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Ilya

Amadeus Schmidt wrote:
>
> Todd Moody <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >.... My wife, on the other hand, was
> >constantly hungry on Neanderthin and ate a lot more than normal.
>
> >..... She was eating a lot of food  -- more than I
> >was eating sometimes, and  I'm a lot bigger.  She said it was
> >because she constantly felt hungry an hour or so after eating.
>
> >....The question is why was she eating so much food.  I don't know
> >the answer, but clearly her body wanted something that it wasn't
> >getting.
>
> Hello List,
> hello Todd, reading your posts about your wife and the various responses
> i couldn't resist responding too. This strongly reminds me of my thoughts on
> *why* people are really eating so much:
> (for ex when gaining or not loosing weight):
> Because exactely what you mentioned:
>    "the body wants something that it in't getting".
> Most of the time this will be some minerals or vitamins, sometimes simply energy.
>
> I'm convinced that our bodies *are* smart, in getting what they need.
> Our bodies drive our cravings and hunger to get enough of the  about 40 essentials of
> which _each_one_ may be the main driving factor.
>
> Regarding this, it is very important to find out about natural ways of nutrition
> that supply all "vitamins" (essentials) sufficiently and adequately.
> If your wife is using about 2200 kcal, then the question is:
> Do the 2200 kcal of energy in her diet bring enough of Vitamin B1,B2,folic acid
> or calcium with them?
> Or does she have to eat more stuff (and energy) just to get more of some essentials.
> IMHO in true paleolithic times, the limiting factor was the energy (kcal) and
> *not* the micronutrients, in most cases.
> (Thanks for mentioning
>   http://www.cast.uark.edu/local/icaes/conferences/wburg/posters/nconklin/conklin.html
>  on australopithecus nutrition and it's pith consume)
>
> Looking at various diets with paleolithic ingredients i discovered, that
> the more plant seeds (nuts...) a diet contains, the easier is it to "get all of it".
> (an addition to the donators of C and A: fresh green).
>
> If someone is tending to go to the "ice age winter" nutrition style (more meat),
> then very big amounts (3 lbs/day) and consumation of organ meats are necessary.
>
> I found the following tool to make nice printable lists, but ignoring
> for example folic acid, Vitamin E, and w-3 fats of course:
>
>  http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~food-lab/nat/mainnat.html
>
> regards
>
> Amadeus