Dear List, 
    I am 63 years old and have been told I am "pre-diabetic.  Are any of you aware of literature on components of the paleo diet than can address this problem?  Thanks.  

A silent list reader.

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Geoffrey Purcell <[log in to unmask]>
To: PALEOFOOD <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sun, Jun 3, 2012 11:42 pm
Subject: Re: Salt, We Misjudged You


Well, I can only judge from the sites of cave-paintings and locations of mass 
slaughter of Palaeo animals in Europe I know of, and they were mostly far away 
from the shore. Major population migration routes along shores such as the 
Bering Strait crossing and the Aboriginal migration to Australia occurred mainly 
only in the very last part of the Palaeolithic era . But I admit that, at the 
very least, a small percentage of Palaeo humans must have lived near the shores 
at any one time.However, salt-mines were not started until the Neolithic era.

As regards Taubes, I should add that  natural salts are already found in 
(healthy) foods in sufficient quantities so there is no nutrient-based  reason 
to add extra table-salt or sea-salt. I'll grant that salt has often been used to 
add flavour to cooked foods, but  someone on a raw, palaeolithic diet doesn't 
need salt for that purpose.Plus, Taubes has a certain negative reputation:-

http://reason.com/archives/2003/03/01/big-fat-fake

http://reason.com/archives/2003/03/01/an-exercise-in-vitriol-rather

http://reason.com/archives/2003/03/01/gary-taubes-tries-to-overwhelm

Geoff