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On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Mary wrote:
> Does this mean we should not eat macadamias, or just not the oil? I don't
> eat macadamia oil, anyway.
I don't know the answer. If the idea is to avoid all erucic
acid, then don't eat them. But I doubt that paleolithic people
avoided all erucic acid.
And I just looked up ground mustard seed, which has 10.7g/100g of
EA, so I guess that would be off-limits, too. Of course,
paleolithic people would know nothing of such things. Australian
aborigines have been eating macadamias for a long time (That's
where they are from).
This is just more evidence that the fact that a food is paleo
doesn't entail that it is free of all things that one might find
problematic.
Another example: oxalic acid. Like phytic acid, oxalate binds to
iron and interferes with its absorption. While phytate is found
mainly in grains, oxalate is found in tea, spinach, rhubarb, and
sardines -- all paleo foods. I mention these foods because they
are rich enough in oxalate that doctors typically tell people to
avoid them if they have a problem with oxalate kidney stones.
Todd Moody
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