Semira wrote:
>Why don't you suspect the eating of meat itself?  I'd >ant to point to a
large research reported on
>in a Dutch newspaper a while ago. his research
>looked at two large populations, one vegetarian and one >meat eating
--counting the amount of
>sicknesses occurring in those populations. The >vegetarians showed some 39
different illnesses, but
>in the meateater population a whopping 137 illnesses >were counted.

I've wondered why many studies show that vegetarians are healthier and live
longer than meat eaters.  This seems to go against the paleo perspective
that meat is so necessary.  It's my own theory that it's the combination of
eating meat AND grains that causes the problem. Perhaps meat aggravates
gluten intolerance. If this was the case, taking the meat away would make
the person healthier.  On the other hand, studies of modern day hunter
gatherers who eat meat but no grains show cancer to be virtually
non-existent.  It would be interesting if someone could do a study on
vegetarian vs. paleo dieters.
The results might be decidely different.

My 2 cents.
Gary