Mary wrote:
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> Ray, what do you think of a meat/fat diet? (no or extremely low carbs)

Humans are designed to thrive on a wide range of food availabilities.
Most hunter-gatherers prefer to eat primarially meat and fat when it is
available and when it is not they eat wild vegetables that contain little
carbs when compared to our modern varieties.  The high carb examples
found in some studies did not subtract the fiber in calculating carbs and
thus overstated their significance.  Most of the high-fat animals that
humans depended on during the paleolithic era were eliminated by the
Pleistocene extinctions brought about by climate changes and increased
hunting pressures brought on by the domestication of dogs.  Of course, on
the grasslands where Hominids evolved, most of the vegetable material is
grass which is unedible to Primates and the edible vegetables that are
available aren't available for large parts of every year due to the
seasonal variations that produce these grasslands (and prevents them from
becoming forests).  Rainforests are not a natural habitat for hominids
and H-Gs found in such vegetable rich enviroments are usually
nutritionally stressed.  Even arboreal (tree climbing) Primates must
travel vast distances to find food because of seasonal variations
availability of fruit in the rainforest.

Stefansson went for almost 60 years without eating any vegetables at all.
He also showed in his research for the U.S. military that pemmican (raw
meat and fat)would correct vitimin defeciencies such as scurvy and
pelegra. Inuit people have done without vegetables for over 100,000
years.  Recent recommendations by the FDA indicate that eating fruits and
vegetables cannot correct vitimin deficiencies caused by eating grains,
beans, potatoes and other technology dependent foods.  The year-round
assortment of fresh fruits and vegetables found in a modern supermarket
has been made possible by the modern transportation systems and is not
found in any natural enviroment.

Ray Audette
Author "NeanderThin"
http://www.sofdesign.com/neander