Constant comments on SIAI - An Examination - Less Wrong

143 Post author: BrandonReinhart 02 May 2011 07:08AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 07 May 2011 08:10:10PM 1 point [-]

One [paleo diet] guideline some people use is that you shouldn't eat anything you wouldn't eat raw

That surprises me. The paleo diet I know includes meat, which you should cook in order to kill parasites.

Comment author: Jordan 07 May 2011 09:26:14PM 2 points [-]

You're right, the guideline is not too well worded. You should probably replace "what you wouldn't eat raw" with "what would be toxic to eat raw".

Meat is edible raw. There's nothing inherently toxic about uncooked meat. Many other foods require cooking to diminish their toxicity (potatoes, grains, legumes). There's definitely concern about parasites in raw meat, but parasites are not an inherent quality of the meat itself.

There's actually a whole raw paleo sub-subculture. I wouldn't recommend it personally, and I'm not keen to try it myself, but it's there.