Most "beans" are seeds of various plants, they are made up of all of the necessary parts of a young plant. When you split a peanut in half, you see two equal halves and a small bit on one end, the two halves are the cotyledons (embryonic leaf), the bit on the end is the embryo. When the seed germinates, the embryo sends off a root/stem and the cotyledons open and start making food for the plant. Aaron Felker >From: Oliva <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Paleolithic Eating Support List <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [P-F] Meats vs. grain/legume >Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 17:13:25 -0500 > >Being intolerant to beans, I'm not about to eat them but I am curious as to >what good they are and for what purpose in their original state? Doesn't >make a lot of sense for them to exist........ Oliva > >-----Original Message----- >From: alexs <[log in to unmask]> > > > > From: Wally Day <[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: Re: Meats vs. grain/legume > > >Irrelevant - why should I accustom my body to legumes' >toxins & indigestibles when they aren't Paleo anyway? > > > >don't eat anything that needs >to be cooked to become edible _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com