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On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, S C wrote:
> Complex carbs (di- and polysaccarides, but especially the polysaccarides)
> have been found to be the chief culprit in both inflammatory bowel disease
> (IBD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) by quite a few independent
> researchers and sufferers.
It's far from clear, however, that complex carbs cause these
problems.
> Also, polysaccarides
> are generally not paleo.
This is simply not believable. We secrete alpha-amylase in our
saliva, the sole purpose of which is to initiate the digestion of
starch. You would be hard pressed to find any modern
hunter-gatherers who do not make substantial use of root
vegetables, rhizomes, or tubers. The sole exception would be the
Inuit, and there is no reason to regard them as a model of
typical paleo diets.
> Cordain says in his paleo diet book to avoid
> starchy tubers and eat only honey as a sweetener.
It's true that he says this, but unfortunately he offers no
plausible paleo-based justification for the restriction.
> That leaves monosaccarides
> almost exclusively (but not entirely because, for example, beets contain
> sucrose, a disaccaride).
And virtually all fruits contain sucrose as well, often more of
it than fructose.
Todd Moody
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