On Sun, 19 May 2002 21:48:20 -0400, Todd Moody <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>On Sun, 19 May 2002, Richard Geller wrote:
>
>> But how can you get a high amount of fat percentage in your
>> diet if you eatlean meats?
>
>I think Cordain's premise is that you don't need a high
>percentage of fat if you get a reasonable amount of paleo carbs.
>His guidelines call for 22-40% of energy from carbs, which would
>reduce the need to get energy from fat.
>

That's quite a variation even he would allow, down to 22% calories
from plant carbs and up to 47% meat fats if you want.
The Paleo Diet parameters:
    Protein  19-35%       Carb   22-40%            Fat 28-47%
(pg 11).

>> But eating Cordain's
>> way with factory animal meat would lead to an imbalance in PUFAs.
>
>That's right, and I think Cordain concedes that too.  Eating
>Audette's way with factory animal meat would lead to the same
>imbalance, for the same reason.

What's wrong with the theory of eating "factory" meat and
correcting the imbalance with supplements
(e.g.omega-3 liquid or pills)?


Philip Thrift
http://www.geocities.com/PaleoFitness