what about the Masai people in Africa eating only meat, blood and milk? no veggies.
http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/foods26.php
--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@...> wrote:
>
> The BAS contains polysaccarides. Polysaccarides are "sort of" digestible ...
> that is, your body doesn't actually use them directly, but they feed the
> bacteria in your lower gut. Those bacteria produce butyrate which does 2
> things: 1) Kills colon cancer cells and 2) Nourishes the gut cells (they
> prefer butyrate for fuel).
>
> The only way to get butyrate to the lower gut is to eat polysaccharides. It
> *can* be produced from fat, notably butter, but normally the fat is absorbed
> before it gets to the lower gut. And if you eat butyrate ... it's in some
> foods, but it stinks ... then it gets absorbed in the upper gut and doesn't
> reach the colon.
>
> So the best way to get butyrate is to eat polysaccharides. Polys also change
> motility and absorption in the gut, so food gets absorbed over a longer
> stretch of the gut, which means it might get absorbed better and it's easier
> on the gut (and you stay full longer). Polys can also chelate heavy metals
> and various toxins.
>
> Salads also typically have vinegar on them: the acetate in vinegar affects
> digestion a lot. I don't know exactly why: in studies they find it makes a
> big difference, but they only guess at the mechanism. Cider vinegar has
> malate and acetate, and both of them are substances used a lot in the body
> and affect metabolism.
>
> As for minerals that are in salad and not in meat: the one that comes to
> mind the most is potassium. There is potassium in meat too, but the meat
> usually contains a fair bit of sodium, and not all that much potassium. I'm
> not all that much up on the exact mineral contents of the various foods
> these days though. I DO know that I operate a whole lot better when I get
> vegies. There are hundreds of compounds in vegetables that aren't in meat,
> and there really isn't a culture in existence that eats ONLY meat. The
> sailors tried that and got scurvy. They might have been able to get away
> with it if they had eaten raw meat or more organ meats, but the Inuit who
> are said to be "only" meat eaters, actually ate a lot of raw fish, whole:
> and fish guts contain vegetable matter from seaweed and plankton. The plains
> Indians ate buffalo a lot, but they also apparently loved buffalo guts (full
> of half-digested grass) and gathered many kinds of wild vegies and fruits.
>
> The reverse is true too, of course: there is no culture that eats ONLY
> vegetable matter, and feeding a child a purely vegan diet ruins brain
> development. The healthiest peoples on earth seem to eat a combination of
> seafood/eggs/poultry/pork/milk/beef (in that order, roughly) and various
> plant materials, including rice and beans. The most unhealthy cultures
> appear to be the ones that rely on wheat/beef/sugar/certain oils for most
> of their calories.
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 5:14 AM, RickS <rstewart@...> wrote:
>
> > I can't find the article now but I believe that yes, it can dilute stomach
> > acid. Good point about the vinegar. I just gave up shampoo and
> > conditioner and started washing my hair with baking soda followed by a
> > conditioner of apple cider vinegar. The idea is that you shouldn't put any
> > chemicals ON your body that you wouldn't put IN your body. So far so good.
> > ;)
> >
> > How does giving up the BAS change my gut flora?
> >
> > -Rick
> >
> >
> >
>
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