>There seems to be a desire here to widen the variety here beyond its >logical >scope. Remember, you are all doing this for yourself, not to please some >unobtainable standard. If you are going nuts, hell, eat a bagel. > >Arthur Can't -- allergic to wheat. I'm not really asking about cheating here. If I find out that buckwheat and honey bagels are truly paleo, I may just eat them often. Eating them rarely I assume will have little or no effect. But as a fairly common part of the diet -- over 20 - 30 years -- would they be detrimental or not? Since I use paleo guidelines to figure out the answer to this question, in general, I would like to know if buckwheat is or isn't paleo. I've already leaning toward non-paleo (because of their presumably high glycemic index, unlike most of the food eaten in paleo times, and the "naked with a stick" rule besides). And really it's not about going crazy. My cravings have subsided months ago. I do get food-bored often (my food allergies restrict my dietary choices far beyond paleo unfortunately) but it's the improvement in my health (and maybe eventually my allergies) which keeps me on the diet. I am no less than a different man, in mind and body, since the diet. It's been the single most powerful element in my transition from illness to health. Hopefully, there are long-term positive effects as well (by long term I mean not apparent within the first year, the short term effects (those I enjoyed in less than a year on the diet) are profound). Erik. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Trish Tipton <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 4:50 PM >Subject: Re: [P-F] Buckwheat a FRUIT? > > > > I don't know about everyone here, but I think buckwheat hulls and groats > > work fine in the paleo diet. I stuff them in a bag and use them as > > pillows hehehe > > > > trish > > > > On Fri, 12 Nov 1999 10:51:11 PST Erik Hill <[log in to unmask]> writes: > > > www.thebirkettmills.com makes the claim that buckwheat (groats) > > > is/are > > > actually a FRUIT. I realize that sufficient processing (such as > > > required to > > > make it into the flakes and stuff that www.thebirkettmills.com > > > sells) would > > > still mean it's not-paleo -- but is this true? Is buckwheat a > > > fruit? > > > > > > Erik > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com