If paleo vegetables were lower in starch than modern breeds, the
comparison for diet purposes seems false, as we have a problem with
mineral deficiency unknown to our paleo ancestors.
Isn't it that we have too much starch per mineral content?

William



Todd Moody wrote:
>
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Amadeus Schmidt wrote:
>
> > This, and also many of his tests remind me of my "wrong carbohydrate"
> > idea. Why should man not be able to digest carbohydrates well?
>
> I think we do digest them well.  The trouble is, as you've
> pointed out, to get enough energy from *paleo* carbohydrate
> sources one has to consume immense quantities of vegetation.
> Even to get Lutz's 72g you would have to eat about a pound of
> low-density vegetables (see "frozen mixed vegetables" at USDA).
> snip