Re: Re: A Gassy Lassy Is Not Very Classy

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>Subject: [ ] Re: A Gassy Lassy Is Not Very Classy

>Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 19:41:35 -0000

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>Read a book many years ago, whose title I can't remember (and am too

>lazy to search for) that's basic premise was that a person should eat

>in a fashion similar to our remote ancestors (ORA). For example

>eating protein and fats works very well and goes easy on the stomach

>since ORA probably ate everything from the game animals that they were

>able to obtain including all protein and fat. The book theorized

>that the stomach was never developed (designed) to digest all types of

>foods simultaneously since ORA seldom had all kinds of food available

>at the same time. This seems to work for me. I try to keep the

>protein with the fats separate from the veggies, and consume fruits

>separatly from all the above. Just eat like a caveman would.

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>Also I seem to remember that most cows have four stomachs which are

>all necessary to digest grasses. I try not to overtax myself eating

>too much grass-like food because these are also hard to digest for me

>since I only, as far as I know, have one stomach.

Despite all those stomachs, cows still have gas, apparently:

http://www.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/07/21/cow.methane.enn/

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For anyone who might be interested, there is a lower-cost brand with the same ingredient as Beano (alpha-galactosidase enzyme) at www.bean-zyme.com. I have ordered from them and the product seems to work for me. I have no financial interest.

Steve Kirkpatrickdowlic@... wrote:

Well, I feel for the dinos! My experiment with Beano has been a rather explosive failure! For me, at least, the stuff is a huge waste of money (dang pricey stuff!).> > > > > > > Despite all those stomachs, cows still have gas, apparently:> > > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/07/21/cow.methane.enn/> > >> > >> > You think cows have a problem. Read a fairly serious science article> once that claimed that the large dinosaur herbivores (many, many times> as large as your standard cow) may have contributed to their own> extinction due to global warming caused by

the huge amount of> greenhouse gases they produced. In other words they may have farted> themselves to death. Sorry - just had to include that. Will try to> stay more on topic from now on.> > Aequalsz