Mike k:

1. Salt isn't a big deal: your kidneys will excrete whatever you don't need.  

Furthermore, in reality, the main source of salt in our diet is prepackaged and processed foods (and restaurant entrees), which are usually full of salt that we don't even notice.  If you're eating like a predator and preparing most of your own meals, you'll only be adding salt to dishes which actually need it, and your salt intake will very likely drop substantially.

Between these two facts, I don't worry about it one way or the other.

2. Eat fruit after your meal -- it's dessert.  In general, eat your protein first, then your veggies, then your starch.  (Although it's fine to have them all mixed together...just don't start with the fruit or the starch.)

3. Marrow bones are great!

4. Frozen fish is fine if you don't mind the taste.

5. The ALA in flaxseed oil is very poorly converted to the DHA your body needs.  Instead, I recommend consuming fatty fish 2-3x/week, or taking fish oil.

sunil:

I avoid beans in general.  

That being said, the occasional serving of dal can be delicious, and it certainly won't kill you...but meat, fish, and eggs are superior sources of protein, vegetables are superior sources of nutrients, and root vegetables are superior sources of starch.

Coconut oil or ghee?  Either one is great!  Paul prefers ghee, but several other people I know prefer coconut oil.  I use both depending on my mood.

JS

Katherine:

Good points.  Also there is a difference between "we're skinny because we can't afford to be fat" and "our diet is healthy".  Japan after WWII was nearly a famine situation...anyone who's been there has noticed that the older people are, the shorter they are .  Any population which is so hungry that its height has been stunted isn't the example to emulate.

JS