That book sounds interesting.  I guess I'll check Amazon books.

I eat carbs from several sources.  I eat lots of cabbage, lettuce, Brussels
sprouts, okra, string beans, winter and summer squash, sweet potatoes
(limited), tomatoes, peppers, greens like turnip, collards and mustard,
kohlrabi, turnips and rutabagas, beets, radishes, spinach, cucumbers,
onions, garlic....................and on and on.
I eat more vegetables than ever before.  All of them have some carbohydrate
in them.

I do eat a small amount of potato, flour, rice, dried beans, corn, lima
beans, and such............but only as a moderate portion at dinner in the
midst of lots of Paleo foods.

Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sheryl Canter" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 7:16 AM
Subject: Re: very low carb diets (was "Compulsive Eating")


> Sheryl wrote:
> > Carbohydrates are a macronutrient that we need in order to live.
> <snip>
> But everyone needs some carbohydrates in their diet.
>
> Michael Anthony wrote:
> > This is not true at all. There are essential fatty acids and essential
> proteins that we need to get from our diet in order to live. But there are
> no essential carbohydrates.
>
> It's true that there is no such thing as an "essential carbohydrate" in
the
> sense that there are essential proteins and essential fatty acids.  But
that
> does not mean that carbohydrate in some form isn't an essential part of
> nutrition.  The brain does not release seritonin except in the presence of
> carbohydrate, for example.  Seritonin has many complex functions,
including a
> sense of satiation when eating, a sense of emotional well-being.
> Insufficient seritonin is linked with depression and migraines, among
other
> things.
>
> This is discussed in a very interesting book I read called "The Sugar
> Addict's Total Recovery Program" by Kathleen DesMaisons.  She did a Ph.D.
in
> the physiology of addiction, and this is basically a "for the masses"
version
> of her dissertation--very fascinating reading.
>
>      - Sheryl
>
>