From: Gary Miller (garymiller@starband.net)
Date: Tue May 06 2003 - 19:51:28 MDT
> I agree, and remain unconvinced regarding the focus on primarily lean
> meats in some paleo diet formulations.
What about the Eskimos eating whale blubber? I'm assuming they've done
that since the
last ice age. Or is blubber different Omega fat than beef or chicken
fat?
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Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 4:00 PM
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Subject: RE: Paleo diet criticisms
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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