In a message dated 2/20/2008 10:23:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
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A better question would be: How healthy would the women of Crete be if there 
were to avoid dairy?

I think they would likely be very depressed over the loss of some of their 
most delicious recipes and cuisine.  I don't consider depression particularly 
healthy.  Sounds like you are convinced that eating a purist paleo diet makes a 
person disease-proof and/or necessarily healthier than people who eat other 
types of diets.  I enjoy eating a paleo type diet and feel well on it but remain 
completely unconvinced that it is the only healthful way to eat.   Although I 
may not do well with mostdairy, that does not mean that others can't thrive 
on organic dairy prerferably from range-fed animals.  By the way, below is an 
interesting article about Japanese centenarians and their preference for dairy 
products.  It would be interesting to know what dairy products they were 
eating ie liquid milk, butter, cream, yoghurt, cheese etc. and when these 
centenarians began eating dairy.  _Blackwell Synergy - Geriatr Gerontol Int, Volume 2 
Issue 4 Page 187-192, December 2002 (Article Abstract)_ 
(http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1444-1586.2002.00043.x?journalCode=ggi)   



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