Phosphor wrote:

>  Jim writes:
> < I believe lactic acid's another  byproduct of these
> intestinal microbes. I wouldn't recommend drinking a couple
> of glasses of it a day and calling it "paleo.">
>
> alcohol comes from yeast fermentation, lactic acid from
> lactobacillus fermentation.  Also, the lactic acid thus
> produced is the opposite polarity to the lactic acid produced
> in exercise, and helps restrain acidic conditions.

Yes, and Jim's comparison is totally unfair anyway. Wine is almost 90%
water. Two glasses of wine do not compare with two glasses of lactic acid.
If you'll excuse the pun, the analogy  does not hold water.

-gts