From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Apr 21 2003 - 15:58:04 MDT
--- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> wrote:
> > (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/
> contradicted by later, better studies.
What sort of vegetarian?
> But it certainly had nothing
> to do with loss of energy or strength. Gorillas are hardly wimps.
Gorillas are also a different species, evolved for their diet.
=====
Mike Lorrey
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