Although it's certainly true that the Paleolithic diet wasn't starch-heavy, there's no reason to believe it was devoid of tubers and starches, some of which are edible raw. We do, after all, have a starch digesting enzyme in our saliva.
Todd Moody
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From: Geoffrey Purcell <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 21:09:01
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Subject: Re: Stone-age diet may lower risk of heart disease
The Paleolithic diet actually doesn't contain any tubers or starchy foods, so potatoes should definitely have been banned from the study. It's true that modern hunter-gatherers eat tubers (and even some fermented grains or raw dairy), but one has to remember that these are Neolithic-era hunter-gatherers, so don't have the same diet as their ancestors in the Palaeolithic.
Geoff
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> ------------------------------> > Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 17:27:00 +0100> From: Rundle <[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Re: Stone-age diet may lower risk of heart disease> > Here's the abstract as published in the European Journal of Clinical => Nutrition - http://www.nature.com/ejcn/journal/v62/n5/abs/1602790a.html => incl. contact details for Dr. Dr Per Wandell...=20> > There's no mention of the fat content on the trial diet [lean meat or => otherwise]... as for potatoes... paleo-people did eat starchy tubers and => roots as do present day hunter/gatherer groups.> > On the whole, as you say, it's a step in the right direction,> > Dedy> London UK
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