On Jul 24, 2008, at 7:00 pm, Larry Magee wrote:

> The Paleo Diet recommends lean meat but also recommends organ meats  
> that are
> very high fat, like beef sweetbreads and tongue (see www.nutritiondata.com 
> ).
> These organs from the young animal (veal) aren't too high in fat,  
> but would
> probably hard to find.
>
> I'm assuming there are a lot of Paleo Dieters that eat the beef  
> sweetbreads
> and tongue.  Is the high fat okay?  Also, all the organ meats are  
> pretty
> high in cholesterol.  What is the answer about that?


Hi Larry

As far as I'm concerned, Cordain is just plain *wrong* about fat.   
Animal fat is a very healthy, at least from well-fed organic animals,  
and should be a significant (if not your primary) source of energy.

Dietary saturated fat and cholesterol do not cause any of the health  
issues they are alleged to.  I suggest reading either The Cholesterol  
Con[1] or The Cholesterol Myths[2] and having a look at the THINCS  
site[3].  [1] is more accessible than [2], if you don't mind the  
scathing tone.

It is my single biggest frustration that there no paleo book tells you  
to eat animal fat.  Even Neanderthin tells you to trim excess fat from  
meat.

Ashley


[1] http://www.amazon.com/Great-Cholesterol-Con-Really-Disease/dp/1844543609/
[2] http://www.amazon.com/Cholesterol-Myths-Exposing-Fallacy-Saturated/dp/0967089700/
[3] http://www.thincs.org/