On Sep 20, 2005, at 9:23 am, Adam Sroka wrote:
> Also, olive oil isn't much more Paleo than flaxseed. According to
> wikipedia, the process of fermenting olives to make them edible and
> extracting the oils probably began in the first millenium BCE, but
> there
> is some evidence they were consumed as early as the Middle Bronze Age
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive).


I never knew that olives were inedible raw!  Surely this puts them in
the same category as legumes, although I have to say I've never heard
of olive intolerance.  My boss is a recent paleo convert, and he eats
a lot of olive oil.  I wonder if it will do him any good in the long
run.

This discussion has brought back my doubts about plant oils.  I make
mayonnaise with almond or walnut oil.  (Arguably walnuts are more
paleo than almonds.)  Is this a good idea?  I find it difficult to
survive without another source of fat as my body has absolutely *no*
delay before rabbit starvation sets in (even if I eat a high-fat meal
or a lot of fruit, a few hours later lean meat will make me starving
hungry).   So I use mayonnaise to let me eat seafood like salmon,
trout, prawns and mussels, which are too lean on their own.


So I've got a few semi-related questions:

Should olives be allowed on a paleo diet?  Audette fails to mention
them; Cordain promotes them in moderation, but I don't consider that
much of an endorsement...

In the long run- is it a good idea to supplement with much walnut/
almond mayonnaise?  I probably eat 250-400ml a week.  (No idea what
that is in weight.)

Do people here find that salmon has enough fat to eat alone?  It's
fairly oily but I don't find it satisfying alone.


Ashley