>
>Ray says that peanuts are not paleo because they are not readily
>digestible raw.  Well, they certainly taste better roasted, but
>they do appear to be well tolerated by some in the raw state.

Raw peanuts is easely digested by me when i respect the change of taste
happening in my mouth that bring this "raw peanuts taste" that you are
talking about. When needed they taste wonderful, but be aware that raw
peanuts in the store are not raw they are heat treated. (to verify this ,the
skin in a naturally dried peanuts is sticking to the meat ,you can't remove
it by hand, the ones which are not ,the skin is falling appart when you rub
the peanuts between your hand ) the stored bought peanuts are creating
problem of digestion for me,
The best is freshly harvested peanuts, i used to experience a "pea like "
taste when i first started to eat them raw, but now i will not trade raw
peanuts for roasted one (they taste awfull to me now and they used to be my
treat ).
other point,  peanuts are heavy on chemicals residues when grown  non
organically, the storage conditions in big pile in commercial operations
create more aflatoxine production (that make lot of peoples" allergic" to
peanuts).
The "instinctive stop" in a raw peanuts is very unpleasant , don,t eat them,
then they will become undigestible (they are a  combinaison of starch
protein and oil ) .
if you ever find a source of organically truely raw peanuts in shell let me
know i am looking for one , i love them.
jean-claude
>know that I don't have any trouble eating raw peanuts.  On the
>other hand, although it is not certain where peanuts originated,
>there is some evidence that they may be from Peru, making them
>New World foods and therefore new to the food supply of most or
>all humans (depending on where you stand on the question of
>habitation of the Americas).  Some take the stand that no New
>World food can be paleo, regardless of whether it is edible raw.
>This rule eliminates certain foods, such as corn and potatoes,
>that are not paleo even on Ray's looser definition, but it also
>rules out tomatoes, which are Neanderthin-legal.
>
>Getting back to peanuts, I plan to do an experiment on myself, by
>re-introducing oranges and tomatoes into my diet, but eliminating
>peanuts strictly.  I want to see if the psoriasis returns.  Then
>I'll try adding peanuts and see what happens.  My father noted in
>passing that the other thing that has changed since he has been
>eating peanuts is that his cholesterol, which tends to be
>elevated even with medication, has dropped sharply.  This is less
>surprising, since there is scientific literature showing that
>peanuts cause LDL cholesterol to fall, but it's still
>interesting.
>
>It seems to me that the question of whether peanuts are paleo
>depends entirely on the New World foods question, if indeed
>peanuts are New World food.  If I can reproduce my father's
>success with psoriasis by eating peanuts, this would be worth
>knowing for others who have this annoying condition.
>
>Todd Moody
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