On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 10:34:36 -0500, Philip Thrift <[log in to unmask]> wrote:


>>http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/print/weekly/health/A51499-2001Feb9.html
>
>I think this is the author contact (if you have anything to say :-)
>
>  http://nutrition.tufts.edu/faculty/directory.shtml?lindner_lawrence

Hey, Philip, if you have some complaints about the article, why don't you
tell it yourself?

My complaint is: "60% of calories from protein" was mentioned as possible
"in northern latitudes".
That contradicts the physiological limit mentioned by Loren Cordaine and
experienced by Aboriginals and Inuit. 35% of calories from protein are the
maximum. Probably he means "meat" with "protein" (a nonsense I often
encounter) and forgets to differentiate between the fat in the beef and the
protein.
How much calories do You eat from protein, btw? I'd guess you're close to
the 35%.

Then the following I would like to underline:
<<As for the idea that farmed grains are inherently bad for you,
"Paleolithic Prescription" coauthor and Emory anthropology professor Konner
says that "grains are a healthy food. There's no reason they shouldn't be a
substantial proportion of the diet." Unfortunately, he says, "what we do
with grains is refine them until there's no fiber, no vitamin and mineral
content." That is, whole-wheat bread and cereals are fine; pasta, most
bagels, and many breakfast cereals, on the other hand, don't pack the
nutritional punch that ancient foods did.>>

Cheers, Amadeus