Very interesting!  I'm only vaguely familiar with mono
eating.. do you have any web links you can point to me
for further reading?

Luv,
Debby
San Jose, CA

--- ginny wilken <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Straight sugar, removed from its original
> surroundings, and in far
> higher concentration and quantity than one could eat
> in whole fruit.
> The idea of proportion is very important to "get"
> about Paleo. Many
> things can be eaten, but are unnatural only when
> concentrated or made
> into a more than occasional opportunistic item. You
> may or may not be
> familiar with the "mono" or "instincto" type of
> primitive eating: one
> item at a time, raw, no seasoning, no mixing of
> foods, and eating until
> the taste buds say "OK, that's enough of that...."
> You may never wish
> to indulge in this, but the principle is sound: that
> the body knows
> instinctively what to choose to eat, and how much of
> it is needed.
> Artificial concentration, especially by removing
> fiber, or anything
> that adds labor to the eating, like bones, peels,
> husks, hides, makes
> foods entirely too easy to OD upon. Also remember
> that modern fruits
> are far higher in sugar than their uncultivated
> forebears, so actually
> we should "stop" at even less than one piece in a
> lot of cases.


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