There was a segment on GMA this morning talking about some people who have adopted a diet eating nothing but meat. They say it was good for the cave men and they are really healthy on it. However, as the TV doc, Jennifer Ashton, pointed out, cave men also ate berries. The women also used to forage for edible greens, roots and shoots.
Just read an article that says the only other mammal that eats hot, spicy peppers is the tree shrew and even then they are not sure the shrew does it for the capsaicin or just for the nutrition they can obtain. Apparently if you want to keep squirrels away from bird feeders, sprinkle the feed with hot pepper - the birds won't notice it but the squirrels hate it. Since writing this I have come across another article about the tree shrew and its liking for spicy. It has an extremely high tolerance for such foods apparently. They don't think it eats such foods for the spiciness though. Unlike the human mammal.
For our Friday night supper I did the Thai Pineapple Shrimp Curry which I posted on July 19. We both enjoyed it very much. I can highly recommend it. The recipe doesn't call for it, but I served it over rice.
I am too lazy/tired to hunt for a recipe tonight, so I will leave you with this recommendation.
Have a great weekend
For our Friday night supper I did the Thai Pineapple Shrimp Curry which I posted on July 19. We both enjoyed it very much. I can highly recommend it. The recipe doesn't call for it, but I served it over rice.
I am too lazy/tired to hunt for a recipe tonight, so I will leave you with this recommendation.
Have a great weekend
Deer are not supposed to eat irises or sedums, yet this year they did just that. You are told not to let rabbits eat anything from the onion family, but I have watched them sit and eat my chives. I can't imagine what a diet of just meat will do to one's digestive system. I have heard people talk about the benefits of the caveman diet, then I remind them that cavemen didn't actually live all that long.
ReplyDeleteIn other words a bunch of fallacies Denise? Dr. Ashton said the same thing about cavemen not living that long.
DeleteHi Jo - have a good weekend ... and the idea of the Thai prawn curry sounds delicious! Cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteThanks Hilary, you too. It was delicious although at one point I wasn't too sure.
DeleteI will never get the attraction to the hot and spicy thing at all. I saw recently that a young teen had a gallbladder issue that the docs believe came from her 4 bag a week hot and spicy cheetos addiction.
ReplyDeleteI dunno JoJo, certain races, Indians, Thais, Mexicans, eat a lot more than that in the way of spiciness. They don't have any problems and are generally pretty healthy people.
DeleteDo you mean the Paleo diet? I can't understand the logic behind it. We have actual grinding teeth because we are meant to eat grains (which that diet forbids). Besides, cave men didn't live very long did they!
ReplyDeleteNo I don't think I mean the Paleo Pinky. But it was a report on TV and several people are just eating meat. I know we are meant to eat grains, not really supposed to eat meat. They sure didn't live long.
DeleteThat is an excellent tip on keeping squirrels away. I never knew that. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteIf it works Ivy.
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