In light of some of the upwardly revised estimates of the percentage of
protein in the paleo-diet (50-60%), could someone comment on the
possibility that early man (or contemporary hunter-gatherers for that
matter) was a victim of acidosis problems. I believe that there is a fair
amount of evidence that the acid-ash of excess protein (roughly, any more
than 50 gms/day) can not, in the long run, be neutralized by the buffering
systems that maintain fluid PH levels at beneficial levels.

David Ross
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