Hi Ken, 
I love the metaphor. Have you looked at any of Mary Enig's work? You might
be persuaded that the rain is supposed to fall. :-) I used to feel much the
same way when I was debating with physicians who thought that celiac disease
is rare and that grains are a very healthy food for all but a tiny minority
who have celiac disease. Most of these folks had never studied nutrition yet
they knew all about it.  

We are a fractious bunch, but please notice the level of disagreement in
each day's postings. We disagree regularly. The thing we all know is that we
don't know it all (or we should know that) .... and neither does anyone
else. From my perspective, Cordain and Brown's ideas on this issue do not
square with the data: Inuits with strong bones prior to adopting European
lifeways, etc. 

Enig's data do square with the current reality of lots of bone
demineralization among post menopausal women and elderly men.  

I agree with most of what Cordain says about grains and with little of what
he says about fats. I don't think he imagines that fats cause acidity does
he? If memory serves, he was talking about lean meats when he raised the
acid/alkaline issue. I hope they do post here as well. I think you would
quickly see that their positions aren't (or shouldn't be) absolute, and that
there are some data they aren't considering.  

Please keep hammering us with this perspective. It makes me re-think my
perspective every time I read your posts on this issue, and that can only be
a good thing. 
   
Best Wishes, 
Ron


-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Kenneth Anderson
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 2:45 PM
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Subject: Re: Great blog post about saturated fats

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