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Amadeus:
>From Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary - Paleo:
>"Greek palai-, palaio- ancient, from palai long ago; 1 : involving or
>dealing with ancient forms or conditions <paleobotany>; 2 : early :
>primitive : archaic <Paleolithic>"
>Since the definition of paleo is restricted to a meaning of "very old," any
>diet that avoids Neolithic foods should adequately fit the definition.
Even though you are avoiding grains with high gluten content and
eliminating corn and soy, your diet is still a far cry from even a loosely
defined paleo diet. In fact, as it excludes animal foods, it is questionable
if it even qualifies as a neolithic diet. ;-)
Amadeus:
>What is a "paleo"-diet? Or a paleolithic diet?
>A diet that has been eaten in the paleolithicum.
>That's the old stone age.
>That's from the beginning of stone tool making (would be some 4.5 mio years
>ago) up to mesolithic ages.
>The reasoning is that we as humans would have aquired
>adaptions in our genes to food items and compositions.
>This means we have to look far back, because genetic changes happen
>very slow. And we have to rule out populations not in the
>genetic line of our anchestry.
>That leaves not much from today's kitchens.
Especially not if you eliminate all animal foods. ;-)
Amadeus:
>Remember, fire only for the last 350,000 years.
That seems more like an argument for eating at least some
of our animal foods raw.
Amadeus:
>The definition of "what is paleo" I like best is:
>"Eat like naked with a stick and a stone"
>Basically it's from Ray Audette.
Is Ray Audette not that crazy falconer from Texas who hunts rabbits
in the Dallas suburbs? ;-)
Amadeus:
>I feel best with it when I'm harvesting some black currant
>from my garden.
What has that got to do with anything?
Peter:
>>.. avoiding all animal foods per definition is not paleo.
Amadeus:
>Where is that definition you are speaking about?
In "Paleo 101" by Peter Brandt. :)
If I said "avoiding all plant foods is per definition not paleo",
would you disagree with that statement as well? ;-)
Peter
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