In a message dated 4/12/01 6:11:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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 Paleo eating is in fact a **method of extracting scientific knowledge about
 what paleo people apparently ate, and finding analogs for the same type of
 eating using today's foods**, which are of course quite different than what
 was historically available.
  >>

Quite. It's just a philosophy, but a very valuable one. It's biggest value is
the ability to cut through all the conflicting dietary claims by going right
back to basics. Should I eat this steak -- yes, its paleo. Should I eat these
french fries -- no, that's not paleo. Eggs -- yes. Sugar - no. Bread - only
if its stone ground whole wheat, etc. And with milk, since you know its not
paleo, then you will only consume small quantities, if at all.  It is an
excellent guide and I follow it all the time.

Incidentally, I found a source of unsugared jerky recently. It was so good, I
ate the full quater pound at one sitting. This is kind of interesting. Jerky
has essentially no fat, so I presume that is the reason I was able to eat the
lot -- it did not trigger the satiation response. Isn't this ironic -- all
this emphasis on low fat products, but when you do eat low fat, you can't
stop. And even more ironic that this effect occurs with meat, albeit dried
meat!

Charles
San Diego, CA