Todd Moody wrote:
>
> I think he says, without qualification, that obesity is an immune
> system disorder.  Also, Mary's concern was not weight loss; as I
> understand it she has reached a desirable weight.  Rather, she
> complained of weight *gain* from eating apparently small amounts
> of fruit or nuts.

Todd,

        Wouldn't seasonal variations in weight be expected in a paleolithic
human?  I'd guess that our hunter-gather ancestors would gain weight
during the summer and late fall, when high-carb foods were in season;
that they would lose weight in winter, when fruits and nuts are out of
season; and that this weight lose/gain process is a survival mechanism.

        If that were the case, wouldn't our bodies have a hereditary
inclination toward gaining weight when consuming lots of carbohydrates?
And couldn't that inclination be sharper in some people, and less
pronounced in others?  And wouldn't this type of weight gain in
non-obese people be consistent with, or rather, outside of, the
Neanderthin theory that obesity is an auto-immune disorder?

        Just speculating here.  My knowledge of anthropology can be summed up
by:  I read Clan of the Cave Bear.  But my knowledge of nutrition is
growing by leaps and bounds:  I now know that lactose is a sugar :)

Robert