From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon May 05 2003 - 19:22:58 MDT
BillK wrote:
> So to sum up, there is not that much wrong with the paleo diet.
Glad you agree.
> Just that it ignores perfectly good food groups
What food groups do you have in mind? Agricultural and dairy products? How
are these food
groups "perfectly good" replacements for other paleolithic food groups,
other than as a cheap source of calories useful for avoiding famine? Keep in
mind that one cannot add a calorie from one source without also subtracting
a calorie from another source.
> and forgets to insist that
> regular exercise is also required for good health.
I don't believe anyone here is forgetting exercise. These threads have been
about diet, mainly.
As for paleo exercise, we're probably best suited to brief bursts of energy,
as from running from predators, attacking prey that we've been tracking, and
carrying prey and other heavy items back to camp. This suggests moderns are
best off doing wind-sprints and relatively short intense weight-lifting
sessions as opposed to very long distance running or cycling
(notwithstanding certain modern aborigine tribesman who sometimes run
forever).
Recently on another health-related discussion list I posted a case study
about a male marathon runner who suffered from severely diminished
testosterone levels after running approximately 15 miles per day for
something like a dozen years. His hypothalamic/pituitary/testicular (HPT)
axis was shot from the constant impact stress to his pelvis. He quite
literally almost ran his balls off. :/ Fortunately for Forrest Gump his
doctor was able to restore normal testicular function by administering the
female fertility drug clomiphene citrate (Clomid) daily for six months.
Clomid is a drug used often by professional body-builders to offset some of
the negative consequences of anabolic steroid use. But that's a completely
different discussion.
-gts
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