On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Barbara Burt wrote:

> Because we're so brainwashed towards lowfat diets, when you said your wife
> was hungry, I just had to wonder if she was avoiding fat on the paleo diet?

Not at all.  She ate lots of chicken, with skin, and plenty of
nuts, especially walnuts and almonds.

>  I've seen several people say they didn't lose weight until they increased
> the amount of fat consumed.  Some hypothesize it's like water - your body
> retains water if you're not drinking enough - maybe the same with fat???

I think it's like this: If you don't get enough fat, then almost
all calories are from protein.  But protein is not an efficient
fuel source so the metabolism slows, as it would in starvation.
So fat is needed for fuel to keep the metabolism up.  I think
the problem was simply too much food, in relation to her size and
activity patterns.

The question is why was she eating so much food.  I don't know
the answer, but clearly her body wanted something that it wasn't
getting.

Todd Moody
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