Re: evolution and diet (was: FITNESS: Diet and Exercise)

From: Damien Sullivan (phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu)
Date: Wed Apr 16 2003 - 21:57:37 MDT

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    On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 11:19:47PM -0400, gts wrote:

    > > of course alcohol isn't part of the paleodiet either.
    >
    > I wouldn't be so sure of that! The French likely benefit from the
    > antioxidants (polyphenols) in red wine but this may be only part of the
    > story. Surprisingly, moderate alcohol consumption was almost certainly a
    > staple of the paleolithic diet. It's extremely likely that hominids have

    Very moderate, I'd think. H-Gs don't do well when faced with it. I doubt
    the occasional fermented fruit added up to much. And they don't have the
    means to carry around lots of stuff.

    The aborigines don't seem to have had much alcohol from what I just read.
    environment is too extreme.

    -xx- Damien X-)

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