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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Grainne who wrote (91810)12/20/2004 6:20:39 PM
From: cosmicforce  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
This has been an interesting discussion.

I'd never referenced or heard about the "blood type diet" before. My only point about legumes is that are a source of some interesting compounds, not all of which are good for humans.

I've been involved in diagnostic medicine for 20 years and am familiar with lectins as common reagents in analytical and biochemistry chemistry. Legumes are well known to have lots of good properties but they are also known to be the source of one of the strongest natural poisons derived from plants (castor bean extracts). I consider legumes a generally healthy alternative to meat - but suggest their use with moderation and especially, variety. That would be my closing argument as it were.

Meat consumption was historically low - much lower than in any industrial country today (I agree with you). My own use of meat is more like that of a condiment or seasoning. Fresh leafy greens, roots and tubers probably made up the bulk of hominid diets and I'd advise people to eat more greens, especially. Insect consumption was most likely historically much, much higher than in modern people and rich sources of arthropod protein such as termites were no doubt harvested and maggoty meat was probably also consumed when available.

The first consistent introduction of meat in the human diet was probably from marrow extraction - this has been suggested by the archeological evidence. Early hominids weren't fast enough or strong enough to kill large animals but marrow bones and the fat-rich marrow inside could be extracted from bones by crushing them with rocks. They had less competition for this source of meat and many animals couldn't pull the marrow from thigh bone of a large animal. So, meat for the hominids has been around for some time, but only infrequently.
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