I ask because I see a lot of disagreement between cooked and raw meat online.

N=1 But I've been eating more raw meat recently and have yet to be sick.

And I eat literally just supermarket ground beef so it's not super fancy.

So far I've had raw chicken breast, raw pork belly and raw mince beef (ground beef).

That being said it seems there's a Raw Carnivore and Cooked Carnivore standoff lol.

Personally I think either works fine.

If both sides could make love and fight the common vegan militants instead of friendly fire that would be great imho. ♥️

PS: Vertically streaming on YouTube eating raw meat sends people absolutely crazy. It's so funny. My new favourite hobby.

Rage bait much?

I think I could handle raw ruminant meat, but not pork or poultry.

I'm a meat and heat guy. I can't eat it raw.

Scott

I tried raw hamburger, its a no go for me. but I drink raw eggs no problem.

I've ate hamburger raw back when I was young and had all my chompers. Seems like I ate a rabbit that didn't rotisserie quite long enough. And raw eggs were common. But then we drank out of the creek. I probably wouldn't do that now without filtering.

I spect we all ate raw meat back before Mr. Zippo invented fire.

9 hours ago, ol_hilly said:

I've ate hamburger raw back when I was young and had all my chompers. Seems like I ate a rabbit that didn't rotisserie quite long enough. And raw eggs were common. But then we drank out of the creek. I probably wouldn't do that now without filtering.

I spect we all ate raw meat back before Mr. Zippo invented fire.

I have eaten some steaks that even a sub-par veterinarian could have saved, but never intentionally raw. LOL

Scott

I've had raw eggs in a glass of beer before, lol. And several months back I tried a bite of steak raw and some liver raw before I cooked it. Believe it or not the raw liver tasted better than the cooked liver. I had a bite of raw hamburger once, and the next day I had to superspeed to the bathroom a couple times, but that may have been coincidence.

Basically, a few things come into play here....

1) Raw will technically have more nutrients because cooking may break down some of the water-soluble vitamins (like B and C), whereas fat-soluable vitamins are more stable (D, E, and K). If you boil the food, minerals may leach into the water.

Is it enough to make a difference? Does this mean you are not getting the nourishment you need? No, it does not mean that. Cooked meat will still have plenty of nutrition for your body's needs.

2) Raw and undercooked meat carries a higher risk of bacteria and parasites. Someone in another group I am in found a worm in their steak the other day, and may have eaten part of it. It's hard to say if something will come of it or not. But if the steak was thoroughly cooked she will be fine.

The lesson here is trust your sources, inspect your meat. Fresh is best. I myself have gotten sick cooking a steak that was just a day or two past it's "use or freeze by" date but I thought it looked good enough to gamble with.