Hi Philip:

I wonder though, if rejecting his advice altogether because he suggests
to use Green Drinks (among other foods), is like throwing the baby out
with the bath water?

I would agree with you that the powdered Greens drink may not be of much
help (at least in the prevention of cancer - a book I read during the 
summer:
(http://www.amazon.com/Foods-That-Fight-Cancer-Preventing/dp/0771011350/sr=8-1/qid=1167782589/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-2222461-9258805?ie=UTF8&s=books) 
states that powdered greens are of no use for the prevention of
cancers since they do not retain certain effective cancer-fighting
phytochemicals). *If* I recall correctly (going by memory).

However if they still provide a supply of vitamin K (is it Vit K that he
cites as the active ingredient that helps calcium deposition?), then yes,
the Greens drink would help. However, it's an expensive option that does not 
provide a
complete nutritive source.

Beliveau's book along with that vegetarian website (that Philip posted)
gives me a sense that plants do play a *very* important role in maintaining 
good health.

I think we are, firstly, physiologically adapted to an omniverous diet
with the larger emphasis on consuming vegetable matter, and sociologically 
adapted to hunting (as a learned behaviour).

Marilyn



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From: "Philip" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: Pregnancy Advice


Marilyn Harris wrote:
> You might also want to try reading this book that just came
> out. (I haven't
> yet but I will soon). I heard the author on the radio a
> couple of days ago
> and the book sounds *very* interesting. He talks about making
> sure to eat
> greens which he says helps to direct calcium to the cells of
> the bones and
> thus prevents inapproporiate calcium deposition in other
> areas of the body.
> Interestingly, he also stated that too much calcium ingestion
> is not good.
> One of his co-authors (Carolyn DeMarco) apparently has contributed to
> solutions to the problem of bone loss in space and has helped
> NASA to that
> end.
>
>
http://www.amazon.com/Bone-Building-Solution-Sam-Graci/dp/0470838914/sr=8-1/
qid=1167661860/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-2222461-9258805?ie=UTF8&s=books


Warning: the Greens+ product that Sam Graci created and sells contains the
following non-Paleo ingredients:

Soy Lecithin
Barley Grass Powder
Wheat Grass Powder
Hydroponic Soy Sprouts
Brown Rice Bran
Sprouted Barley Malt
Alfalfa Grass Powder

Graci promotes "green drinks," of which his is one of the top sellers, and
other non-Paleo foods in The Bone-Building Solution. Here are some excerpts
(emphases mine):

<<When you eat any green colour-coded food like broccoli, lettuce, parsley,
or a "GREEN DRINK" that has gone through the miracle of photosynthesis
(making our vital oxygen as a waste product and consuming our deadly,
exhaled carbon dioxide as a fuel), you are getting, among other things, lots
of vitamin K1.>>

<<eat a color coded "cell friendly" alkaline diet, emphasizing fresh salads,
vegetables, herbs, spices, "GREEN DRINKS", berries and brightly colored
fruit>>

<<Soy consumption is probably helpful as part of a program to help build
bone.  But, in my opinion, it should only be fermented organic non-GMO
soy.>>

While the book agrees with Dr. Cordain on the importance of
alkalizing/acidifying balance in foods and the possibility of calcium
overload from eating too much calcium in forms that are poorly absorbed
(usually from dairy products), it is not Paleo in other respects, as the
list of non-Paleo Greens+ ingredients and the book excerpts indicate.

You can peruse some of Demarco and Graci's book here
http://www.drdemarco.com/chapters.html before buying the book, which I do
not recommend.