Wiley and Formby do indeed bring the paleofood discourse to a new level.  In pre neolithic times, carbohydrate supplies were tied to day length, hormone and reproductive cycles. Our paleolithic ancestors became  insulin resistant by the end of summer in  order store
fat to make it through until the next spring.     We have had only about 80 years to adapt cheap artifical light.  Wiley and Formby contend that the spike in chronic disease that began about 80 years ago is tied to more than distorted eating patterns brought about by
the neolithic revolution and the more recent rise of industrial food production....

In a world of 24 hour light and year around carbohydrate availability, Wiley and Formby prescribe paying attention to the spin of the earth and seasonal food cycles.  But I can't say it nearly as well as they.  I can't recommend "Lights Out" highly enough.  Here's the
link:


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671038680/qid=1014582120/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_71_1/002-6063925-4400063

-Mike Lillie
Kapa'au, HI

> Date:    Fri, 22 Feb 2002 11:20:03 -0500
> From:    KATHRYN P ROSENTHAL <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: "Lights Out"  & Fat for Paleo People.  Was: Clarification Needed/More
>          Questions
> >
> I'm reading a fascinating book, "Lights Out" by T.S. Wiley with Bent Formby.
> Wiley is an anthropologist and Formby has doctorates in biochemistry,
> biophysics and molecular biology.  They were researchers at Sansum Medical
> Research Inst. in Calif. doing diabetes research.
>
> The book discusses paleo diets and lifestyle emphasizing the need for long
> hours of sleep during the winter months in totally dark rooms (caves).  They
> believe strongly in the importance of the body manufactuing enough melatonin
> to ward of cancer, etc.
>
> The book "Lights Out" is 205 pgs. of text and 105 pgs. of research
> references.
>
> Kath
>