From: "William Schnell" <[log in to unmask]>

 > I agree with a previous post that carotenoids are not paleofood.

Try to put the evil thought of "supplements" out of your mind for a moment.
Are you suggesting that carotenoids found in fruits and vegetables are
somehow not a "paleofood"?

 > Also not even moot, as I'm inclined to suspect that all the necessary
 > vitamins and minerals are made available by the microbes in our guts.

Independant of the foods we eat?  That would certainly make most of our
concerns about nutrition quite moot.