Rachel:
>You are making a gross generalization. If you assume
>that all paleo people lived in Northern regions, then
>it may be that they only had fruit for a
>limited time each year.  However, there are HGs who
>live in temperate climiates, where an abundance of
>fresh vegetation, including fruit, would be
>available year round or close to it.

Fresh fruit year round in subtropical or tropical
climates is available thanks only to the ingenuity of
mankind.

>HGs living in a Mediterranean climate or climate similar to
>southern California could have made the bulk of their diets
>fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, coconuts, palm, or avocadoes.

So. California is basically a desert and most of the crops
grown here are imported and not indigenous to the area.
Coconuts do not grow in Mediterranean climates.

>Fruit consumption is not the root cause of modern health
>problems, nor is the consumption of roots, or nutritious tubers.

But the overconsumption of sugars and starches is.
Consuming most of the fruits and tubers available today in
more than modest amounts will for a lot of people IMO only
compound this problem.

Peter



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