From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Mon Apr 21 2003 - 14:27:28 MDT
> (Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@yahoo.com>):
>
> Yes, and paleolith proponents are 'down on vegetarianism', as Harvey
> says, specifically for energy and power reasons. Look at any
> vegetarian. Most are waif thin. Only the most disciplined are able to
> maintain any sort of significant muscle mass. Imagine such individuals
> trying to take on a sabre tooth or cave bear, trying to track a woolly
> mammoth or red deer for days, then having the energy to haul the kill
> by hand over miles of rough and hostile terrain, fighting off
> scavenging packs of hyenas.
I have to disagree here: I was a vegetarian for 3-4 years, and while I
was a little less chunky than I am now, I was certainly every bit as
large and strong and healthy. I gave it up simply because all of the
studies I'd relied on to get me there had been debunked or contradicted
by later, better studies. But it certainly had nothing to do with loss
of energy or strength. Gorillas are hardly wimps.
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