On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 13:27:33 +1000, Ben Balzer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Paleodiets are also compatible with  the concepts espoused in the Zone diet
>and even Pritikin (Pritikin got it right that processing isn't good, he just
>didn't go back far enough- he didn't realise farming was just as
>bad)(therefore he beat the heart disease but didn't get the antioxidants etc
>to prevent cancer!)

It's been fairly well established that heart disease is caused by excessive
insulin levels (references available upon request).   There's no indication that
the Pritikin diet addressed this at all, except by accident.


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Cheers,

Ken                         <*>
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