William, I love ya, man.  You are intense.  Even if you were a little hard 
on Robert.

At 11:43 AM 5/9/06 -0400, William wrote:
>The neat trick used by the wheat-pushers is the opiate effect. We aren't
>aware of it, and those who might notice might not be able to describe that
>we act stunned, and will be ignored if they do try.

Like that H G Well's story about the one-eyed man in the kingdom of the 
blind.  Contrary to the proverb, the hero does not become the 
king.  Instead, he is considered insane and gets locked up by a mob of 
blind people.

A few days ago I decided to taste a small piece of a chocolate chip 
cookie.  They used to be one of my very favorite foods (pre paleo, of 
course).  The bittersweet chocolate tasted good, but the rest of it - 
bleagh - it was like there was a lump of DOUGH in my mouth!  It was just 
... a gross lump of STUFF.  I could not bring myself to swallow this 
obnoxious lump.  I spit it into the trash and I found myself saying out 
loud "That's not food!"

Robert has a point about accumulated tolerance vis-a-vis gradual 
toxification, and he's right.  But it is not impossible to work 
around.  The trick is elimination and reintroduction (which is what I 
believe you were alluding to).  Yes for years you can eat wheat & sugar and 
consciously feel no ill effects.  (Especially if you started - like most of 
us did - before you were old enough to recognize or articulate your 
earliest reactions, too young to even *remember* them decades later).  But 
here's the point: Once you remove them completely from your diet - 
consistently for weeks or months - and then try to re-introduce them again, 
your body's intuition has a way of figuring it out and reminding you - 
usually pretty quickly.

- S.



----------------------------------------
Getting Primitive
A Natural Inquiry
http://www.gettingprimitive.com