To reply to a digest, insert the relevant message header; don't reply to the digest header ------------------------------------------------------------- John Cogburn wrote: >I'm reading a book called "The Circadian Prescription" by Sidney Baker. In >it, he mentions hunter-gtherers a number of times and comes up with soem >prescriptions. The most interesting one to me is this: eat protein and >fat during the day, and save the carbs for night. This is against the >advice you normally see in magazines, where they say eating carbs at night >will end up as fat. Baker claims that the body actually needs carbs during >sleep for repair and rejuvenation. > >Anyways, I'm trying this for a week. Any other thoughts on this? Whether the body needs carbs or not, I can't speak to. But my body certainly *hungers* for carbs after dark, whereas I can eat protein all day without any carb cravings. However, I am terribly overweight, so carbs at any time of day aren't good for me! .:. Craig ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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.