On 1/23/2014 10:43 AM, White Spirit wrote:
> I prefer it to wheat on ideological grounds given that it is a more
> ancient form but I don't really see why people are pushing it on
> nutritional grounds; it has a comparitively negligible increase in
> protein, negligible decrease in fat and still contains gluten so isn't
> suitable for people with coeliac disease.
>
> On the other hand, the fact that my ancestors ate it makes it a better
> choice. I have decided to pursue an Anglo Saxon diet but without
> fish, meat or dairy. Spaghetti is allowed on the basis that spelt and
> tomatoes were known and I always substitute lentils for minced beef.
>
> I don't want people to think I am copying the palaeolithic fad with my
> vegan Anglo Saxon diet; we live in a sedentary society and I don't see
> the point in pretending otherwise.

But pretending is the whole POINT! Cover yourself with woad and head
off to do battle with the Romans or the current EU bureaucracy. The
Romans were just its more ancient form, after all.

Then, after all that exertion, you can feast on whatever you want.
It's all good!