Todd,

Can you tell me, please, where I could find more info about the cortisol/hypoglycemia connection (apologies if you've already done this).  My sister has lupus, fibromyalgia, and a few other problems, and a high output of cortisol is one of them.

Thank you.

Meighen

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On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Mary wrote:

> Yes, I agree. I think people with complaints are not getting enough fat
> perhaps.

It may be in some cases, but definitely not all.  When I was
experiencing problems with ketosis I was getting quite a lot of
fat.  In fact, those were the days when I bothered to make
pemmican, ate soaked bacon, etc. It was around the time when,
because of my elevated LDL, Ray had suggested I go to just fatty
meat and greens, which is what I did.  I had already been in
continuous ketosis for about two months.  The LDL, of course, went
higher.  The panic attacks and palpitations become frequent and
intolerable.  It was very unpleasant.

Since then, I haven't had problems with ketosis, but then I
haven't remained in ketosis for months at a time either.
I think the hypoglycemia/cortisol theory explains the problem,
but I never tested it by actually checking my blood glucose to
see what was going on with it.

Todd Moody
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