Nutritional Anthropology™: Eating in Harmony with our Genetic Heritage

Nove mber 2001 The Bond Effect vol 4.11

NATURAL EATING NATURAL EATING NATURAL EATING

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Q of Month: Human Dwarfing. Parents Beware: Trolli Gummi Pizza. Stop Press: New e -book site.
Christmas Offer. Buyer Beware: Braggs Aminos. Recipe: Chicken Pot-au-feu. Q&A: Toxic Cocoa?;
Toxic Wine?; Egg Cholesterol; Hints: Veggie Wash. News Flashes: Vitamin K and bones; Cocoa is
Good. Geoff Bond Replies: Low fiber diet; Food Obscenity: ConAgra’s Pink Margarine. Talk Report:
The Oaks. Restaurant Savvy: Know what you are Eating. Events. Resources.

Question of the Month Season’s Offer

Human Dwarfing
Q. You claim in your book (page
45) that we are shorter than our
ancestors. Yet we are always
being told the opposite – that we
are healthier and taller than ever
before. What about Lucy?
A. One of the giant scholars of
Pleistocene nutrition, Boyd
Eaton1 notes that our ancestors
from Homo Erectus to Homo
Sapiens were tall for 1.5 million
years right up to about 15,00
years ago. He then cites figures
for what happened to the
‘anatomically modern’ ancestors
of Europeans, the Cro-Magnons:
Stature (cm) Male Female
Cro-Magnon 177.2
before 15000 b.c.
Cro-Magnon 168.9
after 10,000 b.c.
Continued page 5
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Make sweets like savory
Pizzas and burgers are popular
with children – so now
companies make sweets that
MASQUERADE as savory food.
1
Calcium in Evolutionary Perspective;
Boyd Eaton et al; AJCN; 1991; 54; 281S-
7S. (c.f. book bibliography)
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Recipe Then add the cauliflower florets
and the spinach to the pot. Salt
and pepper to taste.
Chicken Pot-au-Feu
Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and
serves 4 add the chicken strips to the pot,
YYYYY pressing it gently into the
Ingredients:
mixture with the back of a spoon.
- 12 oz (340 g) organic, free- Simmer all together for about 10
range chicken breast, cut into minutes.
1-inch (2.5 cm) strips Serve in big plates. Prior to
- 1 white onion (approx. 6 oz, 170 serving, sprinkle the parsley over
g), sliced the top of the dish.
- 1 can (28 oz, 800 g) tomatoes,
peeled and chopped Comment:
- 1 cup (8 fl.oz, approx. 250 ml)
A fine, vegetation rich dish –
vegetable broth, canned or
absolutely loaded with heavy
homemade
metal fighters (see first
- 1 lb. zucchini, unpeeled, cut question) a complete meal in
into ½-inch (approx. 1 cm) itself. Eat as much as you like!
slices
- 1 lb. cauliflower florets
Questions
- 10 oz (280 g) chopped spinach,
frozen Toxic Cocoa?
Q. I heard that cocoa and
- 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
chocolate contain cadmium.
- 2 tablesp. tomato paste Should I be worried about
- 1 tablesp. (15 ml) olive oil cadmium poisoning when I
- 2 teasp. stir-fry spices have some of that dark
- ½ teasp. chili sauce chocolate?
- salt, pepper
- 2 tablesp. parsley, chopped A. Let’s keep things in
proportion! Everything we eat
has got substances that, in
Method:
excess, can be harmful.
In a large pot heat the oil and
Indeed, if we let ourselves
sauté the onion, until tender, but worry about every particle of
not brown. toxic substance NATURALLY
Add the garlic slices and sauté PRESENT in food we wouldn’t
for another 2 minutes. eat anything! (See next
Add the tomatoes, the vegetable question).
broth, the tomato paste, the
herbs, the chili sauce and salt However, our bodies are
wonderfully adapted to elimin-
and pepper. Bring slowly to a boil.
Add the zucchini slices and cook
ating noxious substances if we
let them do their job.
slowly, covered, until almost
done.
It is true that cocoa contains
Meanwhile steam the cauliflower more cadmium than many other
florets until done, but still foodstuffs. That is because it
crunchy. happens to grow on soils that
Defrost the spinach, following have higher-than-average
the instructions on the packet. cadmium content. But it is not
life threatening!
Indeed the most highly prized
cocoa, used to make the finest
chocolate, is grown in Ivory
Coast and, coincidentally, has
the highest cadmium content.
And do you know what? As a
Natural Eater you ingest a wide
variety of compounds that
NEUTRALIZE the toxic potential
of cadmium. For example, just
eat dishes like our chicken pot-
au-feu (see recipe).
These neutralizing compounds
are substances like selenium
and zinc. If your diet is adequ-
ate in these compounds, cad-
mium doesn’t get a foothold.
Moreover, studies show that
cocoa and dark chocolate
consumption actually helps a
wide variety of diseases. See
‘Cocoa is Good for You’, p. 3)
Finally, think about this: the
only real casualties of cadmium
poisoning are workers
catastrophically over-exposed
to cadmium inhalation in
industrial plants.
Steer clear of cadmium-plating
works and enjoy your after
dinner cocoa square in safety.
In Vino Plumbum
Q. I’ve seen a report that says
we should wipe the neck of a
wine bottle before pulling the
cork. What is that about?
A. Traditionally wine bottles
have a foil wrapping over the
neck and cork. This foil often
contains the toxic metal, lead.
It has been found that when
pouring the wine, some
particles of lead still adhering to
the bottle, can be ingested.
Hence the recommendation to
wipe the pouring surfaces first.

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However, listen to this. Wine The body does not absorb It aids osteocalcin, a bone
contains NATURALLY OCCURRING the cholesterol in eggs. building protein, and it prevents
lead anyway! Indeed, just two calcium leakage from the
glasses of wine a day are It is notable that the first report kidneys.
enough to reach the maxi mum of these studies is in a US
recommended lead intake. patent, not a scientific journal. The Institute of Medicine has
increased by 50% the ‘dietary
Should you worry about this? Researcher Koo is hoping to reference intakes’ of vitamin K
Certainly not! As with the bank his discovery by selling to 90 mcg/day for females and
previous cocoa question, our this phospholipid compound as 120 mcg/day for males.
bodies have wonderful ways of a cholesterol-lowering drug.
disposing of these microscopic Here we go again – suckering The famous Nurses Health
quantities of toxic substances. Study (that showed how milk
the public with false ‘fixits’
drinking caused hip fractures)
again!
A diet rich in selenium, zinc, also showed6 how the more a
thiamine 2and ascorbic acid3 is women eats lettuce, the
Meanwhile the Natural Eater
highly protective against lead stronger are her bones.
will continue to eat eggs without
poisoning. You don’t have to
guilt – but make sure, as
double guess it – just eat Yes! The biggest source of
always, that they are free-range
Naturally, and enjoy your glass vitamin K is in GREEN
and omega-3 rich.
of wine with a clear conscience. VEGETATION – nothing else
Oh, and wipe the neck of the comes even close.
bottle just to make sure! Hints & Tips
Veggie Wash Cocoa is Good For You
Cholesterol and Eggs We get many queries from Cocoa and dark chocolate have
Q. I am still confused about people asking where they can been shown7 to be rich in
eggs. I thought that we should find a fruit and vegetable wash. antioxidant flavonoids that
worry about cholesterol. Yet lower LDL (“bad” cholesterol
you say that eggs are OK. In the USA , UK and other and greatly reduced the amount
English speaking nations, of artery rotting oxidized fatty
A. For eons eggs have formed veggie wash is available in acids.
part of our ancestral diet. There health food stores (e.g.
is no doubt that they were an Nature’s RX) and some The researchers go on to say
important foodstuff and we supermarkets (e.g. Trader that cocoa and dark chocolate
might expect our bodies to be Joe’s). However, on the can form an agreeable but
well adapted to them. continent of Europe these modest part of the diet. The
products appear to be emphasis should still be on
That seems to be the case. No unknown. getting the majority of
study has been able to link egg flavonoids from vegetation.
consumption with adverse This is the website of one such
cholesterol or triglycerides in supplier to many countries, We have nothing to add to that!
the blood. Food-Safe Ltd:
www.food-safe.com Geoff Bond Replies
Now a new study4 confirms Last month K.B. claimed that
what has long been thought: News Flashes she has lived to a ripe old age,
that a ‘phospholipid’ in eggs Vitamin K and Bone Health smokes and hasn’t paid great
“interferes with the absorption New evidence5 has emerged attention to eating healthily.
of egg cholesterol and marked- that there is yet another factor
ly lowers its uptake by the important for bone health – We challenged K.B. to open up
intestine. vitamin K. about any health problems.
This is her reply:
There are several mechanisms
2
by which it helps bone building.
alias vitamin B1
3 6
alias vitamin C A J Clin Nutr 1999;69:74-79
4 5 7
Koo et al; US patent no. 6,248,728 Weber; Nutrition; 2001; 17:880-887 Kris-Etherton; AJCN; Nov 2001
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K.B. I have suffered with are obliged to have one delightful, quaint and
constipation for many years. At permanently. Not very romantic picturesque resort village of
one point I was told that this is is it! Ojai above Ventura in
normal as one reaches California.
retirement age and that I should As for the high blood pressure
start taking a senna pod and the smoker’s cough – you The Oaks is a controlled food
extract, which I did. know the answer – Eat environment. The Natural Eater
Naturally and stop smoking… can be guided by the way they
About 8 years ago I was structure the feeding pattern for
diagnosed with chronic Food Obscenities the day:
diverticulitis and had a section
of colon removed. For 3 months
Margarine? Any color you The emphasis is on fresh fruits
I had to wear an external bag. like! for breakfast and boiled eggs
The doctors don’t know what to US kids are to get pink and are available for those who
tell me to eat. I occasionally get blue margarine. wish.
unbearable cramps and
nausea. ConAgra the ‘food’ conglomer- At mid-morning there are
ate is happily contemplating the bottomless cups of a nourish-
I’m also on medication for high thought of millions of American ing, freshly home made vegeta-
blood pressure and I do have a children squidging their new ble broth.
smoker’s cough. colored margarine on their
pancakes. Lunch has choices of salads,
G.B. Senna pod! That is a good steamed vegetables and
old remedy used by the ancient Said the spokesman Scalise protein sides.
Egyptians. But today we know chirpily, “It is really designed to
that it has drawbacks. It is a let kids have a little more fun in In mid-afternoon there is a
colon irritant inducing massive eating their vegetables…” succulent buffet of fresh, raw
cell loss which, in turn, [Margarine on vegetables? vegetables and safe dips.
provokes cancerous growths. They’ve got to be dreaming!]
The absorption dimples know And in the evening there is
as ‘crypts’ are greatly Scalise warms to his theme, again a choice of salads,
diminished and impaired. “one tablespoon provides 10% vegetables and various sides.
of RDA for calcium, vitamin A,
But the root of the problem is D, and E.” In spite of being a low fat, low
that for decades you were not calorie régime, one never feels
getting old-fashioned roughage Scalise doesn’t of course talk hungry because one eats often
in your diet! about the high bad, heart and well.
disease inducing, fat content.
Everything that your mother All this is interspersed with a
said is true – eat up your What a tragedy for all those huge range of organized
greens and other plant foods – millions of families seduced into physical activities for all abilities
they are rich in SOLUBLE FIBRES. feeding this stuff in ‘fun and levels: guided walks, hikes,
quantities’ to their children. aerobics, strength training,
And that is what you need to do yoga, massages and water
even now – that will help build ConAgra plans an advertising exercises.
up intestinal tone, keep those campaign later in 2001 and
pesky diverticula scoured out early 2002 aimed at both kids Not forgetting the sti mulating,
and give you good colon health. and adults. informative and amusing talks
in the evening!
DON’T BE TAKEN IN!
I hope that wearing that
colostomy bag gave you a The Oaks website:
fright. You were lucky that it Talk Report www.oaksspa.com
was only temporary. In today’s The Oaks at Ojai
world with its atrocious eating Geoff Bond gave two talks at
habits, many unfortunate this fine ‘American plan’ Health
people, often only teenagers, spa, which is located in the
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This dramatic loss of stature And Lucy? She lived over

3 million years ago and was Talk (USA):
Boyd Eaton puts down to, Sat. Jan 12, 18:30 – 20:00
“…increased frequency of more like a chimpanzee 13. In
other words far too long ago to “The Thrilling Discoveries
nutritional stress (up to and about Humanity’s diet – and
including famine), epidemic be representative of modern
humans. how the Food Pyramid is
infectious diseases and the making us sick.”
emergence of cereal grains as Jerry Stergios Building,
dietary staples.” Desert Hospital,
8
N. Indian Canyon Drive
Today, we benefit from the ca 3000 b.c. to 1000 b.c. Palm Springs.
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conquering of epidemic ca 500 a.d. to 1400 a.d.
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Stature in Upper Paleolithic and
the midst of plenty.
Mesolithic; For micola et al; J of Hum
Evol.; (1999); 36; 319-333
Above all, we are even more 12
March 28th 2001, New Century
hooked on cereal products as Lecture, Royal Institution, London.
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our staple food. Result? Our Out of Africa, again and again;
Tattersall; Sci Am; April 1997
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