On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 17:10:09 -0400, Richard Geller <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>I theorize that people, especially women, gain weight on diets due to food
>intolerances that they are unaware of, e.g. dairy. Paleo eliminates a lot
of
>these foods. It makes it easy to unmask a hidden problematic food too.
>
>--Richard

It's interesting that you mention that.  That's how come I
got "reacquainted" with neanderthin again.  I am now 40 years old, and I've
gained 15 pounds (that I had lost on Weight Watchers) in addition to the 30
pounds already on my frame (overweight pounds).  I had heard a news report
that overweight might be allergies.  So I started researching this, and
found that the "cleansing diet" (for allergies) is the neanderthin diet (or
a variation thereof) for a week, then add foods each week to find the
allergy's trigger.

Neanderthin is a way of eating I can definitely stick to.  Weight Watchers
wasn't a bad way of eating, but the theory that you can "eat what you want"
but only in moderate portions doesn't work for me!  I cannot eat one
chocolate chip cookie!   Janet