I have been wondering for a long time whether low body temperature played a part in health problems. And seeing what is written below I am wondering if there is any science behind a slowed metabolism and not enough calories. At present I am eating pure paleo, but am still loosing weight. I have low body temp all the time and have always had a fast metabolism. In fact I went to fitday.com and found out this, and this was without some things as I could not find them on he site. Calories Eaten Today source grams cals %total Total: 5287 Fat: 314 2825 55% Sat: 67 605 12% Poly: 57 511 10% Mono: 164 1477 29% Carbs: 408 1292 25% Fiber: 85 0 0% Protein: 257 1029 20% Alcohol: 0 0 0% I can't think why I am loosing weight. Surely my calorie total is way over the top. I feel good, better than I have in years. SO where am I going wrong. My intake for today was 3 squeezed oranges. c.4oz left over baked cod from last nights tea almond, honey, cocunut, dried cherry, egg and apple cookie about 1 1/2 oz large kipper, 2 eggs scrambled with olive oil, 4 mushrooms and i/2 tomato and 7 basil leaves plum 4 olives 4 almonds small handfull of pumkin seeds Roast chicken breast, minus skin 1 1/2 roast carrots, 1 1/2 parsnips, 1/4 florence fennel, 1/4 yellow pepper and 3 big brocollispears covered in gravy made from roast chicken juice, water and arrow root. 1/4 small pineapple 2 grapes And I still have an hour before bed and am hungry so will probably have some sundried dates. Where might I be going wrong. Does his really make over 5000 calories. All help appreciated. Thanks Fran >One thing I'm wondering about is why my basal >body temperature is so low (96.8 F) That probably means that you're not getting *enough* calories, oddly enough, and your body's metabolism has slowed in an effort to conserve its weight.