On March 1, 2001 5:01 PM, Andy Fernandez wrote:

> Anyway, I am around 50-30-20 (F-P-C), which is much more manageable, and
> I'm doing it with the help of potatoes and certain legumes.
>

I'm around 20-30-50.  I'm doing it with the help of fruits, vegetables and
meat, fish and fowl

> no heart attacks or ca ncer, but they do have extremely high rates
> of stroke (I think that Ward Nicholson has made this point).  Shouldn't
the
> goal be to live a long, vigorous, upbeat life and do have diet assist in
> that.  Is is better to die of stroke than of a heart attack?  It is
> significant that we are living to 75+ years of age, which is astronomical
> compared with modern-day "primitive" people, who live in clean
environments
> and don't have auto accidents, war, drug abuse, or inner-city homicide.
> People constantly cite the improved medical care that we have in this day
> and age, but does this neatly explain everything?

No. It does not.

>
> My point is that it has not been well-established what the precise benefit
> of eating a very strict Paleolithic diet is.  Certain individuals have
been
> able to cure themselves of major disease or illness by eating a Caveman
> diet, such as Audette, and then turn around and try to convince everyone
> that they must only eat these certain foods.  I am very happy for anyone
> that has rid themselves of MS or autism, or anything else, but the fact is
> that the vast majority of us do not suffer from a major food allergy, and
> would not gain much by adopting a strict approach.  It's all very
> individualized

I don't think that it's so individualized.  I think that raw fruit, raw
vegetables and raw meat are common to all of us.  Some of us may have
adapted to cooked food, but I don't think that many of us have un-adapted to
raw food.  Most of us will thrive on raw food.  Some of us will thrive with
some cooked food.  I think that nobody will truly thrive on an all-cooked
diet.

- some people react badly to strawberries and tomatoes,
> others to peanuts and cheese.  Clearly, there are some junk foods that
have
> no nutritional rationale - bread, margarine, hot dogs, for example.  But
> beyond avoiding such crap, I think that the best approach is to eat good,
> fresh, whole foods, with lots of lean meat and fish, a variety of
> vegetables, and fruits, nuts, seeds, and plenty of good-quality fats and
> oils.  Beyond that, don't worry about it.

Beyond that, worry about it.  I think that what is cooked vs. what is raw
... is one of the most important determinants of health, for most people.

>
> Well, that's my two cents, at least :--)

... and that's mine.

Norm