Why are squashes non paleo and fruit is paleo?

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From: "liesel" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: dilema


> Thanks to Dori, who wrote:
>
> > what
> > about carb foods somewhere in the middle, like squashes...
> > especially spaghetti and butternut.  They have some carbs but a
> > good amount of fiber, too and give me no cravings
>
> i'll try them! i like winter squashes, but gave them up as starchy
> "non-paleo," as in Ray's book. perhaps i can't afford to be that sweeping
> with the theory?
>
> > Cravings are a TERRIBLE problem for me but squash doesn't seem to hurt
me.
>
> sweet potatoes are definitly too much. (and, our modern hybridized fruits
> are probably at leaste as non-paleo.)
>
> > And they have tons of them in the stores right now.
> >
> true- an advantage on this way-of-eating. sometimes tis hard to keep it
up,
> just for financial reasons. (can you imagine the cost of getting all your
> carbos from store-bought fresh berries? that's over the top for me.)
>
> good health to you all,
> liesel
>
>