On Fri, 31 Jul 1998 08:38:59 -0400, Todd Moody <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>It's interesting to pursue the comparison of pemmican and mixed
>nuts.  A pound of nuts yields about 2860 calories, of which
>almost 74% is fat.  The protein yield is about 78g and the carb
>yield, subtracting the 52g of fiber, is 26g.  Thus, if one ate
>nothing but a pound of mixed nuts each day, one would be in
>ketosis, and one would get a moderate (in my judgment) amount of
>protein.  A calorically equivalent amount of pemmican would yield
>about 127g of protein, no carbs and no fiber.
Nice post. I see an advantage with the nuts...
Nuts grow on trees als they are. Ready edible.
Thats true paleolithic.

Pemmican has to be fabricated. And you can't fabricate too much
pemmican out of an animal because  there's not enough fat at the
kidneys or with most wild game.
And a given land can give much more nuts than animals
(if its not very northern).

I bet, if you start making vitamin comparisons, then
the nuts will compare even better.
Watch folic and B1.

I always keep some nuts or almonds with me.

regards
Amadeus