Ben wrote:

> I propose that phylogenic/ class effects of foods
> are more important than if
> they're New World or Old World.

And Amadeus wrote:

> And <500 years of usage is even much less
> than the widespread use of cereals (>7000).

And I contend:

The "age" of Native Americans on this continent keeps
getting older and older. The most recent estimates
I've read are as high as 20,000-25,000 years ago. If
this is true, then the use and cultivation of the
tomato *could* pre-date the introduction of grain
agriculture. As of yet I have not found any reliable
information as to "when" these folks actually started
using tomatoes, but if the tomato was already being
cultivated when Europeans first arrived, it could have
been a long, long time ago.

> BTW: Bad news for the egg. It isn't edible raw.
> Raw egg white contains a strong antivitamin
> (avidin).
> Therefore only egg-yolk would be paleo.

Well no wonder Rocky kept getting the crap beat out of
him in all those movies. He was living on raw eggs!
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