On Thursday, Dec 16, 2004, at 13:30 US/Pacific, Elizabeth Hawxhurst wrote: > 1. Improved digestion and reduction of gas! This makes me very happy. Yep, that's great! We have many celiac, Crohn's, IBD and IBS former sufferers here, all successfully resolved. > > 2. At first I felt pleasantly full at all times, never stuffed to the > gills > and never ravenous. However, for the past day or so I've been aware > of an > increasing hunger. I found myself scavenging the chicken skin that > baked on > the pan last night, and I constantly go to the kitchen looking for > another > snack. Is it normal to experience hunger for the first week (or two or > three) as your body adjusts? I have not experienced any cravings for > bread > or sweets, I am just uncomfortably aware of hunger. I'll agree you could eat more meat and fat. I think fruit is fine, but only one piece at a time, and watch out for the concentrated sugars in dried fruit; you can get a big rush off them without much effort. > > 3. .... I am hoping that perhaps it will just take a short time for > my body to get itself in order, but I was under the impression that the > palpitations were a rather immediate response. Maybe I should eat > less fruit? Have you had your thyroid values checked? Low thyroid, even not terribly low, can cause palpitations. I had them long after going Paleo, and they are completely gone on thyroid meds. But quitting carbs should help a lot, and yes, it could take a while for your pancreatic and hormonal stuff to readjust. > > 3. For the women out there, does eating Paleo affect your menstrual > cycle > at all? No need to answer if it makes you uncomfortable. Mine are long gone now, but Paleo lessened PMS and duration of periods, and made things much smoother. I feel strongly it helped with the transition of menopause as well. > > Somewhat unrelated to my own diet, my boyfriend is slightly overweight, > asthmatic, allergic to everything...basically everything that can be > cured > with the paleodiet! He will not try it though, as he eats out every > day for > lunch at work and thinks it will be too hard. He is also worried about > cholesterol - I keep reassuring him that it will go DOWN, not up, but > he is > very skeptical. He needs to do some reading on cholesterol. These might get him started. There is some redundancy and cross-linking in here, I'm afraid. http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/cvd_index.html http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/statin_index.html http://www.westonaprice.org/sitemap.html - pick out all the articles under the section - Know Your Fats http://www.westonaprice.org/moderndiseases/statin.html http://www.medicaltruth.com/pdf-files/CholesterolMyth.PDF http://www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm Good luck, and stick to it; it works, is right for us, and will make you feel much better. ginny All stunts performed without a net!