Re: ruminant fat is unique (was animal fats and EFA's)

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Suze-

>Which would further point to the fact that a high fat diet, if that's

>what was indeed consumed, was not a constant.

I'm sure it wasn't an absolute constant, but it was the healthiest and most

desired diet, and when game suffered, people suffered.

>She's got many lipid composition charts of various

>foods, BUT, they're all from the USDA

Rats. I'd imagine it would take a donation of Bill Gates proportions to do

all the work that needs to be done.

>P.S. there's a very interesting discussion in the Pond book about the

>differences in lipid profiles of human and cow's milk and how the lipid

>profile of cow's milk may 'harm' human babies. I don't have time to post

>that info now, but will in a later email.

I'd be quite interested, and I'm sure others on this list would be

too. I'm aware of the fact that babies tend to do better on goat's milk,

but I assumed that was due to differences in goat milk's protein content,

not the fat content. I'm slightly skeptical, too, since many healthy

cultures consumed tons of cow dairy, but OTOH I don't know how early

children were started on cow dairy, and they certainly nursed a lot longer

than most kids nowadays.

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