Todd Moody wrote:

And don't forget that according to the
> Paleolithic Prescription, another set of opinions about
> paleolithic eating, the paleolithic level of dietary fiber was
> extremely high by today's standards.

Hi Todd.  I haven't read this book and must admit that I am ignorant on
the subject of what early man actually did eat.  Do we know for certain
what they ate?  What evidence backs this up?  What sources did they get
their high level of dietary fiber from?
I've spent considerable time in the woods (deer hunter) and havent come
across a wild orchard yet.  Sure, I've seen nuts, berries, mushrooms,
even carrots, and I know there are roots that are edible but this would
hardly be as filling as a rabbit or squirrel.  Once you pick the fruit,
or dig up the root, it is gone.  Sure, another one will come back but
not for tomorrow's meal.  A family can eat for a long time on an average
size whitetail deer.  That seems much more practical than scrounging up
nuts, berries, mushrooms, and an occasional fruit.  I know that there is
much more out there that is edible (I think it was Eule Gibbins (is that
spelling right?) that said "Ever ate a pine tree, may parts are edible",
in a grape nuts commercial years ago).
I don't know.  Just some thoughts.

Bill Wilcox