RE: Experiences with Atkins diet

From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu May 01 2003 - 12:52:52 MDT

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    Harvey Newstrom wrote:

    >> The vitamin supplements you buy today vs 30 years ago
    >> contain more of the ingredients found in natural
    >> paleolithic foods, not less.
    >
    > Like what?

    Like bioflavonoids, gamma-tocopherol, lutein, billberry extract, and
    sulphoraphane, to name just a few.

    You objected and said I was "wrong," and based your judgment on the dates at
    which some nutrients were discovered and added to supplements.

    But that was just another of your strawmen arguments, Harvey.

    It makes no difference whatsoever to my argument whether bioflavonoids were
    added 50 or 60 rather 30 years ago. I was using "30 years ago" as just a
    rough estimate of the time at which many additional nutrients were
    discovered and added to complete supplements. In terms of
    human history, the 20 or 30 year difference is an irrelevant blink of an
    eye.

    50 years from now our supplements will no doubt contain even more nutrients
    found in paleolithic foods.

    Nutrition theory is following paleodiet theory, not leading it.

    -gts



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