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Richard Archer <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 2 Feb 2003 11:29:31 +1100
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At 9:08 +1000 2/2/03, Phosphor wrote:

 >>It's true that moose has especially much of PUFA (3:2:3) >compared to other
 >game as well.
 >these ratios refer only to the intermuscular fat, not to the subcutaneous or
 >adipose fat. that fat, as Cordain shows, is even more saturated than
 >conventional beef.
 >in a fat wild beast, the adipose fat contributes a considerable supply of
 >saturated fats.

And the organs and bone marrow are highly unsaturated which balances
things back out.

Still waiting for your whole of carcass fat profile of emu.

 >> Fish oil and cold water fish are not paleo. No homo erectus >ever hired a
 >trawler to put mackerels out of the cold
 >>water of the north sea.
 >but they caught anadramous fish such as sea trout, mullet and salmon, fish
 >swimming close to shore and freshwater fish. most importantly, they caught
 >seals, walrus, whales.  big supply of DHA/EPA.

Fish (especially cold water fish) fat is highly unsaturated for your
very own argument that saturated fats are more inclined to form solids.
So if paleo man was a big fish eater, their diet would be even more
unsaturated than you would have us believe.

  ...R.

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