Lady Ariel wrote:
>
> Actually, a paleolithic diet is not *exactly* low carb is it? The
> things
> I've found on the net indicate that it's fine to eat fruits and
> vegetables...
> except of course starchy things like potatoes and corn....I'm sure there
> are
> more that one shouldn't eat.
Different people here follow slightly different versions. If you
are one of those who came upon paleo eating from low carb diets,
you will tend to limit carbs more than others. The rational for
those (me being one of them) is that while fruits are NOT bad
for you from the point of foreign proteins, they ARE high in
carbs and will likely result in some weight gain. Also, in
cave man times, fruit was only available during a short part
of the year. (Remember all those animals putting on weight for
the winter?)
> Is there anything that indicates one should eat based on the
> geographical location
> of their ancestors...or does the paleolithic theory go back so much
> further than
> ancestors that it doens't matter? For instance, my mom tells me about
> our relatives
> in northern Sweden who were pretty much eskimos...and living in the
> frozen tundra
> most of the time. One of my favorite things is an orange, but it seems
> those
> ancestors in the frozen tundra had probably never seen an orange.
Prolly so. It does look like innuits were more adapted to eating mostly
animal flesh then others.
> I had another big carbaholic episode yesterday. I've found a pattern.
> It's the 3:00
> in the afternoon thing...that's when I'm always ravishingly hungry and
> maybe my body
> just hasn't decided to quit with the hungry signal or something. Does
> anyone have
> tips for getting over that? Eating a hard-boiled egg or something?
> Will that help?
I may be assuming here, but it sounds from your posts that you haven't
reduced your carbs to the point of truly going low carb. This might
be the worst thing to do from the craving point of view. You are eating
enough carbs to keep yourself out of ketosis, and possibly out of burning
fat well, yet not enough to live on carbs. You might want to read the Protein
Power first so that you are better informed. It's not a very big book,
though definitely a bigger read than Neanderthin, and will answer a lot
of questions. It's not that we won't if you ask, but you may not know
what to ask if you are just a newbie to this and don't have friends who
are also into it. Also, please keep in mind that this is NOT a health
advice, I have no idea if you have any health conditions for which
a low carb diet might be counterindicated or would require a doctors
supervision (e.g. type I diabetes).
As for eating hard-boiled eggs, yes it should help. When I first switched
to low carbing I ate a LOT, but I was strict about what I ate. The first
week I was rather hungry and was consuming much more than usual amounts
for me. I still often overeat, but not because I am hungry, just because
I like food and I know I can without any negative consequences, as long
as I stick to low carb paleo foods.
Ilya
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