In a message dated 9/18/02 3:27:39 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:

>> Root vegetables as a group tend to be higher in carbs, though their
>> individual impact on blood sugar levels varies.  They are also a group
>that,
>> I take it,  are arguably non-paleo.
>
>Why would root vegetables be non-paleo?

Ditto that question -- I think in the comfort of our full larders and fuller
bellies we forget that paleo man was not so picky -- I am sure that he'd not
only eat the roots, but also the leaves, flowers, bark and anything else
remotely edible. Evidence indicates that a hunter-gatherers ate 200+ plants
foods. Flowers were a big favorite! Plant foods were of course limited by
seasonal availability, not by man's aversion or distaste of them. They were
not the plant foods we have today of course -- they had nothing like the
carbohydrate/sugar content of today's food.

Namaste, Liz
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