Amanda:
> After being paleo for about three months I decided I needed to stop losing
> weight as I was getting very bony. After some experiemtntation I found nuts
> to be a great weight stabilizing food. I tried eating more fruit, which
> caused me to gain, but also triggered terrible sugar cravings for me,
> leading to some very destructive candy bar experiences....
Same for me. Too much fruit (and the occasionally cup of coffee) lead
me off the track :-(

> Some good news for any others like me that used to follow rigid low fat
> diets and are still not quite comfortable with the idea that fat is a
> reasonable food, is that I finally got the courage to get a lipid profile
> done after 4 months paleo.
>
> Cholesterol 177
> HDL   109
> LDL  64
> Triglycerides  35
> Weightloss  18 lbs
>
> My cholesterol is up slightly (was 160 before) but everything else has
> improved bigtime, and I feel wonderful. So Im now a complete convert
>
> Amanda
>
Thanks, Amanda, for sharing the info. What an encouraging example.

Sylvia