On Fri, 18 May 2001, Charles Alban wrote:

> In a message dated 5/17/01 9:07:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> <<  I am the nutritional pariah, the paleo
>  iconoclast.  Regrettably, I am also the overwieght guy with high
>  cholesterol. >>
>
> This is very strange...?  Surely something must be out of whack...? You are
> clearly very knowledgable...do you not have an explanation?

I am past finding it strange.  I'm not as fat as I was pre-paleo,
so that's good.  But knowledgeable doesn't take the weight off.
Despite the failure of lab tests to find anything, I still
suspect a thyroid problem.  If that is correct that it is
blindingly clear that this kind of diet and exercise (weight
training, mostly) do *not* correct it.

I can push my body fat down to 15%, using a meat-and-berries
approach that also keeps my calories down.  To go below that, I
have to get really hungry and stay there.  On "relaxed" paleo
(i.e., eating my fill of paleo foods) my body fat stays at around
18-20%.  This is with exercise.  Without it, body fat goes up
further.  On SAD and without exercise, it's about 30-32%.

On a politally correct lowfat diet with plenty of tofu, I can get
my cholesterol down to 225, but HDL drops too, and triglycerides
tend to rise.

I have no explanation.

Todd Moody
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