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Lynnet Bannion wrote:
>Perhaps 32 is supposed to be the "age of reason" though
> there are billions of counter-examples.
Used as a date, not an age. One might make an argument that the
paleolithic was the age of reason, while in comparison our neolithic is
the age of lies.
> Our age of maturity is in the range of 12-18, not 32. 15x7 = 105, a
> good age. Perhaps 32 is supposed to be the "age of reason" though
> there are billions of counter-examples.
You are doubtless referring to sex or politics. My reference was to the
end of growth, traditionally called prime. Marked by the hard layer on
the ends of some bones; this is why fools claimed that all paleoman died
at 32 - no more growth.
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>> Should be hard core enough for a definition.
> It could be, but it would mean that a paleo diet by your definition
> is entirely unobtainable for us in the 21st century.
I presently live on sightly dried grass-finished ground beef and tallow;
and no longer feel the urge to eat egg yolks.
Not too hard to find.
From Neanderthin, things we can find while "naked with a sharp stick"
have been made difficult to find, but we still do it.
Don is
> developing a practical definition that can be used by large numbers
> of modern humans to improve their diets and health by extrapolating
> paleo nutrition into the practical realities of the 21st century.
>
The definitions that could appeal to large numbers of people must not
preclude carbohydrates, otherwise the book won't sell, and the author
makes no money money money - L. Cordain is the best example. Must pander
to the carb addiction to be popular.
We don't know that Don is that corrupt.
William
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