On Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 12:22:15 PM UTC-6, Don Wiss wrote:
> 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.
>
Nuts vary widely in their Omega-6 content. Pecans and walnuts seem fairly
similar, but walnuts are way high in Omega-6, and pecans aren't.
>
> 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.

I love tamari, but dislike edamame, and that makes sense.
>
> Don. www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

--Bryan