>Why would pro-raw dairy arguments be relevant to a paleo diet?  Dairy
>products are part of a neolithic diet.
>



I'm afraid you made a slight error of assumption. I was looking for 
scientific data to prove raw-dairy  was harmful rather than beneficial for 
humans - after all, this is an appropriate forum for such, as paleolithic 
diets are anti-dairy. Appreciate the link given, but, IMHO, all it really 
proves is that raw cows' milk is the  perfect food for calves - and there've 
been some  rather good critical debunkings of the famous Pottenger study 
cited in the text, such as on www.beyondveg.com.

Raw-meat based diets for humans are generally given the vague term "raw, 
paleolithic diets". Unfortunately, most of these diets, ironically, have a 
majority of raw foods in them that are most definitely not Paleolithic in 
concept(such as the raw dairy, juiced veg(Palaeo man had no juicers), 
fermented grains(for those who follow a rawish  version of the Weston-Price 
Diet, and so on. Anyway, the primary reason why so many quit these diets,in 
the long run,  is due to mild to severe health-problems caused by those very 
Neolithic foods. I am well aware of the extensive, undisputed  documentation 
covering the negative effects of pasteurised dairy, but given all the 
personal accounts re health problems that so many  routinely encounter with 
raw dairy etc. on an all-raw diet, it's always useful to find out more 
additional info to counter dodgy views held by raw-dairy advocates.

As for adaptation to dairy, I'm inclined to believe   Cordain  and other 
Paleo researchers  who  state that the time-period in which we've been 
drinking (raw) dairy(a mere 450 human generations or 9,000 years) isn't 
anywhere near  enough to develop  the necessary genetic changes required for 
proper adaptation. However, I quite agree that some humans have developed a 
partial (or perhaps even  full) tolerance for raw dairy, if not an 
adaptation, as such - I'm certainly not one of them.

Geoff

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