Refugees from Vegan, Vegetarian and Low Fat Life Styles.

March 29, 2002

How many here are former vegans, vegetarians, or believers of the low

fat gospel? Why did you start those programs? Why did you quit, and

how did you get here?

The problem I have with the low fat programs is that you initially

lose weight and feel great. You have a lot more energy. But after

some time you begin to feel tired, get moody and start to put weight

back on. But however hard you try to get back to the initial " feel

great " , the program doesn't seem to work. You always seem to go

downhill.

I had been struggling with fatigue, back about 1984. I had read

Protein Power and tried it for a couple of weeks but didn't see any

improvement. I read Atkins book too. But after having been warned

that I had borderline high blood pressure someone gave me Pritikin's

book. I also found " Eat to Win " in a bookstore. It seemed to help a

bit with fatigue but I found most of the foods unappetizing. By 1992

I was 30 pounds overweight and suffering a lot of fatigue, had full

blown high blood pressure. That is when I found a support group for

Dr. McDougal on the Prodigy online service (pre-internet). Dr.

McDougal had a radio show too in which he interviewed Dr. Dean

Ornish. Both programs did works for me. I lost 30 pounds in about 4

months. I had a lot more energy, but it was only temporary. I spent

years trying to get it back thinking there was something wrong with

me. About a year ago I heard a local radio talk show about low

carb. At first I thought the host was full of crap. How can the

gubbermint (government) and all these scientist and researchers be

wrong and this one person with a PhD in exercise and nutrition be

right? But, I kept listening and he eventually was describing me.

About a month later he refereed to Weston A. Price and Dr. Mercola.

And that is how I got here.

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