Padraig, while i have enjoyed your empassioned posts, you are woefully  
ignorant of the anthropological record.  As Todd very clearly pointed  
out, there is a near universal agreement by anthropologists that man  
has been obtaining a good portion of his calories in the form of fat  
and meat for at least the last 2.3 million years

You cannot continue to ignore this fact.  Doing so makes you look  
rather silly.

Jim Swayze
www.fireholecanyon.com
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On Jul 2, 2009, at 11:55 AM, Padraig Hogan <[log in to unmask]>  
wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:47:46 -0400, Bill Wilcox <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Padraig Hogan wrote:
>>> I don't understand how anyone can make such a statement. You can  
>>> be a
>>> fruitarian and take supplements to make up for any deficits caused  
>>> by
>>> agriculture.
>>>
>>>
>> That's the point.  Why do you want to take chemicals to make up for  
>> the
>> deficiencies that are inherent in an agricultural only diet.
>>
>
> Well I also take fish and eggs sometimes. Until very recently I used  
> to have 4-
> 8 eggs a week, although I'm trying not to have any now. Who knows what
> medication the hens have been fed... I don't know how long this will  
> last but I
> will always try to have a bit of fish.
>
>>> It's true that our ancestors had more protein than in just fruit,  
>>> their main
> diet
>>> by far was fruit, then vegetables, then eggs/insects/fish. Meat  
>>> very rare
> thing
>>> for them... and if this list has hijacked the term "paleo" for  
>>> some kind of
> 40%
>>> red meat/cancer diet (as some controversial books have), then I  
>>> think
> that's
>>> disgraceful.
>>>
>>>
>> How do you figure this?  Fruits are seasonal.  The subsisted mainly  
>> on
>> fatty meats.
>
> There are some fruits and vegetables around all year around,  
> obviously in
> Africa seasons make little difference.