Ben Greenfield Life

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My guest on today's show eats raw. And I'm not talking raw kale and carrots, but rather raw meat. She eats raw meat. A lot. Yep, that includes raw dairy, raw eggs, raw beef and even raw chicken. Her name is Melissa Henig, she is a health coach and nutrition enthusiast who leads what she calls a "raw lifestyle" and in her new book "Raw Paleo: The Extreme Advantages of Eating Paleo Foods in the Raw", she makes the claim that raw foods are powerful medicine and offer a distinct health advantage over cooked foods.

During our discussion, you'll discover:

-What made Melissa start eating raw meat...[8:05]

-What a typical day of raw eating looks like for Melissa...[10:00]

-Why Melissa says our brain and nervous system need raw fat specifically...[12:30]

-How you can prepare raw chicken safely...[21:35]

-If you need to be concerned about parasites in raw meat...[24:11]

-Why Melissa says probiotics in raw meat are naturally detoxifiers...[27:00]

-Why many probiotic capsules can have some issues...[35:35]

-Whether raw meat is really higher in amino acids...[42:30]

-How raw protein may be easier to digest and does not impose a load on the kidneys...[46:00]

-Why Melissa eats a small cube of raw cheese through the day...[49:55]

-Whether the avidin in raw egg whites depletes biotin in your body...[52:45]

-Melissa's take on the idea that "cooking" is what set humans apart and allowed us to have a bigger brain and smaller gut...[41:30]

-Whether Melissa cooks *any* foods...[57:05] -And much more!

Resources: -Books by Aajonus Vonderplanitz -Sous vide cookers on Amazon -The Caprobiotics that Ben uses -The Reddit thread on "high meat"

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