tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040807413744183436.post4899786044616166389..comments2023-10-23T00:53:05.301-04:00Comments on Heretic: Atkins revisitedStan Bleszynskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922719716458272303noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040807413744183436.post-50589234617133332022014-12-29T11:58:34.788-05:002014-12-29T11:58:34.788-05:00Oops, that should say, "Your writings". ...Oops, that should say, "Your writings". Sorry for they typing error.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040807413744183436.post-24199858648370907412014-12-29T11:56:41.729-05:002014-12-29T11:56:41.729-05:00Stan, thanks so much for your answer. I am the on...Stan, thanks so much for your answer. I am the one who asked the question, and then I didn't mark which blog post it was.<br /><br />Your writing about your experiences on Optimal LCHF have helped me very much.<br /><br />I thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040807413744183436.post-11683082935713329402012-10-31T22:20:35.121-04:002012-10-31T22:20:35.121-04:00I missed this post so I am answering now, for the ...I missed this post so I am answering now, for the record.<br /><br />The first 1.5 years generally trouble free except occasional headache (probably once a couple of weeks) whenever I exceeded about 25g of carbohydrates or drunk more than a half a glass ow wine. My tolerance for alcohol was as much reduced as for carbohydrates during that time. I never have had it since, and I can tolerate more carbs (up to a 100g) and alcohol, although I rarely do that. <br /><br />- My taste begun shifting in the first year or so, such that stopped craving carbs, especially sweets, and begun liking the high fat cuisine. <br /><br />- I also found during that period, that eating too little, for example zero carbohydrates for a few days used to bring some strange symptoms. Headache and sometime faster heart beat although not nearly as fast and as bad as on the high carb diet before (tachycardia and panic attack every month or so). <br /><br />My guess is that if you do not eat any carbs then neo-glucogenesis might not work ass effectively and fast enough to maintain very stable glucose levels. It may lead to hypoglycemia and this in turn triggers the adrenal response to stumulate neo-glucogenesis in the liver, which then triggers release of thyroid hormones which may bring a panic attack etc.<br /><br />Other effects of the low carbs were immensely positive, for example: <br /><br />- Lifting of the mental fog, within the first week of the low carb diet. I became calmer and mentally more focused. Much less prone to fear or panic. <br /><br />- Ability to work for a day or two non-stop, without sleep, if I need to.<br /><br />- Not feeling nearly as much tired after work.<br /><br />- Resistance against cold weather and cold water (swimming).<br /><br />- Ability to hold breath for longer, and reduction of breathing rate. <br /><br />- Not needing to dring water as often, rarely feeling thirsty. <br /><br />- Blood clotting factor initially diminished, but later on normalized. <br /><br />- I lost a few kg (which was worrying because I have always been of normal weight or underweight). My weight has normalized after 2 years.<br /><br />- My total caloric consumption has diminished by itself, without trying, by about 30%. <br /><br />- Never ever got a flu or any other infection. I did have a common cold 2 or 3 times in the last 13 years. Never get a fever. Before I had a flu with high fever, regularly twice a year<br /><br />- Never got a sunburn ever since. My skin is more resistant to burns and heals faster after cuts.<br /><br />- Twice as fast bones healing, and teeth healing. When I broke my rib8 years ago, it healed after 2 weeks. Before (15 years ago) on a high carb diet it took 4 weeks. Two of my molar teeth broke in half, one 7 years ago, another 5 years ago. I didn't go to a dentist. Both tooth sealed themselves with some new enamel and are fine to this day. This is BTW similar case to what Weston A. Price wrote in his monography! He describes teeth cavities disapearing/healing after his "Activator X" (vit K2) treatment! <br /><br />Stan Bleszynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03922719716458272303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040807413744183436.post-29164789949319852262011-01-26T17:53:30.136-05:002011-01-26T17:53:30.136-05:00Stan, thank you very much for your blog, I enjoy...Stan, thank you very much for your blog, I enjoy visiting and reading.<br /><br />Your experience of recovering from having been very sensitive to CHO, during those 1 1/2 years, has been a light of hope for me.<br /><br />Can you say what might have been occurring during those 1 1/2 years? I would like to know what adaptive or restorative process is taking place.<br /><br />I am at six months, and find, as you did, that 25g CHO is my maximum limit. I tend to stay at 16-20 grams.<br /><br />Also, I notice that if I go below circa 16g, that I feel unwell and it seems as though my body is working too hard.<br /><br />Thanks very much for your blog. I also have enjoyed reading your comments at Hyperlipid<br /><br />Best wishes to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com