This has been bugging me for a while.  Cordain has scared me
half-to-death over the acid/alkaline imbalance being a source of
calcium loss.  Now I'm not getting a calcium overdose (one glass of
milk a day), I'm thinking all the time- "I hope this piece of
chicken/beef/fish etc doesn't turn my kidneys to vinegar and make my
bones go soft".  I hope I'm over-reacting.  Anyway here are a few
observations and thoughts:

- I always feel more full after a meal containing just meat, but I
enjoy eating meat with vegetables.  When I eat just meat, it seems like
the meal is unfinished some how, but when I eat a bit of veg, then I
want more of both.  So it seems unfinished either way, just in a
different sense.

- Since soils are so depleted of minerals, can we get an adequate
supply of them from eating a "paleo" quantity of veg?  I do like veg,
but I increasingly enjoy variety more than quantity (except for onion
family veg, which I can eat in huge amounts- apart from raw onions, of
course).

- Living in England or Northern Europe, my ancestors would have had
cold winters with very little vegetation.  I am assuming, then that it
is possible to spend a long time eating land meat and limited veg and
not suffer calcium deficiency.

- The Innuit must have a good supply of calcium as they have (or had)
an acidic diet of mainly fish.  I've noticed, that when eating small
fish (eg herring) you eat most of the small bones.  But what if you
only ate big fish or land meat?

- I have a low tolerance to vitamin C (500mg induces diarrhoea).
Perhaps this is a sign that I don't need much veg?

So perhaps, bearing all this in mind, someone could set my mind at
rest- do I need to worry about the acid/alkaline ratio of my diet?  How
can I tell if I eat enough veg?  And do any of you have any interesting
experiences that taught you what balance of meat/veg to eat?

Thanks all.

Ashley