From: Charles Hixson (charleshixsn@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed May 07 2003 - 15:02:33 MDT
I William Wiser wrote:
> ...
>
>So the type of fat an animal is feed affects the composition
>of it's own fat? If that's true I find it interesting. I don't suppose
>you have any references handy. I can search but if you have any
>names or keywords...
>
I can't really say whether it's diet or other environmental features,
but chickens that I buy at the store not only have more fat, but have
fat which is a much brighter yellow than the chickens that we raised
when I lived on a farm. The chicken fat that I remember was a pale
yellow, not a bright almost orange. What the significance is? It could
be just that the chickens don't have a chance to exercise, or it could
be diet, but *something* has changed them within the past 30 years. (We
kept the chickens mainly for eggs, so it could also just be age.)
Whatever the cause, modern chickens are different from 30 years ago,
much less paleolithic (there's been genetic selection for more eggs
during that period, too).
And the modern cow isn't an aurochs, much less a gazelle or antelope.
If you don't know what you're selecting for, it can be quite difficult
to head for it. So what you need is some independant way of measuring
your distance from your goal. If you are in favor of the "paleolithic"
diet because it's healthy, then measure health as you alter your diet in
theoretically reasonable ways... but just altering your diet on the
basis of theory is of dubious value. There are too many variables.
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