We have one piece of serious evidence refuting Cordain's position on
acid/alkaline issues on bone health - the existence of populations (most
notably the Inuit) who lived on what would have been, according to Cordain,
massively acid-promoting diets (meat and fat, no plants) yet whose remains
show no signs of loss of mineral density.  On the contrary, their remains
show very healthy bones and teeth, far superior to those of plant eating
populations.
How that is possible is another question.  Perhaps their increased vitamin
intake (D3 and K2M4) from the animal fat they ate protected their bones.
 They certainly didn't eat excessive amounts of calcium.  All the research
on acid/alkaline dietary components and bone density come from research on
people eating a mostly standard american diet, not comparing high plant
content paleo diets to low plant content paleo diets.

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Kenneth Anderson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> It seems to me the Acid/Alkaline issues presented by Dr. Cordain and
> Susan Brown on bone health coming from a balance of fruits and
> vegetables, along with eating much lean meat and fish, is virtually
> overlooked or unconvincingly denied (at least for me) on this list.
> I wish Cordain or MS Brown would weigh in on this issue because I have
> had no luck whatsoever, it's like trying to stop the rain from
> falling.  Here once again is Cordain on the subject:
> http://www.thepaleodiet.com/nutritional_tools/acid.shtml
>
> Ken
>



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