>>  As Nature shows you, those seeds which are meant to be
>>  eaten are not meant to be digested (hence the enzyme inhibitors and
>>  hence their lack of value as a nutrient source) but to be ejected
>>  in the faeces somewhere else as a means of propagation.
>>
>> --That makes a lot of sense.
>>
>Ask any seed. ;-)



I think most card-carrying squirrels would disagree. :-) Seriously, I find
that the only-purpose-of-seeds-is-to-give-rise-to-new-plants-and
therefore-are-not-to-be-consumed-directly theory is a very amiable
hypothesis but the existence of squirrels and other graminovores (may not be
the right term, but I mean seed-eaters) seems to fly in the face of it. On
the other hand, the fact that seeds are appropriate fare for squirrels does
not necessarily mean that they are appropriate for humans.

david