At 02:04 PM 3/17/01 EST, Charles Alban wrote:
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>I meant 1/3:1/3:1/3,  or  1/3 each carbo, prot and fat. I think too much
>emphasis is put on these ratios. The diet of native paleo peoples would vary
>considerably, depending on what they would have available. All you can do is
>average it. If anything I would think the fat and protein would be quite
>high, since in this case their staple was acorns, which are fairly high in
>fat and protein, and a lot of insects and grubs, which are all fat and
>protein.

Agreed.  Trying to put hard-and-fast ratios just doesn't take into
consideration season nor years of famine/years of feast.  From everything
I've read over the years, our bodies don't even work that way--nutrition is
something that needs to be balanced over a matter of days and weeks, not
hours or meals.

Dianne