On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Binnie Betten wrote:

> >I am under the impression that paleo man's bones where considered
> >adequately dense.  I never heard any reports of these bones having the
> >appearance of a condition of osteoporosis.  I would sooner spend my time
> >trying to perfect that diet rather than devising a debatably useful broth
> >or soup.
>
> Yes, but we can never hope to truly duplicate paleo man's diet.  It is
> possible that some component of his diet that is no longer available to
> modern man or that is not being consumed in the same ratios was responsible
> for his dense bone mass.

Mary Enig conjectures that early humans managed to consume a fair
amount of bone anyway, which we tend not to do.  She suggests the
use of bone-based broths for this very reason.

Todd Moody
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