I'm not on Mensa but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that
processed foods are killing us off and that natural foods are a lot
healthier for us.  There are far too many people who are allergic to grains,
legumes and dairy  for me to ever believe that they can be good for us.
Some things are simple.......    Oliva
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Keene <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, July 09, 1999 5:18 PM
Subject: [P-F] Paleo and religion - world view


>I changed the Subject from
>Ethic Thoughts was: ovo-lactation diet--help?
>
>hmm,
>
>> the Mensa chat room.
>
>How many on this list are members of Mensa?
>I am.
>
>Also,
>You may be confusing results with cause.
>Just because a Paleo diet has empirical evidence that
>it is better, does not mean that the premise it is based on
>is correct.  For example in my opinion the ER4YT diet
>is based on incorrect premises, yet the type O
>version of it gets good results and matches a Paleo diet.
>
>Just because Paleo works and is derrived
>from evolutionary concepts, does not mean that
>the evolutionary explanation of it is the correct
>reason for why it works.  An alternate religious
>or creationist viewpoint could say that God created
>us to survive in the varied situations on the Earth
>and thus a hunter-gatherer diet is correct.
>
>Same results, different reasoning.
>
>(And yes, this IS on topic)
>
>R. Keene