Aaron D. Wieland wrote:

> Actually, I still had the urge to snack on
> nuts until I started eating fattier meat.  Unfortunately, I now find that I
> sometimes get hungry soon after a large meal . . .
>
> My habits are erratic, and I don't count calories, but I usually eat over a
> pound of meat each day (approximately two pounds is typical), along with
> some vegetables, both low-carb (e.g., broccoli, kale) and high-carb (e.g.,
> carrots, winter squash).

Aaron,

        Your diet sounds remarkably similar to the one Ray describes in
Neanderthin.  Pre-paleo, I could eat a 20 oz steak, salad, loaded baked
potato and appetizer and still be hungry immediately afterward.  Now 10
oz. of steak and I'm full.  Your experience makes me think that I might
get my appetite back as my weight decreases.

> About once every several weeks, I binge on blue corn chips and
> avocados for a couple of days, but I'll never admit it publicly. ;-)

I had been enjoying corn tortillas and chips as one of my "cheats" --
for tacos and such about once a week.  One flour tortilla and my system
goes kablooie; a dozen corn tortillas and I do fine.

This was up until Michael A. posted about the carcinogenic properties of
corn, and before re-reading Neanderthin made me re-think my gradualist
approach to paleo.  Now I'm not so sure.  I've read that corn is soaked
in lime to make corn tortillas, and that the lime soaking makes the corn
"digestible."  I wonder if that has any impact on the carcinogenic
qualities?

Robert