> Nicole: People on Atkins diet boards call this the golden ticket  
> effect as the first time you do a ketogenic diet, the funk lasts  
> longer, but you lose more weight faster.

Know what I think happens?  Your body also remembers gluconeogenesis.  
So you don't lose weight after the golden ticket has been redeemed  
because the body just remembers that trick and makes sugar out of  
excess protein.

I think of good nutrition as consisting of three stages.  First eat  
only The types and classes of foods our paleo forbears would have  
consumed without regard to carbs. Banana?  No problem. Second phase is  
low carb paleo. The third level is low carb, moderate protein, high fat.

Jim