On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 11:08:50 +0900, judith preston <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Rachel, Lorenzo
>
>I didn't know that beets are paleo.  I thought they require cooking.
>
>Judith

See another paleo Do/Don't list at

   http://www.healingcrow.com/old/paleo.html

-- has beets and turnips as OK.

Now it is believed Cro-Magnon (ice-age era humans) and some predecessor
species cooked meat and no-doubt some plants (roots, bulbs, whatever they
are called). Maybe they are like these. I am not adverse at this
point to adding cooked turnips to my diet.

Philip Thrift
http://www.paleofitness.com