Question for Luc: I enjoyed your Paleodiet post, but little mention has been made thus far on this list about the practices of raw fooders such as myself of soaking overnight and/or sprouting seeds, nuts, or even grains to neutralize the anti-nutritive factors (chiefly digestive enzyme inhibitors, I understand) contained in these foods. Given that humans have not always had fire under control, it would seem to me that the discovery of this method of neutralizing plant toxins could easily have pre-dated the use of fire. This method offers a "best of both worlds" scenario to my mind since the anti-nutritive factors are neutralized without the production of the carcinogens created by firing the starches (in the case of grains, for example). I admit I have not tried this method with tubers, however, and wonder whether there might be something to gain from doing it with them too. Any comment? Bob Avery ([log in to unmask])