On Fri, 26 Dec 1997, John C. Pavao wrote:

> I suppose it is.  But then I have no explanation for the fact that I don't
> continue to lose weight.  I mean, according to Neanderthin, calories don't
> count.  Ray eats 6000 a day or something like that.  If it's not an
> endocrine/metabolism problem, then what is it?  Why would I lose 40lbs in 4
> months and nothing in the following 8 months despite not changing my diet?

Have you forgotten that Ray is a diabetic who required insulin
supplementation before starting the diet?  It is well known that
insulin-dependent diabetics may find it impossible to gain
weight, regardless of calories, but their experience cannot be
generalized to the rest of us.  Remember, in a non-diabetic,
protein stimulates nearly as much insulin release as
carbohydrate, so there is always enough insulin available to
signal cells to store fat.

Todd Moody
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