In my situation it took about a week to calm down to normal.  In fact I
was so used to being pumped up on high BP that I was hardly able to move
and I giggled alot like I was drunk.   And of course I slept for about
16 hours a day.  This was on Dr. Atkins diet.

After I discovered Neanderthin I found an even better level of calm and
health since I seem to be lectin ( http://www.krispin.com/lectin.html )
sensitive and the paleo method removes the major factors for this.

Right now I am back to normal and feeling great.  However, if I eat any
grains at all ( like a cookie or a bun ) I am right back to turbo in
about 30 minutes.   If I do that then it takes about 3 days to return to
normal.

As a personal bit of advice:  Treat grains as an addiction.  When a
person goes from grain based eating to non grain eating there will be
about a week of intense fatigue, pain and general withdrawal.  I went
through it and all my paleo friends feel it too.  It is like being
pulled through a knothole!   But when you are done you feel *so* much
better... often for the first time in your life.   I was about 37 when I
"discovered" paleo type eating.

Good luck.  :-)

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen Robinson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: Diet/Sodium/HBP


> Thanks Jim, how long did it take for you to notice improvement with
your HBP
> on the no-grain diet? I think it may be easier for her to do if she
thinks
> of it as an experiment for a month or some reasonable amount of time.
>
> -Karen