In a message dated 2/16/03 3:22:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
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 > . there
 > was tallow on its surface and the skin was a bit inflamed. It really
 > chocked me and for a moment I lost faith in paleo diet.

My skin breaks out and gets extra oily feeling when I eat too many nuts --
especially walnuts.  It's strange that when I eat lots of fats from meat,
fish and olive oil -- my skin is ok, but with the fats from lots of nuts --
my face looks like grease city.  I think that too many nuts may create an
overload of  pro-inflammatory omega-6.  Any thoughts on how much nuts would
have been eaten by paleos?  Would they have played a larger dietary role than
animal protein and would they have been available in the huge quantities
easily available to us?