Hello,

Of course, it is difficult to demonstrate exactly what is going on in these
examples without a controlled study.

One possibility that occurred to me each time I read one of these anecdotes in
the thread is that consuming too little fat prevents fat loss.   It seems that
the body conserves fat when it perceives there is a scarcity.  Thus, you can
actually stall weight loss by consuming too little fat.   (There are more
technical details, but this is the gist.)

So, it occurred to me that the "dairy" addition that triggered the weight loss,
may simply have been a fat addition.

On Sat, 1 Apr 2000 17:25:20 -0800, Trish Tipton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I am going to jump in on this one.  I had noticed my weightloss had
>stalled. After 2 months of no loss, I added a small amount of dairy to my
>diet.  Boom, 3 pounds down in 10 days. I added pretty much what James
>did.  A small amount of cheese with my eggs and I added home made salad
>blue cheese dressing at lunch. *I've always used butter in my eggs.*
>Trish
>
>On Thu, 30 Mar 2000 16:30:14 -0500 "Dr. James Alpigini" <[log in to unmask]>
>writes:
>> Hello Cavepeople,
>>
>> Several weeks ago, we had some discussions as to why I was gaining
>> fat on
>> lowcarb paleo, whilst still eating below maintenance calories but
>> well
>> above starvation levels.  After some head scratching, I withdrew and
>> began
>> to experiment.  After experimentation, I realized that the key for
>> me was
>> small amounts of dairy.
>>
>> Essentially, I am now following a modified paleo-lowcarb diet.  The
>> modification is that every morning I have one ounce of cheese and
>> 1/2
>> tablespoon of butter with my eggs.  As a result of this, I am happy
>> to say
>> that my pants are now beginning to fit a bit better and I am still
>> getting
>> stronger at the lifting (slow steady progress).  The curious fat
>> gain has
>> indeed been reversed.
>>
>> It was actually Todd Moody who clued me to the possible link to a
>> need for
>> dairy in my system (ALA's and such).  Thanks for the hint Todd! :-)
>>
>> Ray, I would be very interested to hear if have you any comments on
>> this?
>>
>> James at Penn State

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Cheers,

Ken
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