That's been my take on paleo eating too. People take "paleo" to mean
"meat only", or "extremely low carb", but there are very few cases where
that is actually true, esp. in warmer climates. Human beings have
a limit on how much protein they can actually assimilate per day,
whereas the amount of fat and carb can be highly variable.
But what gets lost in the talk usually is the TYPE of carb and fat:
tubers can have a lot of polysaccharides and be extremely high
in nutrients (sweet potatoes are actually rather healthy!). And
"fat" can be essential or toxic (trans-fat).
Thanks for the article link!
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 7:06 AM, RickS <rstewart@iaff.
> I came across this article about a Tanzanian group of hunter gatherers called the Hazda:
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> Since there seem to be so many people here interested in low-carb/paleo diets, I thought this would be relevant to some of you. Particularly interesting to me is the way they eat. They seem to exist mostly on tubers and berries with around 15-20% of their calories coming from baboons, gazelle, small animals, and even the occasional elephant! I think the important thing is that they eat all parts of the animal, including the brain, marrow, organs, eyes, pads of the feet/hands, etc.
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> Not sure I would want to live like this but I may try to incorporate more organs and marrow into my diet after reading this article.
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> Enjoy!
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