Todd Moody states:
> I can't claim to represent the general opinion.  My own opinion is that
> _Neanderthin_ is an important and even seminal contribution to the
> paleodiet literature, but by no means the last word.

Lots of dietary books are filled with "facts" of various levels of  
accuracy.  _Neanderthin_ is filled with "myth", in its best sense, another  
form of knowing.  It is the unexpected intuitions, the "aha" moments, (not  
all of which are correct), that make this book special.

The first edition of _Neanderthin_ came out in 1995.  NOBODY was saying  
this type of thing in the popular press then.  S. Boyd Eaton had his  
excellent book _Paleolithic Prescription_ gutted, in the dietary section,  
by his editors.

Where you get into trouble with _Neanderthin_ is taking his specific  
dietary suggestions seriously.  Practically nobody can eat as much as he  
describes without gaining weight. Ray is an idea man; the details are  
fuzzy at best, but the big picture is the important thing.  So, get the  
big picture, and don't sweat the details in this book.

	Lynnet