Geoffrey Purcell wrote:
 >Please ignore William's comments. He's unaware of history which shows
 >grain-eating Babylonians/Ancient Egyptians/Sumerians/Dark-Age Muslims
 >etc. creating great, advanced cultures/civilisations while
 >all-animal-food-eating Inuit didn't do much by comparison in the
 >meantime, just stagnated really.

There would be no civilizations at all if there hadn't been grains.

Now what about the Romans? Couldn't one argue that a grain-based diet 
helped in their downfall? Grains both build and destroy 
civilizations. Grains are destroying ours now with the relentless 
rise in medical costs.

Don.