In a message dated 3/28/02 11:55:04 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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> >It seems that we sometimes hold the Masai as examples of the
> >benefits of paleo diet.  The following article,
> >http://www.laubach.org/WIL/Global/hellen.html, takes a different
> >view.
>
> In my opinion this article really leaps to some conclusions based on almost
> nothing. I don't see any research that proves the problems described are
> caused by eating meat. Do they eat any fat at all? Do they eat fruits and
> vegetables? Are they really examples of paleo eaters? I bet the animals are
> really lean - isn't that a problem? Rabbit starvation, and all that. And
> didn't I just read in another article that someone sent out that being
> nomadic is very stressful and shortens life
>

I didn't se any condemnation of eating meat in the article, only an
unfortunate situation of lack of additional diversified food sources which
has been increasing for many decades...compared to what must have been a
varied diet that was available when the nomadic lifestyle was more widespread
and resulted in tall and healthy folks.