The first 24-48 hours of ketosis for me are fine. It's the 24-48 hours that it takes me to get into ketosis that's a pain: heachaches, moodiness, irritability, just feel like crap in general. Justin Hasselman >From: "Raymond, Charles E. x1280" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Paleolithic Eating Support List <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [P-F] Misc. >Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 11:45:27 -0500 > >As a semi-follow-up, it appears that the local news stations in my area are >on the Protein diet bashing bandwagon. The same old tired arguments are >used, typically "This diet started 30 years ago and is regaining popularity >due to the latest resurgence in dieting...yadda, yadda, yadda..." Carbs are >great, protein/fat is the devil :-). This just re-enforces my opinions that >newscasts are biased and that the reporters do absolutely no research >before >presenting a story. There are those few reporters that do research and >often >are forced to present a story that is biased against their wishes. For an >example go to www.notmilk.com <http://www.notmilk.com> and follow the >links >there to the story about the TV news reporters who wanted to blow the >whistle on the dangers of milk and where it landed them. > >A question about Olives, are the green ones with the pimento acceptable? I >ate some this weekend but tossed the pimento aside because I wasn't sure >what a pimento is/was. You guys ever notice that Paleo friendly foods tend >to cost about 3 times more than non-Paleo foods? I bought sardines in olive >oil it cost me three times more than the sardines in soybean oil, sheesh! >I'm also interested in hearing from you folks about snack ideas, while I'm >at work. I did have a big bag of shelled walnuts but they didn't last >through the weekend. If in a hurry or for people on the go, what are a few >good ideas? No luck in finding any type of suet this weekend, I have a >Meijer and a Winn Dixie and a Kroger near-by, I was unable to find it at >these locations, help! After hearing all about pemmican, I'm really >interested in trying it. I did find some Omega 3 enriched eggs at Meijer, >the other two places didn't have any. Also, all I can seem to find is grain >feed beef, I'm not having much luck around here. When I have it, I usually >have raw deer meat, however it's tough to come by when it's out of season. > >Chinese food - I should have stated this earlier, but the restaurant I >frequent is not of the take out variety. It is a buffet that includes items >such as baked Salmon with lemon pepper, crab legs still in the shell, fresh >Oysters on the half shell, mussels still in shell, roast beef, peel and eat >shrimp, and the traditional American Chinese fried/breaded meals. I've had >a >traditional Vietnamese meal before and it was much better than what you >find >in the restaurants. An interesting note, survival training in some branches >of the U.S. military teach you to snare small game, skin it with your teeth >and how to eat it raw. Organs included, see and you thought your tax >dollars >were being wasted, I recommend everyone try earthworms, they take a bit to >get used to but they are nutritious, another military survival delicacy. > >Another thing I notice about being in ketosis, I tend to be in a bad mood >for the first 24-48 hours after entering into it. I've also heard others >who >follow low carb diets mention that they have a period of crankiness after >entering ketosis also. Anyone else on this list have the same experience? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com