Check on the work of L. Frassetto, UCSF Medical School. It's fascinating to
observe  the direction of her research regarding kidney disorders from the
mid 90s to today, step by step leading her to a "Paleo" orientation. What's
more, her conclusions regarding K is the potassium bicarbonate is the
supplement of choice for multiple reasons, one of which is it's effects on
lowering blood acidity.

It's important with respect to Paleo to not become a literal fundamentalist.
The drive toward fundamentalist reductionism happens all too often in both
lay and professional (crypto-clerical dispensers of 'truth', neo-prophets in
their own right). Whether we're speaking of Carl Jung, Cordain, Einstein, or
Arthur Jones, each at most essentially a pioneer. And the business of
pioneers is to originate a movement, often in the process making glorious
mistakes - mistakes which in context of thier times are perfectly
reasonable, having links to other guiding principles or heuristics, some of
which simply don't meet the test of time.

Thanks to Dr Cordain, a strong movement has started. When a Dr Frassetto
points to Paleo type nutrition, while not specifically referencing Dr
Cordain, I don't believe she's slighting him in any manner. Instead, it
seems she's crediting the movement he's started, most significantly giving
credability to the movement or school of thought, something far bigger than
any of its contributors - or one should hope in the passage of time.

I have my disagreements with Dr Cordain as well, most significantly his book
on athletic nutrition. Picking a coauthor representative of high endurance,
high aerobic sport runs contrary to what we know of Paleo societies - those
folks didn't run marathons with mammoths - instead then ran like hell got
get away from them when being pursued as food, and ran like hell after them
when hunting for a BBQ party. Sudden burst, high intensity training -
increasingly regarded as the best way to train for myraid health and fitness
concerns - seems inline with our genetic blueprint. Aerobics, on the other
hand, while the fad of the 60s and 70s, has not proven it's case - in fact,
it's pioneering figure, a hero in the annals of science, has followed the
trail of evidence and clues, recommending backing off aerobics with aging in
favor of anaerobics promoting preventing and reversing loss of strength and
associated metabolic disaster.

For my money, the best work to date for fitness and Paleo is Paul Burke's
recent book.

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Robert Kesterson <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:20:20 -0600, Kenneth Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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>>
>>> The body will maintain its own pH balance, for the most part regardless
>>> of (or in spite of) diet.
>>>
>>>
>>>  Robert Kesterson
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>> Not according to Dr Cordain.  Repeat: There are a number of adverse
>> health effects either partially or wholly caused by a net acid
>> yielding diet (cereal grains, meats, cheeses, fish and salt. The only
>> base yielding foods are fruits and vegetables.
>>
>
> By that reasoning, we should all be vegetarians.  All the people who eat
> low-carb or zero-carb (as do some on this list) should be keeling over by
> now, or at least toppling from bone disintegration.
>
> --
>
>  Robert Kesterson
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