Hi Andrew;

Is it possible that you can add space between your response and the quoted
material? It is sometimes a little difficult to find the beginning of your
reply.

Thanks,

Marilyn


At 12:19 PM 10/28/02 +1000, Phosphor wrote:
>>What basis do you have for your claim that they are a famine >food?  It
>certainly doesn't follow from the fact that they are >available only six
>months out of the year, so you must have >some other fact in mind.
>since the calories required to dig out, clean, and prepare plant foods is
>very considerable compared to the caloric payoff. for calories expended a
>pile of eggs or a river eel will yield a much greater percentage of
>calories.
>having said that, it may be an issue that paleo man often went for more than
>one day or two without any significant animal meal.  so any plant food
>available would have to help.  but its no use quoting junk sources which do
>not provide any figures on how much calories a given plant has. which yam
>are u talking about? and how many calories does it have?
>
>andrew
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