On Sat, 3 Apr 1999 07:28:04 -0500, Todd Moody <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>> If you eliminate the potatoes, legumes, dairy, GRAINS,
>> alcohol, and refined sugar, you are unlikely to gain weight at any level
>> of fat intake.
>
>This has not been my experience, but I do agree that this method
>does appear to raise the caloric "ceiling" at which I gain weight
>somewhat.  On the other hand, I have found that when I try the
>high-fat, mostly-meat implementation of paleo, I crave a *lot* of
>calories and unless I watch my intake will tend to gain weight
>for that reason.
>
>It's interesting that on a balanced diet my intake spontaneously
>comes to about 3,000 cal/day, or less.  That's without any
>conscious effort.  On a high-fat paleo diet (no fruit, just meat,
>fat, and a few salad greens) I am ravenous at this caloric level,
>and want to eat much more.  But if I go much above 4,000 cal/day,
>I gain weight.  Yet, I tend to want to eat 5,000 cal/day or more.
>What do you suppose accounts for this change in appetite?  My
>guess has been that gluconeogenesis is not producing essential
>glucose fast enough, so I'm becoming hypoglycemic, but I haven't
>verified that.

So, why "no fruit" (of all things) ??


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Ken                         <*>
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