From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue May 06 2003 - 13:59:30 MDT
Brian Atkins wrote:
>> gts likes skinless lean chicken breasts. Nothing wrong with that,
>> except that a caveman is more likely to have thrown it to
>> the dogs. In hard times, primitive people would eat the whole animal.
>> In good times they wanted the fattest animals in the herd.
>
> I agree, and remain unconvinced regarding the focus on primarily lean
> meats in some paleo diet formulations.
Most wild game is naturally lean. It is mistake to think anyone would have
"thrown it to the dogs."
The problem with modern farm-fattened meats is not only the amount of fat -
it is the type of fat. Most live-stock is raised on non-paleolithic corn
overly rich in omega 6.
This is not to say that paleos ate little or no fat. Some mammals like wooly
mammoths carried a lot of fat to protect against the cold, and paleos also
obtained fatty animal foods from organs including the brain. The brain is
mostly fat, and was probably considered a delicacy.
> I will say here, like with the idea of eating mainly low-fat
> meats, I am not convinced yet that this is the best dietary choice.
> Especially eggs are an excellent nutritional source from what I can
tell...
> I think most paleo diets DO allow them though.
Yes eggs are on the menu in any paleo formulation.
The general rule of thumb is that we are adapted to eating any food we can
obtain while naked in the forest with a sharp stick, i.e., meat, fish, fowl,
eggs, fruits, vegetables and nuts.
-gts
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