On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 11:48:32 -0600, Sqwertz > wrote:

>So then why is macadamia seed/nut oil acceptable?

Because it is a nut. Nuts have less anti-nutrients, as they have shells to
protect them from predators. And macadamia shells are so tough they have
few anti-nutrients.

Nuts are not ideal. They still are high in Omega-6s. Too much Omega-6s
cause inflammation.

Remember that green is good. Omega-3s come from green. Wild fish is high in
Omega-3s, as the food chain starts with green algae or seaweed. There are
no seeds in the ocean. Grass-fed meat also has Omega-3s. Grains (all seeds
and nuts) are high in Omega-6s, and so are animals that are feed grains.

>I'm just finding it hard to believe that paleo peoples didn't eat
>everything they could get their hands on and didn't make them sick or
>dead. Beans would have been plentiful and are still eaten in great
>quantities today.

Have you eaten soy beans and other beans raw and unsoaked? How about fava
beans?

Eventually, past the cavemen stage, they learned that one can ferment soy
to remove much of the anti-nutrients. In Asia soy was always fermented.
These days American producers usually don't bother. It is costly, and they
don't care what they sell, as long as suckers are out there to buy it.

There is also optimal foraging theory. You get the food that has the least
effort to get. It takes a lot of effort to collect small seeds to feed a
family. Eventually they learned to grind and cook grains to make them
edible. Then we became farmers and the Neolithic age started.

Don. www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).