I started trying to cut the "carbs" in my diet last
February......I was experiencing extreme lethargy
after meals and had no energy.......someone
recommended the Hellers' "Carbohydrate Addicts"
book and I read it........thought I give it a try.....
then I remembered "Neanderthin" which I had
read some years ago...........so I sort of combined
the two ideas.....because I know we did not evolve
to eat the way our culture says we should............

Soooo.....results after two months of eating almost
nothing but meat, vegetables, fruit, nuts, fats, and
just a half cup of  starchy food at dinner in the evening....
I've lost 13 pounds....according to the scale down
at the clinic......and I'm not experiencing the lethargy
that was so bothersome.......and I have much more
energy.....which is a good thing because my garden
was being negelected and my Dad has recently told
me that he can't maintain the greenhouse any more
and I should sell off the orchids or take care of it
myself........the extra work combined with the change
of diet has had good results even if I am sore of
muscle and aching of joint.......I had had some
concern about the heavy increase of meat as I have
Rheumatoid Arthritis and all the specialists on
this condition tell me that less meat is better.....but
I'm not finding I have as many flair ups as I did
when I was eating pasta, rice, bread.......I do miss
oatmeal......my English and Irish ancestors used
oats a lot, and I like oatmeal........I may investigate
adding oatmeal as my evening starchy food......
Oatmeal makes my skin feel good...................

A strange thing I have noted........bananas taste
spoiled to me.......they never have before......I have
enjoyed them.......but I ate one a couple of days ago
and it tasted nasty......I asked my Dad if he noticed
a strange flavor in the bananas and he said not.....
the bananas must be normal bananas, but my taste
has changed.......my paleo ancestors did not have
access to bananas.....maybe this should be a sign
to me to lay off them......my ancestors had access
to apples, I think.....what fruits are native to Europe?
Anyone know?   And England and Ireland?

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