On Aug 18, 2004, at 10:35 pm, Keith Thomas wrote:
> Read Faigin's book for an explanation of the physiology of insulin: he
> explains how insulin is essential (it pumps the good things into every
> body cell, among other things), but is also bad in excess.  I can't go
> into it here, but Faigin's discussion is rooted in his knowledge of
> human -
>  even mammalian - evolution.
>

What is Faigin's book called again?  It sounds interesting.


> Carb binging is just what we would have done.  In the Paleolithic carbs
> would have come primarily from fruit (+ some tubers).  Fruit is
> seasonal
> (so seasonal binges) and fruit bearing trees would have been in
> particular
> locations (so geographical binges for Paleolithic people who wandered
> around their territory based on food and water availability over the
> year).
>

Funnily enough, I had the same thought today.  Maybe a severe drop in
carb consumption signals to the body that it's winter, and that the
body must therefore slow the metabolism to help store fat.

Ashley