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> Steve > The only thing I want from paleo is the health benefits that can
> be 
>   
>> derived therefrom and only if they cannot better be obtained elsewhere.  
>> Supplements/drugs offer advantageous above and beyond diet alone, so I'm 
>> not going to take, shall we say, a fundamentalist religious position on 
>> paleo which would exclude any sort of benefits to be derived from 
>> anything non-paleo.
>>     
>
> Well said.
>
> Look, I am not trying to stop you from doing whatever you damn well
> please with your body -- including in my opinion the use of any drug,
> legal or not.  I am merely stating that our ability to discern what is
> and isn't good for us is severely limited and every five minutes we
> disover that what we thought was the best dietary advice turns out to be
> folly.  Best in my opinion to stick with paleo foods only -- you will
> not go wrong there.  You disagree and want to expand your horizons, so
> be it.
>
> Jim
>
>   
The best I can do Jim is live in the current moment using the best 
knowledge I have access too and the time and resources to acquire.  For 
me it's like traveling.  From my perspective, one cannot follow a path 
that with certainty goes strait from point A to point B, dull however it 
might be, but must adjust to the terrain and obstacles that are 
encountered, a process that is the essence of what makes life enjoyable, 
challenge, discovery, and new vistas to experience.  I don't seen any 
certainty in a paleo diet, I still have to live life moment to moment.

A paleo diet won't improve my vision, I use glasses for that.  A paleo 
diet won't stop me from producing less vitamin D as I age.  A paleo diet 
won't fight chicken pox. The list goes on an on.

I know two things for sure, eating a perfectly paleo diet will 
ultimately kill me no matter how strict I am, and life can be extended 
beyond the randomness of nature's survival of the fittest choices.  I 
want any benefits to be derived from both and I must travel that path 
day by day.

Steve