The first 24-48 hours of ketosis for me are fine.  It's the 24-48 hours that
it takes me to get into ketosis that's a pain: heachaches, moodiness,
irritability, just feel like crap in general.

Justin Hasselman


>From: "Raymond, Charles E. x1280" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Paleolithic Eating Support List <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: [P-F] Misc.
>Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 11:45:27 -0500
>
>As a semi-follow-up, it appears that the local news stations in my area are
>on the Protein diet bashing bandwagon. The same old tired arguments are
>used, typically "This diet started 30 years ago and is regaining popularity
>due to the latest resurgence in dieting...yadda, yadda, yadda..." Carbs are
>great, protein/fat is the devil :-). This just re-enforces my opinions that
>newscasts are biased and that the reporters do absolutely no research
>before
>presenting a story. There are those few reporters that do research and
>often
>are forced to present a story that is biased against their wishes. For an
>example go to www.notmilk.com <http://www.notmilk.com>  and follow the
>links
>there to the story about the TV news reporters who wanted to blow the
>whistle on the dangers of milk and where it landed them.
>
>A question about Olives, are the green ones with the pimento acceptable? I
>ate some this weekend but tossed the pimento aside because I wasn't sure
>what a pimento is/was. You guys ever notice that Paleo friendly foods tend
>to cost about 3 times more than non-Paleo foods? I bought sardines in olive
>oil it cost me three times more than the sardines in soybean oil, sheesh!
>I'm also interested in hearing from you folks about snack ideas, while I'm
>at work. I did have a big bag of shelled walnuts but they didn't last
>through the weekend. If in a hurry or for people on the go, what are a few
>good ideas?   No luck in finding any type of suet this weekend, I have a
>Meijer and a Winn Dixie and a Kroger near-by, I was unable to find it at
>these locations, help! After hearing all about pemmican, I'm really
>interested in trying it. I did find some Omega 3 enriched eggs at Meijer,
>the other two places didn't have any. Also, all I can seem to find is grain
>feed beef, I'm not having much luck around here. When I have it, I usually
>have raw deer meat, however it's tough to come by when it's out of season.
>
>Chinese food - I should have stated this earlier, but the restaurant I
>frequent is not of the take out variety. It is a buffet that includes items
>such as baked Salmon with lemon pepper, crab legs still in the shell, fresh
>Oysters on the half shell, mussels still in shell, roast beef, peel and eat
>shrimp, and the traditional American Chinese fried/breaded meals. I've had
>a
>traditional Vietnamese meal before and it was much better than what you
>find
>in the restaurants. An interesting note, survival training in some branches
>of the U.S. military teach you to snare small game, skin it with your teeth
>and how to eat it raw. Organs included, see and you thought your tax
>dollars
>were being wasted, I recommend everyone try earthworms, they take a bit to
>get used to but they are nutritious, another military survival delicacy.
>
>Another thing I notice about being in ketosis, I tend to be in a bad mood
>for the first 24-48 hours after entering into it. I've also heard others
>who
>follow low carb diets mention that they have a period of crankiness after
>entering ketosis also. Anyone else on this list have the same experience?

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