On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 19:46:36 -0500, Theola Walden Baker <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>So what's extreme about stating reality?  Blueberries, like every other
>fruit commonly and commercially available to us,  have been selectively bred
>for increased size and sugar content (among other attributes such as
>flowering and fruiting time, disease resistance, etc.).   Haven't others on
>this list--including you, Ken--decried how modern sugary fruit differs from
>its paleo forebears?

NOT including me.

500,000 years ago, no human being ate Cashews, because they were inedible raw.
Thus - if the Paleo Diet theory is correct - eating cashews has a fairly good
chance of being bad for your health.

500,000 years ago, human beings ate fruits, including blueberries, identical to
the ones that they eat today - the only differences being that by selective
breeding, a far greater percentage are larger, juicier, sweeter or whatever.

Eating a handful of blueberries today is not going to have any different effect
today than it had 500,000 years ago.

Certainly the effect on your physiology of the computer monitor you are looking
at right now is thousands of times greater than the difference between today's
blueberries and paleolithic blueberries !

People who think that everything in their life must be identical to the
paleolithic era, should sell everything and move to the Amazon immediately. :-)


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Cheers,

Ken
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