>>> Why aren't the Flax Seeds considered paleo? I've grown flax, and
>>> eaten the seeds directly from the plant. Very fresh, that way, too.
>>> Tasted great, didn't even need the sharp stick to harvest: just
>>> rub the seed capsule in your hands.
>>
>>Good question.  I stand corrected.  I had the mistaken idea that
>>the seeds needed to be ground up to be digestible.  Come to think
>>of it, even that could be done with a rock.
>
>But isn't that true of other grains?
>
>Flax seeds are even smaller than grains - why would it even occur to a
>hunterer-gatherer to eat them?


I M O the issue is not about either grains and seeds were eaten ( i think
they have been since we have teeth to grind them and hands  to gather them )
but it is about the quantities that it is possible to gather and eat . flax
seeds are easely threshed from the plant and are easely gathered , wild
sunflower the same... GRains prior to domestication were tiny seeds very
dificult to thresh but must have been harvested in small quantity to give an
explanation why they have been chosen to be domesticated in the first place.
The fact that grains became a mainstay of our diet is the problem .
The practice of eating only Undenatured food (as someone will find them in
Nature) and to grow or harvest as much foods that i can,  gave me a lot of
clarity about what i should or can eat and in which quantity.
Jean-claude
Jean-claude