On 08/20/04 8:12 PM, in article ,
"John Coleman" > wrote:

>> Paleolithic Nutrition is a sub-set of such dieting. It is based on
>> the diet of humans before technology and for 2 million years (hardly a
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> So you don't count spears, knives, and sharp pieces of stone as technology
> Ray? What other species eating its natural diet needs such tools to survive?
>
> Palaeolithic populations only manage average life expectancy of around 25
> years, and we have no morbitity data for them of course, and not even
> historical accounts of how they really where. Do you believe, like Cordain,
> that this high death toll isn't because the diet was unsuitable? How do you
> explain modern populations with better average life expectancy and far
> superior longevity, such as the Okinawans?
>
> Traditional Okinawans eat nothing like a cave man diet, rather a high carbo
> diet, lots of fresh fruit and veggies, little meat, and some fish:
> "All told, vegetables, fruits, and grains comprise 72 percent of the diet,
> soy and seaweed contribute 14 percent, fish about 11 percent, while meat,
> poultry, and eggs account for only three percent. "
> http://www.drweil.com/app/cda/drw_cd...estionId=21237
>
> Neander...Thin on facts and logic?
>
> John
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>
>
Well said.