On Tue, 9 Jan 2001 01:53:58 -0500, Amadeus Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:



> << Although the dietary calcium to protein ration in stone age diets would
>have been quite low, the large amount of fruits and vegetables (35% of
>total energy) included in the diet would have produced a net dietary acid-
>base status which would have favored bone accretion even in the face of
>enormous protein intakes.  >>
>

To make you happy I ate some spinach yesterday :-).

 ~ 20% (non-meats) instead of 35% may be enough for this --
like the reindeer and mammoth hunter cultures.

People worried about potential future osteoperosis might
want to worry more about not being weightlifters.

Philip Thrift
http://www.paleofitness.com