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« Reply #50 on: January 23, 2010, 03:56:47 PM »

Well, I passed that test 100%. Interesting points raised on that site:-

" What bothers colorblind people most?
- When grilling a piece of meat, a red deficient individual cannot tell whether it is raw or well done. Many cannot tell the difference between green and ripe tomatoes or between ketchup and chocolate syrup! Many others are always buying and biting into unripe bananas - they cannot tell if they are yellow or green, and the matt, natural material makes it even harder to distinguish.
- Some food may look definitely disgusting to color vision deficient individuals: a plate full of spinach, for instance, just appears to them like cow pat.
- They can however distinguish some citrus fruits. Oranges seem to be of a brighter yellow than that of lemons.
- A colorblind person is generally unable to interpret the chemical testing kits for swimming pool water, test strips for hard water, soil or water pH tests because they rely on subtle color differences.
- Many colorblind people cannot tell whether a woman is wearing lipstick or not. More difficult to handle for some is the inability to make the difference between a blue-eyed blonde and a green-eyed redhead.
- Color vision deficiencies bother affected children from the earliest years. At school, coloring can become a difficulty when one has to take the blue crayon - and not the pink one - to color the ocean.
- Bi-color and tri-color LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes): is that glowing indicator light red, yellow, or green? Same problem with the traffic lights..."

The 1st one would cause a problem for raw-meat-eaters, I guess.
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« Reply #51 on: January 23, 2010, 04:22:23 PM »

Phil, you've not seen a rainbow??  and how do you dream??  color is such a huge impact on the detailed images in my mind whether a dream, a recollection, or perception of nature... along with food.  do you notice any other sense(s) have over-compensated?
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« Reply #52 on: January 23, 2010, 06:00:48 PM »

Well, I passed that test 100%. Interesting points raised on that site:-

" What bothers colorblind people most?
- When grilling a piece of meat, a red deficient individual cannot tell whether it is raw or well done. Many cannot tell the difference between green and ripe tomatoes or between ketchup and chocolate syrup! Many others are always buying and biting into unripe bananas - they cannot tell if they are yellow or green, and the matt, natural material makes it even harder to distinguish.
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The 1st one would cause a problem for raw-meat-eaters, I guess.

Cooking red meat causes a problem for me, because it's hard to tell when to stop cooking once I've started (I can't see a red or pink center very well). But if I don't cook at all, it poses no problem whatsoever. So giving up cooking and simply eating raw meat actually makes life easier for red-green colorblind people like me. With raw meat you don't have to worry at all about what color to cook it to.

Phil, you've not seen a rainbow??  and how do you dream??  color is such a huge impact on the detailed images in my mind whether a dream, a recollection, or perception of nature... along with food.  do you notice any other sense(s) have over-compensated?
Color-deficient would actually be a more accurate term than colorblind. I can see a rainbow, it's just not as brilliant or colorful as it is for people with color-enhanced vision. It's kind of neat to learn that my vision is luminosity-enhanced, though. I wasn't aware of that, though that's part of the way I determine whether the light is red at the stoplight (it's brighter when lit--though I can detect the colors a bit and I also know the locations). I wonder if my vision is movement-enhanced too. Movement-vision would be more important to a hunter than color vision.

The more I think about it, the more the hunter-adaptation explanation for colorblindness makes sense, more so than the genetic defect through antigenic diet explanation. Is anyone else here colorblind and, if so, what type of diet do you do best on, plant-based or flesh-based?
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« Reply #53 on: January 24, 2010, 08:33:17 PM »

All this is interesting.  Maybe open a color blind thread?
We're hijacking the newbie's thread.
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« Reply #54 on: January 24, 2010, 09:04:19 PM »

OK, I created this new thread - http://www.rawpaleoforum.com/carnivorous-zero-carb-approach/does-color-blindness-suggest-a-hunter-past - because there seems to be much more to color blindness than I ever realized. It's a pretty fascinating topic that may produce additional knowledge about raw Paleolithic nutrition.
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« Reply #55 on: January 25, 2010, 07:43:10 AM »

All this is interesting.  Maybe open a color blind thread?
We're hijacking the newbie's thread.
You are a goodsamaritan, goodsamaritan.  :-D  To be honest though, I'm kind of thrilled that my first thread should have unlocked such interesting ideas and input from people.

Plus, there's not much of interest to report.  I spent the weekend with a lot of people, and although I did well compared to my usual "weekend madness", I did eat a couple of what the world would describe as "balanced" meals.  I must be getting more sensitive because both gave me intense and sometimes painful stomach activity.  (I also had a beer on Friday night, which tasted horrible, and only reinforced my decision to give up drink, so was no problem.)

Today I had a salad/light poached egg to help the junk clear out, and tonight I'll try a salad at 5pm, then a few hours later a mono meal of raw "something".  (I haven't decided yet - it's my first visit to the posh local butcher and fishmongers later.)  Then tomorrow back on with my attempt to fast 'til 5pm, then a carb snack, then a raw meat/fish mono-meal later, with lots of exercise in the day.

(I have a new stimulus to perfect my diet - I'm sorting out my teeth and I want the best nourishment for the teeth/gums possible.)
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« Reply #56 on: January 25, 2010, 09:39:55 AM »

I got to the butchers and it was shut!

When I got to the supermarket, all thought of carbs flew from my mind and I just bought a big leg of NZ lamb (likely fed on grass, I think).  Just seeing it, my mouth started salivating.  I bought a bit of kale, as some sort of veggie token, but I think I'm converted.  Something in me is desperate for more meat now it's got a taste for it.
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« Reply #57 on: February 01, 2010, 06:39:19 AM »

I am starting the week afresh with a great deal of commitment today.

For a few weeks I am going to experiment with a 100% RAF diet, and see how it affects me.  I am fasting until 5pm every day, then a raw grass fed or wild meat and fat meal, and nothing else.

(I'm getting some Vivo barefoot running shoes today (until I'm brave/hardy enough to go truly barefoot).  I have been very inspired by reading a book someone recommended on here 'Born to Run'.  (Thanks to whoever it was - stupendous book.)  I think that's going to be my main exercise.  I'm also going to read 'The loneliness of the long distance runner' by Alan Sillitoe.)

One last question.  How much fat should I be eating, measured by eye?  (Calories and weight aren't clear to me - but, say, 'one part fat to three parts lean' I will have no difficulty understanding.)
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« Reply #58 on: February 01, 2010, 08:15:44 AM »

One part fat to three parts meat sounds about right. Smiley
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« Reply #59 on: February 01, 2010, 09:49:34 AM »

One part fat to three parts meat sounds about right. Smiley
Thanks djr_81. (I must have read it somewhere on here and tucked it away unconsciously.)

I was inspired to try 100% RAF because of a discussion I read on another forum where someone pointed out that, excluding cultivated fruit and veg, if you just set out into your local woods today, what plants would you eat - if the alternative was a juicy deer steak?

I live right by the Downs, and often walk for hours in very wild overgrown countryside (for the UK).  I walked and walked this weekend, and, especially now, mid-Winter, I didn't see one plant I really wanted to eat.

Now admittedly, I'm only an armchair forager, but it inspired me.

(Maybe in Summer my natural blackberry eating as I walk along mid Summer will still happen.  I guess then it will be "right".)
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