Please note the essential nature of copper to create enzymes without which digestion cannot be adequate.
Most of the work on this (copper) was done in the last ~7 years.
I don't know if it applies to fats.

William


20/02/01 21:04:38 PM, david miles <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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>We have had to put our paleo diet trial on hold, as last week when we tried
>to cut out carbs and give Ralph mainly fatty meat ( which he didn't seem to
>want ) he lost over four pounds in weight ! Quite by chance we were looking
>through some notes we made last year when we had Ralph's blood analysed in
>the US for Patricia Kane ( of fatty acid fame  ) and the analysis noted that
>Ralph was unable to absorb fats. It looks like we had been starving the poor
>boy ! We are pretty sure that he has problems with some foods, so we shall
>be starting a rotation diet to try to highlight were the problems are. A bit
>of a "rock and a hard place" really, he isn't able to digest/absorb fats, so
>he has to eat protein and carbs, yeast feeds on carbs etc. We shall have to
>target his digestive system first I think, before we can make any headway
>with his yeast problem.
>Thats all for now.  David.
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