On Mon, 21 Sep 1998 14:07:12 -0400, Wade Reeser <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >I'm really curious Amadeus, with the a large part of your diet being >decidedly unpaleolithic (e.g. cheeses, grains, potatoes and beans) What you call unpaleolithic is actually a very small part of my diet. As I told you, most is *lots* of fresh green plant, nuts and vegetables. I also don't describe my personal present diet as perfect (as I told). I'm still dependent on some outer circumstances, and still in a process of thinking. Those who are perfect may rise their right arm now..... I also have a different POV where to make the practical compromises, what was paleolithic and as not. If you look at the facts, then the 2forbidden" list is not exactely a list of what's not historic paleolithic, Its a list of some of *todays* allergy-prone food items. > and a >fairly persistant complaint towards diets that include alot of meat, >why do you post to this list? Because the formula paleolithic = meat is too simple and is wrong. If I look back our anchestors history I simply can see that most of the time when our metabolism built up, meat played a minor role. That's all too simple - we still have to use our heads IMO. Most important paleolithic guidelines were IMO (for ex) - eat fresh, living - eat as unprocessed as possible - eat seasonal different - eat things that are unprocessed *tasty* - keep away from poisons (pesticides hormones) - ..... >Remember that 'Neanderthin' is the basic guideline towards in this >mail list for our paleolithic diet and your food choices are clearly >'unpaleolithic.' unpaleolithic? in what terms? Absence of technology: How much of your meat do you eat raw, unsalted, unaged, unprocessed? Unfarmed? How much? But you complain me eating a tuber that has to be cooked(potatoe). Compromises for both of us. Annother example, cheese: first thing what American Sioux-Hunters ate, after killing a Bison calv was eating the soured milk of its stomach - fresh white cheese. That was available to all hunters of mammals in every millenium. This mail lists heading reads: PALEOFOOD is a support list for persons following a paleolithic style diet such as described by Ray Audette in NEANDERTHIN "A Caveman's Guide to Nutrition" and all other similar approaches in the spirit of the Hunter-Gather I (try to) follow one approach in the spirit of the Hunter-Gather that is not exactely what Rays Boock describes.