Thankyou Hellistile for taking the time to answer. I totally sympathize with you on the debilitation of arthritis. My right hip gives me so much grief at times I can hardly move. I don't know too much about coconut oil, but I get quite a bit of fat in my diet.Do you eat game meat or domesticated. I would suppose that our ancestors ate mostly game meat. I will take your advice on the Neanderthin Book, I know the Eades that wrote Protein Power really promote his line of thinking too. The problem with raw meat is, that the practices of modern day farmers make it difficult to get untainted meat. They feed the animals antibiotics and they develop all kinds of diseases. Raw eggs are iffish also. The rest of it can be eaten raw though. You can even make a raw nut milk. I find this concept of nutrition fascinating. Judy