----- Original Message -----
From: S.B. Feldman <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: [P-F] PALEOFOOD re: changing evidences


> In a message dated 10/13/1999 1:38:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << I don't have the answer either but more evidence keeps pointing away
from
>  cholesterol and towards other things like Homosystene and inflamatory
> affects of
>  increased so called bad eicosainoids. >>
> It seems that the homocyst may also be a secondary or tertiary marker for
> cardiovascular disease and vitamin status ... rather than a primary simple
> and mechanical influence .
The statistical evidence is just as strong for homocysteine as it is for
cholesterol.
Homocysteine is also implicated in Alzheimer's disease.
Paleo lowers homocysteine effectively as it has the highest levels of
B12/folic acid?Vitamin E of any diet.
Ben Balzer
I'll now post up my cholesterol response.