Re: OT"Stone Age and Walking

"Philip Deitiker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote in message
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: >[snip]
: >I don't know if 3k ya is far enough back.
:
: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health/story.jsp?story=468583
:
: "
: A typical diet would have included available game meat like
: deer with high levels of omega-3 fatty acids and other
: beneficial compounds found at greater levels in muscle meats
: compared to modern grain-fed beef. There would have been
: plenty of uncooked fruit, vegetables and nuts rich in
: minerals, vitamins and soluble fibre. Calcium content is
: high in the diet, largely because of the high calcium
: density in vegetables.
:
: The researchers say that a Palaeolithic diet may prevent
: stroke because of its low salt content, and large amounts of
: vegetables and fruit, and because of its generous content of
: protein, folic acid, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, potassium,
: magnesium and vitamin C. Total fat intake was low, and fibre
: intake was high.
:
: "Lean meat, fish, leafy and green vegetables and fruits are
: advisable as health-promoting because of our long
: pre-agricultural ancestral experience during which such
: foods fuelled human evolution."
: "
[snip reference, shame on me!]

Also see:

http://prevention.com/cda/feature2002/0,4780,sl-4037,00.html

I'm 80% positive that won't work but what the heck. It is a "Walk Off
Weight Plan" from Prevention mag. by Patricia deSa.  (deSa what? Related
to? - can't be.)  So we walk the hunter-gatherer walk and eat the Stone Age
diet?

Jois