Thanks to Leonie, who wrote: >Eating a large meal of protein can cause an insulin response equal to eating carbs. > Small frequent meals keep insulin levels lower. Also spread what carbs you do eat evenly with protein and fat consumption. ok- i'll keep that in mind this must be b/c some protien is available as glucose? so our ancestors could take better advantage of a larger kill/scavange... > Do you experience the hypoglycemia symptoms on Paleo when you are not breastfeeding? i don't know. didn't try it before. i have tried other reduced carb diets, and i did experience a pattern if symtoms. the reason i am starting this in the middle of breatfeeding is just that i became so concerned! the only way i could function and not be sick durring pregnancy was to keep eating carbs -- at all times -- even when i didn't want them. without them i literally could not function. i gained over fifty pounds and felt incredibly guilty for the possible effect on the baby... but i didn't know how else to get by. (thankfully, my blood sugars were never high.) i marvel at the idea of people eating paleo during pregnancy, and it makes me wonder if things may have turned out differently if i had already had the paleo thing figured out for myself. good health to all, liesel