--- "S.B. Feldman, MD" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: <<> I beg to differ in that I find the questions and > commentary to be entirely > reasonable. Why 'scathing'?>> Look, I am not against the Paleolithic Diet. It seems to me that in many ways it is a good diet and not complicated, as so many of these diets are. HOWEVER, it also occurs to me that for some people (and my observation comes from real experiences)diet (and this applies to all "health food" diets, not just paleo) take on a life of their own. Some people expect too much from the diet...they expect MAGICAL results. The search for the perfect diet becomes no less that Ponce de Leon's search for the Fountain of Youth. So, they get some good results from Paleo, but that is not enough. Their lives become this neverending quest for the perfect diet. As William Burroughs convincingly portrays in novels like "Naked Lunch", we are a society of addicts (to one thing or another). Addiction enslaves...addiction narrows life. I have seen people whose whole life (outside of work) revolves around going to the health food store, eating, cooking, and getting the exercise (usually even that is regimented by some kind of Guru as in the "Live Right For Your Type" books). The rest of their free time is divided between groups like this and reading about the newest entry to the dietary pantheon. Is such a life worhty of living? You are going to die, you know. On your deathbed will you be happy that this is how you lived? Would you want your children to live this way? Of course, eating well and exercising can be liberatory and open up life...however, when it becomes an obsession, an addiction, it narrows life. My comments are not aimed at everyone on this list..but I am sure (having been on this list for nearly two years now) that it applies to some. I dont mean to irritate but to hopefully provoke some thought on this matter. Thomas __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/