Kristina K. Carlton:
> Based on your email below I assume you and Ray do not adhere to the
> protein limitation mentioned in Rosedale's book?
Correct. Of course, two people's experiences do not prove efficacy for all,
and there are some differences between what Ray eats and what I eat. Ray
eats lots of saturated fat, whereas I emphasize omega 3's (partly because I
don't like the taste or mouth feel of saturated fats). Some Paleo dieters
report dramatic increases in their total cholesterol (and I'm assuming they
were alarmed because there was an increase in LDL cholesterol, rather than
in good HDL cholesterol) after eating a high saturated-fat diet. Whereas
others, like Ray, do not. I think genes probably come into play there.
From what I understand, Rosedale promotes a low carb, low protein, high fat
diet. Whereas Audette, Cordain, M. Eades, Eaton and I eat more protein than
what Rosedale recommends. Rosedale and Eades used to work at the same
clinic, so their views are similar, but they disagree on protein.
> Like DS I tend to be hungry after a meal but am afraid to eat
> more since I am maintaining my weight right now. However, I
> am certainly not as lean as I used to be and would like to be (again).
What approach do you follow? Have you tried the NeanderThin or Paleo Diet
approaches (I follow a combination of the two, using the principles from
each that seem to work best for me and make the most sense)? I wish I could
gain some weight eating this stuff--not because I think I need to do so to
be healthy, but to get people to stop worrying that I need to "fatten up" to
be "healthy." I'm guessing that Ray Audette, who claims that his body fat is
around 5%, gets the sort of comments about being too thin that I do. Unless
I spend most of the day eating I am unable to add significant pounds (unlike
when I was eating grains, dairy and sodas and packing on the pounds
effortlessly--and sending my LDL and triglycerides up). I can live with
being thin if it that's what it takes to keep my LDL and triglycerides down
and enjoy other health benefits, but other people apparently cannot. I keep
telling myself it's their problem, but it gets annoying after a while. I
would fit right in with a tribe of traditional Australian aborigines, but
not in plump America. :-)
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