Persistent Kidney Stones Cure Testimonial on Raw Paleo Diet

Posted On January 9, 2010

Frenchman code named Alphagruis shared his kidney stone cure experience in the raw paleo forum. It is just one of those things that happen to people while on a fully raw paleolithic diet of raw fruits, raw vegetables and raw meat.

During the period 1984-1999 I’ve repeatedly expelled kidney stones and experienced numerous episodes of nephretic colics. As shown by regular scans ( every 6-12 months) new stones formed systematically…

The stones stopped in 1999 after I had changed my diet to raw paleo in december 1998. Six months after beginning raw paleo the scans showed that no new stones had formed for the first time after 15 years…

I’m stone-free ever since.

Very impressive

from: http://www.rawpaleoforum.com/hot-topics/common-criticisms-directed-at-paleo-diet-proponents/msg24043/#msg24043

So I asked Alphagruis his entire story:

I am so very interested in this personal achievement of yours Alphagruis. Do you have a prepared story / press release / article about your kidney stone cure with raw paleo diet?

What form of raw paleo diet did you start on and are doing now and for how long?

How much raw meat, how much raw fat, which animals, which vegetables, which fruits.

Please tell….

Alphagruis responded with:

Well, Goodsamaritan, I’m afraid it’s not a personal achievement, just one of those miracles RPD is capable to achieve. I had only to acknowledge the phenomenon and the fact that we don’t really understand how or why it works, just to recognize that it works.
By the end of 1998 I was fairly desperate after so many years of terrible periodic suffering (nephretic colics typically once every year) and so I was willing to try anything once. It was instinctonutrition as developed by G-C Burger here in France.
Though I never actually followed the specific rules of instincto (eat only what smells and tastes best) I have been on RPD from december 1998 on and ever since. Strictly, with not a single “cooked” cheat since because I’m a physicist and wanted to do a meaningful experiment. Well after about 6 months on this diet the “kidney stones factory that my organism used to be had stopped it’s production”. That’s it, after all what may I add?

Well some details about diet:

The kind of raw paleo diet I was on now for 11 years is basically omnivore with initially and on average about 40% fruit, berries and nuts, olives, avocados.. 20% weggies and 40% food of animal kingdom (meat and fat of boar- fatty ribs of boar is still my favorite-, lamb, beef and other game when available, eggs, crabs, shrimps, fatty fish, shellfish etc). Over the years the diet changed progressively to a larger proportion of animal food (around 70-80 % now) that replaced the fruits not because I wanted to do that for theoretical reasons but just because fruits and sweet taste became less and less attractive and fatty meats or fish became more attractive. I have also observed that I need now much less calories and food than initially without any loss of weight (BMI=22.3 stable). With respect to fruit I add that I have absolutely no history of diabetes, all tests normal, even when I was on standard neolithic diet. This might explain that I’m able to do fairly well with a substantial quantity of fruit.

So much satisfying brain food. Thanks Alphagruis!