Such high starch foods are hard to digest and are usually high carbo.
Watching the lines at the grocery store, you'll see most over weight folks
buying starch to eat. It's cheaper.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Paleolithic Eating Support List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Wally Day
Sent: Friday, December 31, 1999 2:56 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [P-F] Paleo beans


> I had a question on beans. I understand they are not
> considered paleo but I am wondering why this would
> be for green beans etc. You can eat them raw, naked
> with a big stick. Also how about peas? Thanks!
>
> Melissa

Y'know, I asked almost the exact same question once,
and I really didn't get a straight answer. What I'd
really like to know is whether it is beans that are
not paleo, or is it all legumes in general. Legumes
cover a very large family of foods, and beans are
merely a subset (in fact, there are a number of
different categories of beans as well, but let's not
get into that right now).

Personally, I would have to include green beans and
peas in the "maybe" category since both can be, and
are quite often, eaten in the raw state. So, if they
are verboten because they are legumes, then the
opinion must be that all legumes are non-paleo.
However, if they are verboten because they are simply
"called" beans, then there is an obvious problem with
terminology.
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