From: "liesel" <[log in to unmask]>
> i'll try them! i like winter squashes, but gave them up as starchy
> "non-paleo," as in Ray's book. perhaps i can't afford to be that sweeping
> with the theory?
>
> > Cravings are a TERRIBLE problem for me but squash doesn't seem to hurt
me.
>
> sweet potatoes are definitly too much. (and, our modern hybridized fruits
> are probably at leaste as non-paleo.)
>

I really need a bit of squash, sweet potatoes, beets, and yams, or I cannot
stay on a paleo diet.

Without a daily dose of high quality carbs from these sources, I get strong
cravings and eat a lot of junk that happens to be lying about my house.
Also, I go into ketosis which is something I'd like to avoid.

Remember -- if you can eat it raw it can be considered paleo. I think  you
can eat winter squash, yams and sweet potatoes raw. They are paleo. White
potatoes are not, although I find them quite tolerable compared to, say,
corn or wheat.

Paleo is not the same as low carb. Low carb paleo is a special form of
paleo. Ray, in his book, talks about drinking fruit juice for instance,
something I never do. I think fruit juice is too much of a spikey carb for
me. Tubers and roots don't seem to be. I find them essential.

--Richard