From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Apr 12 2003 - 15:27:33 MDT
Damien Sullivan wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 12, 2003 at 04:28:20PM -0400, gts wrote:
>
>> You might be surprised at how much weight you can lose by simply
>> eliminating agricultural and dairy products, without regard for
>> anything else. The former is basically empty calories and the latter
>> is, as above, mostly saturated fat.
>
> You seem to be ignoring nutrients. Minerals and vitamins.
> Dairy has calcium, grains I believe have various B vitamins
> as well as protein, whole grains or whole wheat products can provide
> a *lot* of fiber...
No, I'm not ignoring vitamins and minerals. Take calcium for example. The
dairy industry has done a fine job of brain-washing us to believe we need
dairy for calcium, but if that is so then how do we explain the fact that
prehistoric humans had no dairy products but were taller than us moderns,
with bigger and stronger bones? The truth is that vegetables, especially
green leafy vegetables like spinach, contain more than enough calcium. AND
they contain the B vitamins and fiber that you also mention, along with a
plethora of other valuable vitamins and antioxidants and phytonutrients.
Rickets was a major national health problem here in US in the early part of
this century because Americans were so heavily dependent on agricultural
products. Rather than steer us away from agricultural products, (and
agribusiness, upon which our economy relies so heavily), the US government
decided instead to mandate that flour be fortified with B vitamins.
In itself flour is little more than sugar. It is broken down into sugar
before it is absorbed by the gastrointestinal tract.
> A book on Australia I just read noted the aborigines trading
> millstones to grind grass seeds in the dry areas. I'm not
> sure excluding grains is completely paleolithic.
I would say those aborigines are better described a Neolithic rather than
Paleolithic.
-gts
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