Quicker than buying a book, you could have a look at http://westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/index.html.
These people are not paleo but they do understand that blaming new health problems on stuff people have been eating for many generations makes no sense.

~ Joan


 


 

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From: pbarrett <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 4:36 pm
Subject: Re: First time posting - Some questions









Forgive me if this is old ground (I don't read in detail all the posts) but 
I appreciate William mentioning Cordain's "low fat nonsense"; Gary Taube's 
Good Calories Bad Calories has a lot to say about food fat somehow leading 
to body fat.?

Pat Barrett?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "william" <[log in to unmask]>?

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Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 1:27 PM?

Subject: Re: First time posting - Some questions?
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> Welcome Mike;?

>?

> Loren Cordain somehow got infected with the low fat nonsense, and has lost 
> credibility for it.?

>?

> I do zero carb because it is the best that I have found for healing and 
> health, and is supported by the only evidence we have for a true 
> paleolithic diet, the evidence of the bones.?

>?

> I sometimes eat omega 3 eggs too, but synthetic oils are banned from my 
> house.?

>?

> Good Luck?

>?

> William?

>?

>?

>?

>?

> Mike Horlick wrote:?

>> Hi,?

>>?

>> I just finished reading "The Paleo Diet" by Loren Cordain and started to 
>> look on the web for a discussion or news group that discussed this diet. 
>> I started having an interest in this diet since I developed 
>> osteoarthritis recently and came upon the subject of paleolithic eating. 
>> It seems to make pretty good sense to me. I haven't checked too far back 
>> in your archives but it seems that zero-carbs seems to be very popular. 
>> Regarding the last post on cooking oils no one suggested canola oil which 
>> seems to be highly endorsed by Loren Cordain who also discourages the 
>> consumption of saturated animal fat.?

>>?

>> One of the things I wanted to ask a question on was regarding what you 
>> thought of flax bread. I refer you to 
>> http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/breads/r/flaxbasicfoc.htm?

>>?

>> I have been making this recently, contains no grains and I use mostly 
>> Omega 3 eggs and canola oil. I know in Cordain's book he looks down on 
>> breads/cakes using nut or root flours but I would like to get your 
>> opinion on whether this recipe fits into the paleo-diet.?

>>?

>> Thanks,?

>>?

>> Mike