Gregg Carter wrote
>...An all muscle-meat diet is
> either completely devoid or grossly
>lacking in calcium, selenium, vits. A, C, E, K, and fiber

Fiber, yes. Selenium, certainly not. And the amount of other minerals and
vitamins per energy unit in meat is higher than you think. Westernized
populations typically get half of their energy from foods that are even
more devoid of minerals and vitamins, such as cereals, fats and sugar.

>...as well as a
>new class of nutrients that have been identified for opitmal health and
>resistance to disease called "phytochemicals."

"Hypothesized" is closer to the truth. They may be just markers for a
healthy lifestyle.

Staffan Lindeberg, M.D. Ph.D.
Dept of Community Health Sciences, Lund University, Mailing address:
Primary Health Care Centre, Sjobo, S-22738 Sweden, +46 416 28140, Fax +46
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http://www.panix.com/~paleodiet/lindeberg/