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Lynnet Bannion <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 12 Feb 2004 07:34:09 -0700
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>Once again I quote from Dr. Cordain's "The Paleo Diet"
>(p. 14):
>
>"Yet just one papaya (59 grams of carbohydrate) would
>blow the daily limit for two of the most popular
>low-carbohydrate diets.  Eating an orange, an apple,
>and a cup of broccoli and carrots (73 grams of
>carbohydrate)--just a drop in the bucket to
>hunter-gatherers, whose diets were rich in fruits and
>vegetables--would wreck all but the most liberal
>low-carbohydrate diets."
>
>
Perhaps my argument is with Cordain.  One pound of papaya has only
25 grams of usable carbohydrate.  So the 59 grams of carbohydrate
mentioned in this quote is nearly 2.5 pounds of papaya.  Of course if
you ate only one watermelon, you would be over the 70 grams also.
One whole pineapple might just about do it.  When considering
fruit, you should at least consider reasonable servings.

    Lynnet

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