On Sat, 17 Apr 2021 03:13:36 -0700, scribed:

On Friday, April 16, 2021 at 8:33:14 PM UTC-4, AMuzi wrote:
On 4/16/2021 6:16 PM, John B. wrote:
On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 04:44:16 -0700 (PDT), "
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On Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 8:54:57 PM UTC-4, Joy Beeson wrote:


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Yes, food is on-topic in every newsgroup, but barbecued meat is
lousy bike fuel.

Unless you have it *after* the ride.

Fat is the best bike fuel, unless you're constantly working at or
above your aerobic threshold. If you aren't a racer, stay away from
the carbs. That said, bbq is an excellent fuel. Tons of studies and
research have been conducted in this area. The book "paleo diet for
athletes" goes into great detail with plenty of supported research
citations, and no, it isn't a militant diet book. It espouse an
"80/20" philosophy, where taking in foods that are strictly
forbidden by the strict paleo diet philosophy are not only allowed,
but in many cases necessary for peak athletic performance. The owner
of the Paleo Diet trademark Trevor Connor speaks often about his
penchant for a box of popcorn at the movies, and eating simple-sugar
candies while competing - both of which would send a militant paleo
dieter into apoplexy.


Out of curiosity I researched "paleo diet" and found that in science
there is no such thing, as "palio people" had radically different
diets - which apparently they can identify from paleo remains in some
manner- depending on where they lived and ranged from nearly 100%
vegetable diets to mainly fish and/or animal protein diets :-)

That's a reasonable conclusion from the evidence. Such is utterly
useless for starting a fad or selling books to fat people who would
much rather buy a book and skim the first few pages than lower their
calorie intake.

https://paleodietforbeginner.com/best-paleo-diet-books/

The term 'paleo' is derived from the concept that humans evolved to eat
and digest foods that had little if any 'post harvest' processing. IOW a
hunter-gather type of diet. The idea has been 'modernized' to prescribe
foods that have undergone as little processing as possible, basically
fresh meats, fresh vegetables, and fresh fruits. The big no-no's in the
paleo diet are processed sugars, processed grains, and processed dairy
products. I'm not sure where John got the idea of "no such thing" as a
paleolithic diet, while in the same sentence he writes

The point is that the paleo diet was different in different areas.
Some continents didn't have certain animals, vegetable, fruit and other
plants.