From: Amadeus . > Thinking historically, it looks that the human animal like any primate and > most mammals *is* designed to live heavily on carbohydrates for energy. > And this applies to all times after mammals grew bigger than a tiny mouse. > Many millions of years in rainwood. As well as any savannah time. Even Orangutans in the rain forest don't eat a high carb diet for most of every year. Recent studies ( see International Journal of Primatology citation in bibliography on my web site) have shown that they are in ketosis for at least half of every year when high-carb fruits are not in season. In regions that had a temperate climate during the Pleistocene ( many of which are tropical today )this effect would be even more pronounced. Several recent bone isotope studies have confirmed that early Homos ate a predominately meat and animal fat diet. For more on the advantages of a Paleolithic meat based over a plant based diet read: Mark Cohen and G.J. Armelos "Paleopathology at the Origins of Agriculture" New York: Academic Press, 1984 This book describes how to differentiate a Neolithic grave site from a Paleolithic site by the evidence of degenerative disease found in people who eat the diet you advocate. I hope this gets you to eat meat - a billion pig's lives are dependent on our eating bacon. Please don't make "Babe" extinct! ( Pardon my dig on the eating disorder known in the U.S. as Bambi Syndrome ). Ray Audette Author "NeanderThin" http://www.neanderthin.com