RE: evolution and diet

From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Apr 23 2003 - 19:12:42 MDT

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    I William Wiser wrote:

    > Eliezer mentioned my favorite null hypothesis. Eat what is
    > most convenient and enjoyable.

    I think the hypothesis mentioned by Eliezer is a perfect diet hypothesis for
    a world in which modern technologies like animal husbandry and agriculture
    do not exist. Until recently it was the diet plan to which homo sapiens were
    best adapted. It worked well for millions of years. However the picture
    changed drastically when Old McDonald had a Farm, e i e i o.

    I really like your post, I William Wiser. It shows a sincere interest in
    human diet, as opposed to just an interest in argument for argument's sake.

    > I saw a book by Loren Cordain recently. The bibliography
    > looked nice.

    I have Cordain's book. The bibliography is probably the best part of it. I
    must say I am a little disappointed by the book itself. Loren Cordain Ph.D
    is in my opinion a brilliant scientist. I was very well acquainted with his
    academic research papers about paleodiets prior to buying his book, and was
    disappointed by the fact that his book is so rudimentary. I'm sure this is
    because his publisher diluted his real thoughts to make them understandable
    to John Q. Public in order to make his book more commercially successful. I
    have exactly the same problem with the book by Dr. Gerald Reaven of Stanford
    University. Dr. Reaven has done some incredible work in the field of
    diabetes and Syndrome X. He's published dozens of revolutionary papers in a
    major medical journals, but unfortunately his book is a joke.

    > One could as easily theorize poor plant
    > absorption if you eat dairy products.

    Yep. A friend of mine on another health-related discussion list reminded me
    of this just yesterday. In his words:

    "One potentially "bad" thing not mentioned regarding bovine dairy is the
    ratio of calcium to phosphorous. Human bones and therefore human dietary
    requirement is a ratio of 2:1 Calcium to Phosphorous. Bovine milk is 2:1
    in favor of phosphorous. Without supplemental calcium, most of the dairy
    intake of calcium is useless as it is excreted with the phosphorous in the
    body's attempt to strike the right balance."

    -gts



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