I would assume that the first extended vegetarian diet did not come about in
early man until he had developed extensive agriculture, long after the Paleo
stage of history.  We know from skeletal remains of these people that there
was a lot to be desired from these early agricultural
lifestyles..........showing shorter stature, arthritis, rickets,
deformities.  Probably the poorer workers had access only to the grains and
vegetables, and the rich could still hunt.
What I have learned in reading is that man appeared very healthy in the
Paleolithic times, and was a flesh eater, along with gatherer of plants for
food.

Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Brandt" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: Naked with a .. stick and fire?


> Amadeus:
>  >>>Shurely our evolution was with eating of all creatures,
>  >>>moveing or not. So was mine.
>
> Peter:
>  >>So in a sense your being a vegetarian is dishonoring
>  >>your own ancestry, no? ;-)
>
> Amadeus:
>  >The quest is to derive the best insights and premisses
>  >from the background in my (our) genes.
>  >Not to eat worms and maggots may be different from what
>  >they did but I can, and have to choose from my own time.
>  >I'm shure they will forgive me not to eat the maggots,
>
> The maggots, maybe, but not the sheep and the birds.
> Besides, your genes will be less forgiving than me
> for you omitting all these foods. ;-)
>
> Amadeus:
>  >>>Now I prefer to leave the "rats, mice, sheep, beavers,
>  >>>lizards, insects, worms, snails, birds", all very tasty,
>  >>>to the others. You can enjoy.
>
> Peter:
>  >>That leaves more animal foods for the rest of us,
>  >>so be my guest - just do not call it paleo.
>
> Amadeus:
>  >My own quest is to derive paleo insights particularly for vegs,
>  >Like: take care of seasons. Enjoy the full available variety of
>  >food items. Take care of minerals / vitamins. Avoid extractions.
>  >Also besides food there is sun, clothing, lifestyle.
>  >This are the things paleo is important in my viewpoint.
>
> For this you should only be commended.
>
>  >Just meat/not meat is boring. For me.
>
> Sorry to bore you but if you want to go beyond deriving insights
> and actually want to emulate a paleo diet as closely as reasonably
> possible, you cannot leave out a whole category of foods just to fit
> your own ideological needs.
>
> Peter
>
>