At 10:17 AM 7/25/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Paul,
>
>Have you read Neanderthin?

Yes, but to tell you the truth I don't feel it answered the questions I had
about this, and I was thinking about this when I read it.  He says to eat
the fruit and allowed vegetables because that's what Paleolithic man ate,
but doesn't say why the carbs from these do not produce the same insulin
effects as whole grains, potatoes, etc.

It would probably help to clear this up for
>you.  I'm probably not qualified to respond to this question except to say
>that the allowed vegetables are not generally starches like potatoes and
>grain are.  They are usually green fiber-rich veggies.
>
>John Pavao
>
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>From:   Paul Getty[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:   Thursday, July 24, 1997 11:19 PM
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>Subject:        Fruit carbs vs. starch
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>I have been wondering why there is a difference between the carbohydrate
>from fruits and "allowed" vegetables and the carbohydrate from grains and
>potatoes.  Oh, I know that many on this list feel that the grains and
>potatoes are foreign to our bodies.  But I'm referring to the way the body
>handles them as far as insulin goes.
>
>When the story is told why the starches from wheat, potato, etc. are so bad
>for our bodies, I am told that these foods cause great shifts in the
>insulin levels, usually allowing almost constant high levels of insulin,
>which is implicated in obesity, high cholesterol, obesity, diabetes, high
>blood pressure.  All of this makes sense to me.  But what doesn't make
>sense is why this is not a problem when Paleodieters are getting their
>carbohydrates from fruit (glucose and fructose), and the allowed vegetables
>(starches).  Hunter/Gatherers get about 45% of their calories from
>carbohydrates.  The typical modern diet has about 45% of calories from
>carbohydrates.  To the insulin, I'm not so sure there's a big difference in
>where the carbohydrates come from.  Vegetarians say that the complex
>carbohydrates stabilize insulin levels better than the sugars, even from
>fruits.  So why would refraining from wheat and potatoes be good for the
>blood sugar--insulin levels?
>Paul Getty
>Morehead City, NC
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