I have recently read "Natural Hormone Enhancement" by Rob Faigan;  and have
now been on the NEH diet (and exercise) for about a month -  while still
staying paleo.

The NHE-diet is a "cyclical lowcarb diet". Generally Lowcarb , but with
a "carbload"  meal twice a week (last meal of the day).  Starchy carbs are
preferred rather than sugary carbs(because it enhances exercise performance)
It is easy to eat lowcarb paleo ; starchy paleocarbs are a bit harder  -
sugary carbs are easy: fruits, dried and fresh.

The basic idea is that diet influences hormones ;  so it is possible to
favourably manipulate your hormones, by eating appropriately.  Similarly
exercise influences hormones  - in fact this is the most important effect
of exerc
ise:

"You dont loose weight because of the (relatively few) calories you burn
during exercise  - but because of the hormonal changes the exercise causes-
resulting in changed metabolism during hours and days after exercise "  !

Another basic idea is that you can be either a "sugar/carbohydrate -burner"
or a "fatburner" - the latter being healthier, and promoting fat loss !
One initial week of strict carbohydrate restriction is needed  in order to
switch to "fatburning"  (standard modern diets makes you a sugarburner).
After this initial week, the "carbloads" every third or fourth evening are
too brief to turn you back to sugarburning.

...
I cant tell if all Faigans "scientific" arguments are true ;  but I gave it
a try , and have had good results:  fat loss, and most notably - much more
energy  (almost a bit scaring - feeling somewhat "speeded"). It feels
 much
like when I started eating paleo  - but with even more pronounced effects.


Does anyone have experience with this or other "lowcarb diets"  ?

Or have any opinion on it ?



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