On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, Phosphor wrote:

> > Cordain is not saying to avoid fat, but to avoid fatty meat,
> > which is the meat of obese animals.  The reason for this is to
> > get what he regards as a more natural ratio of fatty acids.
>
> it seems the percentage of 0m-6 in tallow is 2.7%, rather less than olive
> [about 7%], and substantially less than flax [about 20%].  Perhaps this
> reseach [5 minutes] was too onerous for cordain to undertake, but it does
> seem to undermine his position a trifle.
> http://www.irl.cri.nz/teams/inorganicchem/tallow_definition.htm

You seem to have the idea that Cordain's only reason for avoiding
fatty meat is to avoid Om-6.  Is this correct?  Perhaps before
deciding what undermines his position you should figure out what
his position is.

Todd Moody
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