From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Sun Apr 20 2003 - 03:59:08 MDT
gts wrote:
> Samantha Atkins wrote:
>
>
>>I find it quite interesting that most of the evolutionary diet
>>posts on here are justifications for eating more meat. Are
>>people really claiming that our ancestors did not eat
>>significant amounts of fruits and veggies also?
>
>
> No, samantha, nobody is making that claim. The opposite is true.
>
> Simply stated, the idea behind paleodiet theory is to eliminate the calories
> from grains, dairy and legumes, and to replace those calories with those
> from meats, fish, fowl, eggs, fruits, veggies and nuts.
On what grounds would eliminate legumes? They were certainly
known and known as early as fruits, nuts and many veggies.
> This is the diet to
> which our prehistoric ancestors were genetically adapted, and to which we
> moderns are still almost certainly best adapted. It involves an increase in
> the consumption of fruits and vegetables, not a decrease.
>
Thanks. Glad to hear it. But why pick on legumes?
- s
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