory" and/or toxicity left in raw beef from animals that have been vaccinated as
compared to animals that have not could also be interesting to consider.
Please do your own research, follow your own intuition if you wish, and reach your own
conclusions. Then take responsibility for whatever course of action you choose to follow.
I personally will still eat raw acid-soaked sh, but may be a little more careful how much
at once, and from what waters it was shed from.

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The following is quoted from Enzyme Nutrition Therapy: Beyond a Raw Food Diet,
by Mark Rojek, 2003 in Nexus Magazine, Dec 2003-Jan 2004:
"A macromolecule is a compound of 1,000 or more atoms bound together. There is
overwhelming evidence that macromolecules do, in fact, cross the gut lumen intact. In
1904, Drs. Ganghofer and Langer demonstrated that large protein molecules were
absorbed across the intestinal gut with-out being degraded and were still capable of
functioning."(Ganghofer, D. and Langer, J., &Uber die Resorption gewisser Eiweisskorper
im Magendarmkanal Neuborener Tiere und Sauglinge", Med. Wochenschr. 51: 1497
(1904)
Morris documented the intact absorption of gamma globulin in newborns. He recounted
how infants' rst milk is colostrums, which sets up the infants' digestive immune
function.(Morris, I.G., "Gammaglobulin Absorption in the Newborn", Handbook of
Physiology 75:1491-1512 (1978) Both gamma globulin and colostrums are proteins.
Professor Seifert of the University of Kiel not only demonstrated the absorption of
gamma globulin but proved by means of immunological testing that the proteins were
intact, entering the bloodstream unaected and in full molecular size.(Seifert, J. et al.,
"Quantitative analysis about the absorption of trypsin, chymotrypsin, amylase, papain
and pancreatin in the G.I. tract after oral administration", General Physician
(Allgemeinarzt) 19(4):132-137 (1990)/Seifert, J., Ganser, R., Brendel, W., "Absorption of
proteolytic enzymes of plant origin from the G.I. tract into the blood and lymph of adult
rats", German J. Gastroenterology (Z. Gastroenterol.) 17:1 (1969)/Seifert, J., Siebrecht, P.
et al., "Amylase absorption and transport via blood and lymph after oral administration",
Digest Biol. Sci. 41:1593 (1986))
Walker and others documented extensive work on the intestinal uptake of
marcromolecules in relation to immunization.(Walker, W.A., Isselbacher, K.J., Bloch, K.J.,
Intestinal uptake of macromolecules: eect of oral immunization", Science 177:608-610
(1972)/Walker, W.A., Isselbacher, K.J., Bloch, K.J., "Intestinal uptake of macromolecules.
II. Eect of parenteral immunization", J. Immunol. 111:221-226 (1973)/Walker, W.A., Wu,
M., Isselbacher, K.J. et al., "Intestinal uptake of macromolecules. III. Studes on the
mechanism by which immunization interferes with antigen uptake", J. Immunol. 115:854

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(1975) Gardner specically wrote about the gastrointestinal assiilation of intact proteins.
(Gardner, M.L.G., "Gastrointestinal absorption of intact proteins", Ann. Rev. Nutr.
8:329-350 (1988)/Gardner, M.L.G., "Intestinal assimilation of intact peptides and
proteins from the diet - A neglected eld?", Biol. Rev. 59:289-331 (1984))
Other animal and human studies have described numerous intact proteins including
animal-based and plant-based enzymes being absorbed into the bloodstream following
oral administration.(Jacobson, I. et al., "Human beta-lactalbumin as a marker of
macromolecule absorption", Gut 27:1029-1034 (1986)/Andre, C. et al., "Interference of
oral immunization with the intestinal absorption of heterologous albumin", Eur. J.
Immunol. 4:701-704 (1974)/Dannaeus, A. et al., "Intestinal uptake of ovalbumin in
malabsorption and food allergy in relation to serum IgG antibody and orally
administrated sodium chromoglycate", Clin. Allergy 9:263-270 (1979)/Pelot, D.,
Grossman, M.I., "Distribution and fate of pancreatic enzymes in the small intestine in the
rat", Am. J. Physiol. 202:285-388 (1963))"
He also references Ambrus, J.L., Lassman, H.B., De Marchi, J.J., "Absorption of exogenous
and endogenous proteolytic enzymes", Clin. Pharm. And Therap. 8(3):322-328 (1967)
and Papp, M., Feher, S., Folly, G., Horvath, E.J., "Absorption of pancreatic lipase from the
duodenum into lymphatics", Specialia 13(9)1191-92(1977).

Kyle Grimshaw-Jones studied Body Electronics with Dr John Ray and Dr Douglas
Morrison. For more insightful nutrition & healing articles, visit his website at:
www.conscioushealing.com.au

Copyright Kyle Grimshaw-Jones, All Rights Reserved.

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