Erik Hill wrote:
>
> The sauerkraut that I use has only those ingredients that I listed, but
> I still don't believe it's paleo (though I will still eat it).  Because
> vinegar is created in the process of fermentation

Humans probably ate some, fruits often naturally go through
fermentation before spoiling. Lots of animals, omnivores
like bears and pigs, like fermenting fruit and eat it
whenever they can get it. It is one of those seasonal
things, I think, OK on occasion, but maybe not every day?


 (even though it isn't
> used as an ingredient) and because the salt, while quite low compared to
> most modern foods, is much higher than one might be expected to find in
> most wild, unchanged food and meat.  Personally, it actually seems to
> improve my health so I use it.  But I can't really consider it paleo.


Another of those things we can go round and round about, as
long as we can stand it. My personal feeling is that humans
in the past as now often congregated on the seashores, it is
one of those border zones that are particulary rich in
resources. I think evidence for this is low simply because
the rise and fall of sea levels over time eradicates the
evidence. There is precious little evidence of whale
evolution, for example, in spite of their huge bones. Human
stuff would just get scattered. If we were meant to live on
the plains, why don't more people vacation in Oklahoma? I
just got back from 10 days on the beach in south Florida.
Funny, but I always feel particularly healthy after these
sorts of trips. Nothing else seems to have the same positive
effect. Ten days of daily sun bathing and swimming in the
shallows just seems to put everything right. So salt doesn't
bother me a bit. I love the taste of a little sea water. I
need to arrange my life to live like that all the time :--)