Anna Kihrani wrote:

>Hi -
>
>I read Nourishing Traditions not to long ago, and that led
>to learning about Paleo eating, and the hope that my
>chronic illness (doesn't have a name, I don't think) might
>clear up if I try it.  The illness is basically fatigue,
>irritability, depression, nasty feeling in my body, etc.
>etc.
>
Sounds like it could be the beginnings of celiac disease (gluten
intolerance).
If this is your problem, and you eat a true paleo diet, it should turn
around very quickly.

>
>So - I'm slowly building up to all-paleo, and am finding
>myself stymied about what to eat!  My reliance on GBP has
>been heavy (mostly G), as well as on dairy products,
>although I'm allergic to them.  Would people be willing to
>post what they eat in a typical day, to give me some
>ideas?  Unfortunately, all vegetables don't appeal to me -
>mainly anything that's bitter.  Sour I can do, but not
>bitter.
>
A sample day for me:

Breakfast: sausage or chemical-free ham, eggs, sometimes omelette
Lunch: chef salad: lettuce, carrots, celery, green pepper, radish, etc.
etc. turkey or other
   meat, dressing.
Dinner: red meat, or chicken, or fish; two kinds of veggies either raw
or cooked, such as
   broccoli, snap peas, jicama, mushrooms, etc.; 1 serving of fruit.

>
>I'm also wondering - I was kind of excited by all the
>vegetable pickling in Nourishing Traditions, helping
>w/digestion, maintenance of intestinal flora and fauna and
>so forth.  I'm guessing they're not paleo, since they
>involve salt... Does anyone eat them anyway and find them
>to be beneficial, or at least not harmful?  I'd love to
>hear any thoughts about that.
>
Lacto fermented pickles in small amounts daily are
supposed to be good for the digestion.  Salt is a bone of contention on
this list;
salt would have been readily available to some paleo peoples (seacoast), and
not to others except by trade.  Salt is essential to life, but harmful
in the quantities
in the standard American diet.  A paleo person would need some kind of
container, and a source of salt, and a cool place to let it all
ferment.  I don't
think pickling was an impossibility for them.

    Lynnet