Re:  What roots and tubers may be considered Paleo?  You can eat beets raw,
but are there risks?  I think yams and sweet potatoes have to be cooked to
be eaten, is that right and would they then put them on a not to be eaten
list?

I cannot see any risk in eating beets; they are nutritious.  However, they
have a limiting factor for us.  We can only eat a small amount of them
raw... more tastes unappetizing or leaves a funny taste in the mouth, or the
stomach.  As for sweet potatoes/yams, winter squash..... we tried them raw,
grated them.  They were okay, not nearly as delicious as when cooked.
However, when cooked, they are very starchy and always seem to give us
flatulence.... their nature, their effect on digestion, seems much like
potatoes... Also, we found that the longer we ate a meat and non-starchy
vegetable diet, with most produce raw, the less we enjoyed those cooked,
starchy vegetables. Also, we noticed our mouths (esp. teeth) felt very
"unclean" after eating them. Oh, some roots contain bitter compounds (very
unpleasant raw!!!) and thyroid inhibitors and are thus not good to eat raw
in much quantity.  e.g., turnips, rutabagas.

Rachel