>>I am relatively uncomfortable in the "mentor mode" assumed in your >>questions, but don't want to leave you hanging either. ;) The terrible >>truth (or at least it seems terrible for a time) is that no one can answer >>a lot of those kinds of questions for someone else. Reading Severen's book >>will give an idea of the "instincto" answer to diet/nutrition. It's an >>interesting point of view... ... >I highly respect your opinions, Kirt. You write with much openness and >forthrightness and honesty. Best of all, you admit that there are no easy >answers and that everyone is different, instead of insisting specific rules >will work for everyone. My concise writing style seems to hide the fact >that I believe the same way. Still, I didn't mean to put you on the spot. >My musings and questions were really directed at the entire list. Your >particular response to my original post made a convenient editing focus. >My apologies for any discomfort I may have caused. Not at all! I'm just trying to find a level that feels right as regards these things. I don't really want to have a dozen "possibly ex-vegans" out there hanging on my word about RAF. Those dozen folks may need to talk to each other more than they need to hear some more watered down instincto theory...and I hope the entire list chimes in. Perhaps I would've been better off _not_ responding and letting a little silence bring out some lurkers, eh? Oh well... Cheers, Kirt