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>> LOL !!!  Just be sure to swing through the trees when you're done eating. 
>> I think those monkeys don't sit behind a computer or watch television. 
>> Their nutritional requirements are probably a lot higher than ours with 
>> the type of activity they indulge.  Unless, of course, they're in a 
>> zoo......   Oliva
>>
>>
From: "steve" <[log in to unmask]>
> Regardless of activity level, there is still the question of optimum 
> nutrition.  Are you of the school of thought that the RDA equals Optimum 
> Nutrition or that fruit and veggies developed over centuries can even 
> allow us to reach optimum nutrition?
>
> Personally, I consider myself a primate and have found in the material 
> that I have read that hunter gather groups "graze" on a very large variety 
> of plants as they travel daily.  It was also found that hunter gathers 
> don't spend many hours a day foraging for food but have a LOT of free time 
> for play so the idea that primates like us need to be constantly "swinging 
> through the trees" of even "running all over the savanna" doesn't wear 
> well.  Next, there is also the issue of size.  The nutrition numbers above 
> were for a 15 lb primate verses a 150 lb human so I would expect that 
> "optimum" amounts would be easily north of what a wild primate is getting. 
> Finally, the nutrition for example found in our fruit, even organic fruit, 
> is only 10% of what is found in wild fruit so eating a completely organic 
> diet using fruits and veggies developed by cross breading over the 
> centuries is still going to be way below the nutrition levels of what our 
> paleo ancestors were accustom to getting only 10,000 years ago.
>
> So, I think there are important points to be derived from the article 
> other than some "LOL".  ;-)
>
Whoa....  chill out....  I'm all for optimum nutrition and I take 
supplements when I feel they are needed.  I also have a huge sense of humor 
and your post gave me many humorous pictures in my mind to play with.  I 
also realize the poor choices we have in fruits and vegetables today as well 
as the lack of nutritive soil in which these things are grown.  As to the 
FDA, don't even get me started on that one or the bastardization of the food 
chain in general.  I might lose my humor.  Sorry I hit a sore spot.  Oliva.