One can't discount the fact that Europeans are given wine with meals at a
very young age and are accustomed to it.  Alcohol is not abused over there
as it is in the U.S.  They eat their fat but they are very mobile.  They
walk everywhere and most have upstairs homes.  We in America are a ranch
style people and will drive an automobile a short block or to the corner in
the interest of time and "hurry it up".  Lifestyle has to be taken into
consideration in this equation.......            Lurking Oliva   (who finds
herself delurking more and more)

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From: alexs <[log in to unmask]>


> Quoth Todd Moody <[log in to unmask]>
>
>On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, alexs wrote:
>
>> >That seems reasonable.  We do have a unique metabolic pathway for
>> >metabolizing alcohol.

>
>This difference is one of degree, not of kind.  WE do have a
>metabolic pathway for alcohol, notwithstanding differences in
>capacity for detoxifying the stuff....
>
The French consume huge amounts of alcohol, yet also
eat lots of fat, and they have less heart disease.
Moron scientists outside France say, "well, fat=bad
so the wine must be extra-beneficial or protective."
>
Another interpretation might be that the fat
protects against excessive alcohol intake.
>
>So if the question is whether small amounts of alcohol should be
>considered permissible on a paleo diet, it seems to me the answer
>is yes.
>
Drink all you want, but don't claim to be Paleo.