Guest guest Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 I have heard of that one, but Sparrow, not everyone lived on coastlines. This is why I say, no matter where it grows, as long as its real food and could be eaten raw if necessay, and isn't otherwise poisonous.. its all good. ________________________________ From: Sparrow R <sparrowrose@...> Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 8:07:15 PM Subject: Re: Sweet Potatoes On 4/25/09, Cody <lecody2001 (DOT) com> wrote: > > At most it has only been around 13,000 to 15,000 years > or so, not long enough to evolve. Humans evolves over > hundreds of thousands of years... At which point, what we " go back to " depends on which paleontologists/ biological historians we're listening to. I rather favor Sir Alister Hardy's theories. They make a lot of logical sense to me. Hardy (and later proponent) put proto-humans as tree-dwelling fruitarians who moved to a littoral (water-side) lifestyle when the climate warmed to such an extent that life away from water was unsustainable. Around the Pleistocene or late Pliocene (abt. 2 million years ago) the diet therefore shifted to seaweeds, shellfish, fish, and birds. Few traces are left of this stage of human development because the ancient shorelines are now a couple hundred feet under water. It was during this littoral phase that our brains increased greatly in size (due to the omega fats in a seafood diet) and we gained skin-attached subcutaneous fat (a trait we share with aquatic mammals but not with land mammals) and lost our body hair -- evolutionary traits that have not had enough time or biological pressure to reverse. Hardy even explained keeping hair on the head as a protection from the sun as littoral humans spent a lot of time standing up in water too deep for land predators and too shallow for sea predators to attack them. Long hair might also have served as a way for infants to grasp hold of mothers in the water. We still see vestigal reactions in newborns - they can swim and have a grasp reflex strong enough to hang from a clothesline if placed there, both instinctual reactions that later vanish. So for someone looking for an " original human diet " , Hardy's theories would suggest a coastline diet (too bad it's so polluted these days!) as the oldest human diet. Fascinating stuff to think about. Sparrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 I do think this all this is very interesting and I love that people can get into things to better their health - I'm not super disciplined with details and for my personality I'm just trying for 50% raw for now and then will probably get that up to 75-80%.? I'm all for moderation and I love barbequed beef and only eat it about twice a year and I love scrambled eggs and cheese and will probably have that about?3-4 times a?year?also.? I do admire those of?you who can totally dedicate yourselves to something.? I have 3 teenage girls at home (14, 15 and 16) and?I want to help them learn how to be healthier by eating more raw, more sprouts and less junk.??? Kathy :0) SANDHOLLOW SAVANNAH CATS SandHollowSavannahs.com Southwestern Utah Re: Sweet Potatoes On 4/25/09, Cody <lecody2001 (DOT) com> wrote: > > At most it has only been around 13,000 to 15,000 years > or so, not long enough to evolve.? Humans evolves over > hundreds of thousands of years... At which point, what we " go back to " depends on which paleontologists/ biological historians we're listening to. I rather favor Sir Alister Hardy's theories. They make a lot of logical sense to me. Hardy (and later proponent) put proto-humans as tree-dwelling fruitarians who moved to a littoral (water-side) lifestyle when the climate warmed to such an extent that life away from water was unsustainable. Around the Pleistocene or late Pliocene (abt. 2 million years ago) the diet therefore shifted to seaweeds, shellfish, fish, and birds. Few traces are left of this stage of human development because the ancient shorelines are now a couple hundred feet under water. It was during this littoral phase that our brains increased greatly in size (due to the omega fats in a seafood diet) and we gained skin-attached subcutaneous fat (a trait we share with aquatic mammals but not with land mammals) and lost our body hair -- evolutionary traits that have not had enough time or biological pressure to reverse. Hardy even explained keeping hair on the head as a protection from the sun as littoral humans spent a lot of time standing up in water too deep for land predators and too shallow for sea predators to attack them. Long hair might also have served as a way for infants to grasp hold of mothers in the water. We still see vestigal reactions in newborns - they can swim and have a grasp reflex strong enough to hang from a clothesline if placed there, both instinctual reactions that later vanish. So for someone looking for an " original human diet " , Hardy's theories would suggest a coastline diet (too bad it's so polluted these days!) as the oldest human diet. Fascinating stuff to think about. Sparrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 On 4/26/09, Kathy at SandHollow Savannah Cats <sandhollow@...> wrote: > > I'm all for moderation and I love barbequed beef and only eat it about twice a year and I love scrambled eggs and cheese and will probably have that about?3-4 times a?year?also.? I do admire those of?you who can totally dedicate yourselves to something.? Well, if total dedication means never having something then I'm about as totally dedicated as you are. For example, I have hard-boiled eggs once a year . . . just had them recently, in fact. For centuries, nearly two millenia, in fact, our priests have been blessing red eggs and handing them out on Pascha (Easter). I always eat mine. I never pass up a chance to eat food that has been blessed at the altar, which means I also have a spoonful of red wine and white yeast-risen bread as often as a priest will offer them to me. Obviously, I could never go 100% raw. I'm not willing to give up the eucharist. So I'm not totally dedicated, either. Sparrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 I received another fruit/veggie order and this time it included a lot of sweet potatoes. Last time I got this much of one item is was collards and you all shared some great recipes so I thought I'd try again (incidentally, we had collard soup, wraps and smoothies and ate all 10 bunches of collards in just a few days). About the only thing I've done with sweet potatoes is bake them so I'm looking for smoothie and soup ideas that I can make in the VM. Thanks! Verria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 I LOVE Sweet Potato Soup, Sweet Potato Hot Smoothie, and Sweet Potato Cold Smoothie…The last two are sweetened, the first is salty.I'm terrible about recipes - I just ask myself what do I want flavor/texture wise, and then search out ways to get there.For example, to make a Sweet Potato Soup I might add a cooked sweet potato, a milk substitute to get the texture I want, possibly a hand full of cashews (adds creaminess) and then I would Google for ideas for the appropriate amount (or kinds of) spices that might go good in a sweet potato soup.My Pumpkin Pie Smoothie could EASILY have Sweet Potato subbed in for the Pumpkin.I always thought that a sweet potato soup would make a great "clean-out-the-container-after-making-nut-butter" recipe, so I Googled, "Sweet Potato Peanut Butter Soup":http://www.google.com/search?client=safari & rls=en & q=sweet+potato+peanut+butter+soup & ie=UTF-8 & oe=UTF-8Lots of recipes there look REALLY interesting to me!Just a couple of thoughts… Blessings,Lea Ann SavageSatellite Beach, FL(321) 773-7088 (home)(321-961-9219 (cell)))><'>www.VitamixLady.comwww..com<))>< On Feb 19, 2012, at 1:49 PM, verriakelly wrote: I received another fruit/veggie order and this time it included a lot of sweet potatoes. Last time I got this much of one item is was collards and you all shared some great recipes so I thought I'd try again (incidentally, we had collard soup, wraps and smoothies and ate all 10 bunches of collards in just a few days). About the only thing I've done with sweet potatoes is bake them so I'm looking for smoothie and soup ideas that I can make in the VM. Thanks! Verria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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