A friend of mine was asking me about the paleo diet, and as I was explaining to her reasons for avoiding grain and legumes I realized that I might not know all of them. Also, I didn't know how to answer her rubuttals to the reasons I was giving. So I was hoping for some help in expanding and clarifying the following list of reasons for avoiding grain (as well as finding answers to the common rubuttals to those reasons): Reason 1: Grains and legumes were introduced very recently (in evolutionary terms) into the human diet, and so humans are not adapted to eat them. Rebuttal: Just because humans have started eating grains recently doesn't mean that they are not good for us. Reason 2: Raw grains and legumes are poisonous when uncooked, full of aflatoxins and alkaloids. Rebuttal: So what? We cook grains and legumes before eating them, and that cooking destroys all but trace amounts of those toxins. Reason 3: Even whole grains produce an unhealthfully high insulin response Rebuttal: What about sweet potatoes, yams and beans. Those food have low glycemic indices. Thanks for any info and clarification, L __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools