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A man who found fame eating raw bull testicles online has revealed that his 14-month-old son absolutely loves uncooked meat too.<\/p>\n
Pauly Long, 31, discovered he was going to be a dad in October 2021, six months before realising he enjoyed the taste of raw meat following \u2018kind of a joke slash experiment\u2019.<\/p>\n
What began as a challenge to eat testicles became a mealtime staple for the dad, who claims to have eaten every part of an animal.<\/p>\n
For some time Pauly ate a solely carnivore diet, though he now has a more varied outlook, introducing his son to a wide selection of largely whole foods \u2013 includingcooked liver at five months old, which was his first solid food.<\/p>\n
Pauly, from Pennsylvania, said: \u2018I think babies have a natural sense of knowing what\u2019s good with food.<\/p>\n
\u2018The first thing my son tried raw was liver and that was when he was about a year old. He then tried raw testicle a few months ago. He loves it. It\u2019s actually one of his favourite things.<\/p>\n
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\u2018He\u2019s not talking yet, but when he wants something he points at it.<\/p>\n
\u2018I don\u2019t force raw meat on him. I\u2019ve never forced anything on my kid, and I never will. I let him figure it out.\u2019<\/p>\n
According to Pauly, there are \u2018a lot of pros and cons\u2019 to a raw meat diet, but he finds it has has \u2018a really good effect on [him]\u2019 over the years.<\/p>\n
He said: \u2018The cons are more mental than anything. I think it\u2019s really healthy for you. I love food, and sometimes I crave a nice cooked burger.<\/p>\n
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Pauly, who now lives in Bali, Indonesia with his wife and son, claims that he did extensive research into the risks of eating raw meat before eating it himself and giving it to his son.<\/p>\n
He added: \u2018I did my research \u2013 I made sure I was very, very confident with my decision before letting my son eat raw meat. This was not an experiment with him.<\/p>\n
\u2018A really common myth about consuming raw meat that everyone thinks is that it\u2019s going to make you sick and give you salmonella.<\/p>\n
\u2018It\u2019s very unlikely actually because most raw meat has very active enzymes in it, which are really good for your body. You lose a lot of those in the cooking process.<\/p>\n
\u2018What I\u2019ve learned is that if you get your raw meat from a quality source and it\u2019s preserved properly, 99% of the time you\u2019re fine.\u2019<\/p>\n
Although Pauly had food poisoning around three times last year, he said it was \u2018always from restaurants\u2019, and that his son has never experienced health problems as a result of consuming raw meat.<\/p>\n
\u2018It\u2019s been months since my son first tried raw testicle and raw liver, and he\u2019s never had any issues,\u2019 he said. In fact, the first time he had raw testicle, he slept really good that night too, which I thought was pretty cool.\u2019<\/p>\n
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However, Pauly\u2019s wife wasn\u2019t so keen on the idea of feeding their baby this unique diet at first.<\/p>\n
He said: \u2018She was a major sceptic about it. I actually wanted to start him on this stuff earlier. But she would not let me \u2013 it was a \u201chappy wife, happy life\u201d type situation, so we waited a little longer.<\/p>\n
\u2018When he first tried liver, it was because he saw me eating it. I was sitting there eating it, and he would not back down. So I said, \u201cHere you go,\u201d and he just ate it right up. Then he asked for more and more.\u2019<\/p>\n
Pauly\u2019s son is now enjoying a diet that includes steak, raw milk, and chicken drumsticks, and the proud dad admitted that his son is growing very fast.<\/p>\n
The full-time content creator continued: \u2018He\u2019s tall. He\u2019s much bigger than other kids his age.<\/p>\n
\u2018He\u2019s just a little machine and he\u2019s always hungry. He will walk over to the fridge, tell us to open it, and then he points to all the fruit on the on the bottom shelf.<\/p>\n
\u2018If I take a steak out and he sees it, he\u2019ll chirp for some.\u2019<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s important to Pauly that his son isn\u2019t fed \u2018junk food\u2019, as he believes his diet of \u2018chicken nuggets and all that\u2019 as a child negatively affected him.<\/p>\n
\u2018I think it had a lot of long term health effects on my body. I don\u2019t want to see my kid have to deal with that,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
\u2018My dad would feed me junk, but then also try to make me eat healthy, and I never wanted to.\u2019<\/p>\n
Pauly knows that when his son gets older, he\u2019ll be making his own decisions over what to eat, but says he\u2019s \u2018not worried\u2019 about him becoming vegan or vegetarian because \u2018he likes steak too much.\u2019<\/p>\n
Regarding feeding toddlers raw meat, Dr. Lawrence Cunningham from UK Care Guide commented: \u2018Feeding raw meat to toddlers is not recommended due to the significant health risks involved.<\/p>\n
\u2018Infants have sensitive and developing digestive systems that may not effectively handle raw foods, especially meats.<\/p>\n
\u2018In addition, consuming raw meat can expose infants to harmful bacteria, leading to potential foodborne illnesses. It\u2019s always best to thoroughly cook meats to ensure they are safe for babies to consume.<\/p>\n
\u2018Whilst meat has usually been introduced by this point, raw meat hasn\u2019t. The risks I outlined, particularly around choking and bacteria, still exist, so on balance, I\u2019d still recommend waiting until they are older.\u2019<\/p>\n