Most "beans" are seeds of various plants, they are made up of all of the
necessary parts of a young plant.  When you split a peanut in half, you see
two equal halves and a small bit on one end, the two halves are the
cotyledons (embryonic leaf), the bit on the end is the embryo.  When the
seed germinates, the embryo sends off a root/stem and the cotyledons open
and start making food for the plant.

Aaron Felker


>From: Oliva <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Paleolithic Eating Support List <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [P-F] Meats vs. grain/legume
>Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 17:13:25 -0500
>
>Being intolerant to beans, I'm not about to eat them but I am curious as to
>what good they are and for what purpose in their original state?  Doesn't
>make a lot of sense for them to exist........      Oliva
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: alexs <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> >    From:    Wally Day <[log in to unmask]>
> >    Subject: Re: Meats vs. grain/legume
> >
>Irrelevant - why should I accustom my body to legumes'
>toxins & indigestibles when they aren't Paleo anyway?
>
> >
>don't eat anything that needs
>to be cooked to become edible


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