--- Todd Moody <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I don't think the mere presence of antinutrients
> makes a food
> unacceptable, and there are unquestionably paleo
> foods, such as spinach,
> that contain antinutrients.

What are antinutrients?

> As for the gluten problem (which may not pertain to
> oats), I think there
> are plenty of unanswered questions here.  Why is it
> that the
> longest-lived people on earth, the Okinawans, are
> able to eat gluten
> every day (in noodles) without succumbing to
> autoimmune disease?  Why,

OK, I'm no expert on this subject, so what I am saying
is just based on my own personal opinion which has
been formed by various things I have read.

That being said, I think that a lot of Asians have an
A or B blood type and that blood type is probably more
adapted to carbs.  I think asians have been doing rice
and noodles for a long time.

Also, Okinawans probably get a lot more exercise and a
lot of good food like fish and seaweed with very
little sugar, so those other things they have in their
lifestyle balance out the fact that they eat grains.

> for that matter, are there people with severe
> allergic reactions to
> foods that seem unquestionably paleo, such as
> shellfish and
> strawberries?

I think a lot of Europeans would not be eating
shellfish or strawberries in the paleolithic era.  My
understanding is that they would be eating a lot of
garlic, onions, read meat, dandelions and some other
items I don't remember off the top of my head.
Probably since they were not near the coast, shellfish
was not something adapted to their body.  Maybe
strawberries didn't grow well in that climate.


Luv,
Debby
San Jose, CA



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