On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Gawen Harrison wrote:

> It seems probable that Todd is getting what his body needs so he is not
> hungry.  By the way, I have experienced the same thing.
> It could be that vegetables are less digestible than fruit (much more fiber).
> The body just passes it out quicker, (a laxative effect) wasting some of the
> nutrients and the body craves food faster.

That's a distinct possibility.  One of the things that Anchell
mentions, which I have also experienced, is a dramatic reduction
in stool volume, similar to what Ray describes in Neanderthin
when one lives on pemmican for an extended period of time.  I eat
plenty of food, but not much comes out as solid waste.  I am not
constipated, however.

When I eat vegetables, the difference in stool volume seems
greater than what can be accounted for by fiber alone, since
fruit have comparable amounts of fiber anyway.  So there may be
something to the idea that vegetables are less digestible, making
their nutrients less available.

But I cannot confirm in my own case that substituting other
fruits or berries for the ones that Anchell allows causes any
difficulty.  I bought some blackberries last week and enjoyed
them in the same quantities as the blueberries and raspberries
that I have been using.  I also tried some kiwi fruit in the
morning, with no problem.  There has been no weight regain, and
weight loss has continued at the same (now slow) rate.

In optimal foraging theory terms, the high-density carbs had to
have been much more important than the low-density carbs.  The
LDC would have had a very poor yield of energy, compared to the
energy used in gathering them.

Todd Moody
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