Lurisia Dale wrote:

>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."
>
>

Hmmm... These numbers are way off.  I just checked the USDA database,
and a cup of carrots is about 8.8g of utilizable carb (subtracting
fiber).  A medium orange is 14.6g.  A medium apple is 15.7.  A cup of
broccoli is 3.6g.  A medium papaya is 24.3g.   All of them combined
would still be less than 70g.

>Cut it any way you want, kiddies, your Atkins and your
>ketosis IS NOT The Paleo diet.  Maybe it works for
>you--sausage it up!  Just be aware that you are not
>following the Paleo Diet.
>
>
There is not just one way to "do" Paleo.  Cordain certainly recognizes
the traditional Inuit diet as an authentic paleo hunter-gatherer diet,
and it is certainly a ketogenic diet.  The truth of the matter is that
paleo diets may or may not be ketogenic.  You can "do Atkins" in a paleo
way, if you choose, by avoiding the various lowcarb gimmick foods that
the Atkins plan allows, etc.  Obviously, the Atkins diet doesn't require
these paleo choices.

And while I'm at it, there's nothing un-paleo about sausages either.  If
you don't like the additives that are often put in them, it's not hard
to make your own, or to find "organic" sausages.

>Just out of curiosity (and I'm not just being cheeky,
>I really want to know) are any of the people who have
>been so resistant my criticism of prolonged ketosis in
>really athletic shape?  Not just good shape, but
>athletic shape?  How many exercise?  I think this
>would be interesting to find out.
>
>
I'm not sure what "athletic shape" is, but I'm confident that it doesn't
apply to me.  I do exercise: mostly weight training, once a week,
slooooow reps.

Todd Moody
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