On Sat, 26 Sep 1998, Gregg Carter wrote:

> Thanks for the tip Richard.  Weston Price's analysis of traditional
> cultures found that all of them had very high in-takes of vits./minerals--
> far beyond current RDA standards.  Regarding calcium, some cultures used
> milk (the Swiss in isolated valleys; the Masai), while the others consumed
> bones/bone marrow. Following a caveman diet really hurts for calcium
> in-take unless one is willing to mess around with bones, which at present
> I don't have the time or inclination to do. So I will continue to take
> bone meal and cal/mag (1:1) supplements, along with eating canned
> sardines/salmon and a variety of greens each week.

Good point.  It is still controversial, judging from the debates
on the Paleodiet list, whether the traditional Inuit suffered
from osteoporosis.  And of course, calcium and magnesium are
important for much more than bone density.  They are important
regulators of heart and nerve function as well.

> Todd, I tried some purslane this week.  Wow!!! It was excellent.  I can't
> believe that I've been pulling this out of my yard and garden for years
> and just chucking it.

It's not bad, is it?  Now, instead of weeds, you have crops!
Euell Gibbons says you can freeze the stuff for the winter.

Todd Moody
[log in to unmask]