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helga · 02-03-2008, 10:18 PM

I must say it’s been quite fascinating to watch your personal experience, to have an intimate window into someone else’s life that isn’t often available. I suspect that food has somewhat less effect on our health than we think. The body is incredibly adaptable, and has varied biochemistry to maintain equilibrium. Someone with a healthy pancreas will have normal blood sugar levels no matter what they are eating. It’s the job of insulin, to keep the blood sugar as level as possible.

I haven’t had so much as a sniffle, sore throat or sick day in three years. I’m not altogether sure what I am doing right, but eating “properly” likely isn’t it. While I make a point of eating fruits and vegetables, I also eat meat, baked goods, and drink wine and way too much coffee. I’ll eat donuts when they come to the office. Before Christmas every day brought a new batch of chocolate and cookies to the office where I worked and I didn’t even try to summon will power. Weird thing is, I didn’t gain any weight.

I would caution anyone on an extreme diet to not assume that feelings of euphoria are a sign of health. Sometimes that is the body’s response to extreme distress. Remember that people who are freezing to death experience feelings of euphoria.

Something I never hear mentioned in discussions of diet is how our bodies evolved linked the land in which we lived. I don’t know if anyone has studied whether the optimal diet for a northern European would be different than for someone of Hawaiian or African ancestry. I do know that the Inuit have evolved metabolic differences that enable their bodies to be healthy on a diet that is almost exclusively meat and fat, almost the only food sources that were available to them in their natural ecosystem. In the world of cities, travel and manufactured foods we can eat anything we want. This was not the case, even a few hundred years ago. I don’t think our bodies have changed much in that short a period of time.

Last week we had temperatures of minus 35 with a howling wind.[ no it’s not always like that, most of the winter is quite tolerable] This wouldn’t be a good time to try a fruit diet and I’m not even sure a vegan diet is such a good idea. Craving bacon may just be my body’s survival instinct talking.

Interesting experiment. I hope you’re able to return to excellent health quickly.

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helga Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 17	Hope you're feeling better I must say it’s been quite fascinating to watch your personal experience, to have an intimate window into someone else’s life that isn’t often available. I suspect that food has somewhat less effect on our health than we think. The body is incredibly adaptable, and has varied biochemistry to maintain equilibrium. Someone with a healthy pancreas will have normal blood sugar levels no matter what they are eating. It’s the job of insulin, to keep the blood sugar as level as possible. I haven’t had so much as a sniffle, sore throat or sick day in three years. I’m not altogether sure what I am doing right, but eating “properly” likely isn’t it. While I make a point of eating fruits and vegetables, I also eat meat, baked goods, and drink wine and way too much coffee. I’ll eat donuts when they come to the office. Before Christmas every day brought a new batch of chocolate and cookies to the office where I worked and I didn’t even try to summon will power. Weird thing is, I didn’t gain any weight. I would caution anyone on an extreme diet to not assume that feelings of euphoria are a sign of health. Sometimes that is the body’s response to extreme distress. Remember that people who are freezing to death experience feelings of euphoria. Something I never hear mentioned in discussions of diet is how our bodies evolved linked the land in which we lived. I don’t know if anyone has studied whether the optimal diet for a northern European would be different than for someone of Hawaiian or African ancestry. I do know that the Inuit have evolved metabolic differences that enable their bodies to be healthy on a diet that is almost exclusively meat and fat, almost the only food sources that were available to them in their natural ecosystem. In the world of cities, travel and manufactured foods we can eat anything we want. This was not the case, even a few hundred years ago. I don’t think our bodies have changed much in that short a period of time. Last week we had temperatures of minus 35 with a howling wind.[ no it’s not always like that, most of the winter is quite tolerable] This wouldn’t be a good time to try a fruit diet and I’m not even sure a vegan diet is such a good idea. Craving bacon may just be my body’s survival instinct talking. Interesting experiment. I hope you’re able to return to excellent health quickly.