In a message dated 4/9/99 11:45:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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>
>  If we use the criterion that a paleo food is one that is edible
>  in the wild state,

Is that really what we are using as a criterion?? I thought it was foods that
existed in the Paleo era.  That's why we avoid Neolithic foods.  Our bodies
haven't changed since then, we haven't adjusted to Neolithic foods, this
accounts for much of our health problems.

Aren't there a lot of foods that can be eaten in the wild state that are too
new
to be recognized by the body, and hence cause us problems, like allergies??
Like certain fruits, ie oranges, strawberries, bananas.  According to "Food
in
Antiquity", most fruits we know today aren't Paleo at all.  They can't be
traced
past 8000BC at the earliest.

  I found that quite distressing, since logic dictates
that there would have HAD to be fruits in existence during that time.  But we
have no way of knowing for sure which ones.  The only food besides meat
that has truly ancient history is nuts....maybe squirrels are the only true
Paleo
creatures left........

Anna 8-)    <struggling with her roots, are they paleo? nope, tubers had to
be cooked, oh well>