In a message dated 4/20/01 2:56:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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<< If it is avoidance of foods that were only recently
 > introduced into the human food supply, then peanuts, tomatoes,
 > and all other New World foods are out. >>


This is very eurocentric! Presumably the native peoples of the americas have
been eating such things, albeit in their original form, for millennia, and
have suffered no ill effects as a result. Look at the Tarahumara indians of
Mexico, for example. They live extremely fit and healthy lives on "new world
foods".

Charles
San Diego, CA