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I usually have sushi at least once a week. I have a butcher here in town that only works with herds of under 100 and specializes in 4H project meat. he will not process animals in poor living conditions, that have been given steroids, chemicals and so on. in short, if he won't eat it, or give it to his kids, he won't process it. his wife and I have become quite friendly over the years, chatting while I place my order. she has often said that she snacks away on various bits of raw meat as she is processing foods. I order tartare quarterly as I have to get 25 pounds at a time as that is the only way they process it. it is taken from one of the best cuts of steak, so is quite spendy. it is not just plain old hamburger. if I could I would eat it much more frequently but it is too expensive. it is incredibly lean, extremely low in fat, and of course no additional oils are going into processing it for cooking. this is also grass fed beef, so additionally very healthy.
raw vegies and fruits are also supposed to be quite healthy as once again, no oils or fats are going into the process of cooking it. also all of the nutrients and vitamins haven't been cooked out. now having said that, there are some goodies that are activated by the cooking process. it is my understanding that actually digesting raw foods is a calorie challenge also; it takes more energy to process them, not to sure about that.
the next bit is grains, most, not all grains are difficult to consume in an uncooked form, so I'm not sure what to do about that. I love my breads and cheeses (both caloric cows) so that would be hard on me personally.
if you can be sure of the origin and condition of your meats, I don't know what harm it would cause. having said that, I will only eat beef, buffalo and some fish raw. the only pork I would consume raw is some of the smoked stuff and I don't know if that qualifies as raw. I won't touch poultry raw.
if you do this I'd be interested in knowing how it goes!
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