At 05:38 PM 9/30/99 -0400, you wrote:

>At first I thought I was going to be unique in coming to paleo from
>veganism, but from what I've read so far on this list many of you
>have done the same.  If people would like to comment about making that
>transition I'd love to hear it.  What worked?  What didn't work?

You can find much on this in the archives of a few months back. Visit:

  http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/paleofood.html

>    Should I purchase the new edition of Neanderthin?  (Ray and Troy,
>    obviously, should not be answering this question :)

Well, since it isn't out yet, none, except for those two, have seen it.

>    compared to, say, beyondveg.com, paleofood.com, MEDLINE, the american

I'm presuming you mean paleodiet.com. Paleofood.com is the recipe collection.

>    As a long time sufferer of chronic psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis,
>    I'm very interested in research -- or even anecdotal accounts --
>    of dietary intervention for treatment of psoriasis.

I e-mailed what I have.

>    A related question: how does one acquire coconut oil?

One can buy it in an Indian grocer, at health food stores in the skin care
section, possibly in Caribbean grocers, and on the web. One or two web
vendors are listed in the vendors section of www.paleodiet.com.

As for how it is made here's a web site explaining the traditional way.
Just added to paleodiet.com:

  http://essentialoil.com/Jamaican%20Gold.html

>    For any of you in the san francisco bay area, what are some good
>    places to acquire wild game meats?  I have found organic beef at a
>    local health food store, but nothing else.

Try Polarica, if they are still in business. They are (were) near San
Francisco at 800-426-3872. I do know the NYC store closed down.

>    What is better meat?   (I only mention Coleman because it's easily
>    found in local stores.)

In the vendors section of paleodiet.com you can mail order true grass fed
beef. I'm fortunate in having a farmer at the greenmarket with range fed
beefalo and "organic" pork and chicken. I get top round beefalo for my
jerky. Boneless pork loin which I preslice and cook like bacon. And chicken
livers which I fry with olive oil, pepper, onions, garlic, lemon juice, and
sometimes ground up pine nuts. Then i stir in steamed broccoli.

>    Is maple syrup paleo?

It has been debated here. It is up to you to evaluate the arguments and
decide for yourself. Not everything is hard and fast. You can search the
archives at the web site noted above, or via e-mail. By e-mail put in a
message body:

search "maple syrup" in paleofood

and send to [log in to unmask]

Don.