On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 21:07 Ingrid Bauer/Jean-Claude Catry wrote: >> >> Makes a big difference. Don't forget - a Paleo eater >> in the Paleolithic >> wouldn't have known what an omega-6 was! > >that is a bit exagerated would you say that european paleo >peoples will have never encountered a filbert ( hazelnut )? > >jean-claude My apologies; I realize now that what i wrote was ambiguous. I meant that our scientific knowledge of nutrients and anti-nutrients was not accessible to people in pre-scientific times. That is, a hunter-gatherer would not have known what omega-6 fats were. They would have had to rely on accumulated folk-knowledge, folk wisdom, myths, religion, cultural rules etc. as well as practical availability and personal preferences to make their food choices. Keith