Gale,
CONGRATULATIONS on the huge weight loss! I lost 88 pounds on paleo/low
carb, fluctuating within a five pound range. I changed my way of eating
11/01/1996.
Perhaps your mother would have fared much better had she eaten the way you
eat now. I was impressed with data Taubes had in his book about people
eating traditional non-western civilization diets and the lack of many
diseases we assume are common scourges of humans like heart disease,
diabetes and cancer to name a few.
Paula H.
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On Behalf Of Gale
Referencing William's comment about genetics not being written in stone:
Right. But they are written in our DNA. And they don't change in our
lifetime. You are the DNA you were born with.
I am eating a far better diet today than I have ever eaten. I have lost
50 pounds over the past 13 1/2 months and I am trying to lose another 30
pounds. I can do all these things and still develop hypertension and Type
II Diabetes as my mother did. And I may still die of a heart attack at age
70 as my mother did.
But I'm not going down without a fight!
gale <== waging a war against my genes and grateful for the paleo weaponry
at my disposal.