>are beans and rice okay to eat on this 'diet'?

first and most important of all, i would recommend getting and reading the
book.  no book store in turkey probably carries it, but order it online.

no, you definitely CANNOT have beans or rice on a neanderthin way of eating.

>or are all carbohydrates NO-NOs?

no, not *all* carbs are no-nos.  fruit is a carb, and that's ok.  nuts have
carbs,and they're ok.  you must avoid any and all grains.

>what about dark breads?

No bread, NO grains.

>since we aren't really sure what paleolithic people did with their food,
>can we assume they cooked it first??

yes, cooking it is ok, although some of the raw-foods people may disagree.
try to eat raw, though (fruits/vege) whenever you can.

JoAnn.