From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon May 05 2003 - 21:27:52 MDT
Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
> I certainly have nothing against it either--it might even be
> better than my present diet. But I'm not giving up my
> Linguini with clams and Caesar with Parmigiano without some
> better evidence than I've seen here.
Nothing wrong with clams, but linguini has practically no food value
relative to other foods. It is a starchy grain product with very little
nutritional value relative to the calories it contains. I might say it has
value for flavor alone, but I think linguini is pretty dismal without the
high-saturated-fat cheese sauces that generally go along with it.
Don't get me wrong: like you I love linguini and with Parmigian cheese. But
these threads are not about what tastes good. They are about what is good
for us.
Unlike in paleo times, good tasting foods are plentiful now. Modern economic
forces have provided easy access to good tasting foods beyond anything we
could have dreamed in paleo times. If we all ate only what tastes best today
then we'd all be fat and destined to die before it is necessary. And sadly
that is pretty much the state of affairs here in 21st century America.
One thing I've learned from following a paleo diet is that the palate can be
trained to appreciate natural paleo foods. I never cared much for fruits and
vegetables during my youth, or even in my adulthood when I knew they were
good for me and should have had the will-power to eat them. I did not truly
enjoy the flavor of fruits and vegetables until I stopped indulging in
high-fat, high-carb, non-paleo foods. Now fruits and vegetables, especially
fruits, are incredible to me. There is nothing more delicious to me than a
handful of chilled blueberries. I'm sure my very remote ancestors felt the
same way.
-gts
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