Ming wrote on Saturday, February 15, 2003 8:34 AM > >My personal experience eating paleo and Atkins type diets >was one of misery .... The NHE made me feel lousy too. >... It's only when I allowed rice and some other carbs back >into the diet that I feel good again. > >My question to the people here is, how much variation >can we expect ... between people? And how much >does genetic imprinting based on one's early >diet affect one's metabolism later in life? > >Just because some Inuits lived off whale >meat and caribou doesn't mean everyone else can. Good question. It is, in my mind one of the *really* big questions for us. And it is one I have been pondering a lot of late. If I knew the answer, I'd feel more confident in *promoting* evolutionary fitness rather than merely *noting that it works for me* and a number of others. I have recently taken a job in a newly developed suburb on the outskirts of town and I have noticed in the office and in the shopping centre a higher proportion of obese people [it is a lower income, lower average age area] than in the CBD [where income levels and average ages are higher]. But even in my new location, there are people with a healthy, confident poise, no sign of obesity or other pathology and no sign of looking older than their years. It is especially interesting when I see them with spouses who do display indications of obesity and fitness deficiencies. I have a book in my Amazon.com wishlist that may point to possible answers: Biochemical Individuality: The Basis for the Genetotrophic Concept by Roger J. Williams. Has anyone read it? Keith ----------------------------------------------------------------- The FAQ for Evolutionary Fitness is at http://www.evfit.com/faq.htm To unsubscribe from the list send an e-mail to [log in to unmask] with the words SIGNOFF EVOLUTIONARY-FITNESS in the _body_ of the e-mail.