--- Thomas Bridgeland <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 18, 2004, at 06:59 Asia/Tokyo, John
> Holman wrote:


> It should be easy to maintain vegetarian eating
> during periods when the
> Church requires, and eat meat at other times, even
> 50% of the time, as
> the original post said.

The problem, essentially, is to get enough protein
during extended fasting periods, when grains and
legumes are out.  Nuts are about the only protein
source left,a nd I don't know if the one could get
enough nut protein without excessive fat and calories,
or how low the protein could go without problems.

 I am sure that even from a
> pure paleo
> perspective, people had to eat only plants at some
> times. We are well
> adapted to eating plant foods as well as animal
> foods.

I wonder.  For a day or three on occasion, certainly -
but it seems to me that if there was no game available
for six weeks, that's when the locusts, snails, and
lizards would become a very important resource.

Andrea




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