The international flaming orange color is a bit overwhelming.  Can I change this to something a little more subdued?

I also miss spellcheck.  It wasn't perfect but it did help a lot - especially since the window where we can make corrections is so short.  Do you plan on bringing this back?

Lex

The Zeroing In On Health (ZIOH) forum, run by Charles Washington, had a gathering at SAMBA Brazilian steak house in Redondo Beach last Saturday evening. I think there were 18 or 20 of us total.  A couple flew in from Chicago, and there was a couple from Chico but most of the rest were from around Southern Calif.  Charles has been flying all over the country to host these get togethers and it truly was fun. I took some pictures and MAC, one of the moderators, posted them for me.  If you are interested you can find the pictures starting here:

http://forum.zeroinginonhealth.com/showthread.php?tid=2213&page=20

All the pictures on pages 20 and 21 are mine with the exception of 2 pictures posted by Mariel of Charles dancing with the 'hired help' on page 20. Also, all my photos were taken without flash so you get the full effect of the lighting in the restaruant.  Further on others have posted more pictures as well.  I only attended the dinner, but Charles was here for the better part of 2 days so there are some pictures documenting much of his trip.  I think Charles posted a short video he took as well.  

Lex

This link was posted on another board and I felt it very appropriate for this one as there is a good bit of interest in sports performance.
The title of the article is "Endurance muscles: Why endurance athletes cannot afford to ignore the vital contribution of fast-twitch muscle fibres".

http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/endurance-muscles.html

Lex

About a year ago I started waking up with cramps in my calf muscels. I added a bit of salt to my diet (about 1g-2g per day) and the problem
cleared up.

A bit over 2 weeks ago I transistioned from a diet of 68% calories from fat/32% calories from protein/zero calories from carbohydrate, to 80%
Fat/20% Protein/Zero Carbohydrate. I continued to use the same amount of salt.

For the last 2 nights I've been awakened by severe cramps in my right leg. On one night it happened twice -once about 3am and again about
5am.

Any clue what might be going on here?

Lex

A few months ago I was prompted to set up an experiment to see what would happen if I changed the ratio of fat to protein in my diet.  For the past several years my diet has been meat and fat only with a ratio (by % of calories) of 68% fat to 32% protein. My weight has been stable at about 160 lbs for almost 2 years.

I set a base line of Blood Glucose and urine Ketones and came up with the following results:
BG was about 95 just before my single afternoon meal
BG rose to about 120 over a 2-3 hour period after the meal
BG dropped to 106 and stayed there for about 18 hours
BG dropped to 95 about 2 hours before meal time

Ketones always measured between zero and Trace.

As of June 1st I changed the fat ratio of my food to 80% fat and 20% protein by adding addition suet to my meat mix.  I have a commercial fat analyzer used by meat markets to test the fat content of their ground beef so I'm able to measure the fat content of my mix fairly precisely.  After 2 weeks on this new diet I have the following results:

BG is now 80 just before my single afternoon meal
BG rises to about 96 over a 2-3 hour period after the meal
BG drops to about 87 by bed time
BG is usually about 80 upon arising in the morning
BG jumps to about 90 about an hour after arising
BG slowly drops to 80 and stays there for an hour or so before I eat.

Ketones have jumped sharply to Moderate (middle color band) and on occasion to Large (next to last color bad)
I also dropped 2 lbs in weight even though total calories have remained the same.

This morning for the first time my morning BG dropped to 75 and then rose to 80 about an hour after arising so it is clear that things are in dynamic flux.  It will be interesting to see what happens over time.

Also, you'll notice that my BG jumps several points in the morning even though I haven't eaten anything and won't eat again for another 9 or 10 hours.  The theory for this is that either the liver is dumping glucose to meet the needs of new muscle activity as I begin to move around for the day, or that the adrenals are signaling the body to break down body fat for the same purpose.  I expect that it is the breakdown of body fat as this would cause the ketones to rise (which they have) and release of glucose from the liver would not cause this rise in ketones.

I put this first post in the General Discussion area so people would see it.  I'll be making future posts on this subject to the Journal area. http://www.rawpaleoforum.com/journals/lex's-journal/

Just got back from vacation and Craig's email inviting me to join the forum came to the top of the to-do pile.  I think I got the registration thing right, though my being well over the age of 30 makes that suspect.

Craig, you have my deepest respect.  I'm not sure I'd be willing to commit the time necessary to manage a forum.  You, Dean, and Geoff deserve medals.

BTW - Thank you, thank you, thank you for the Spell Check option.  I really miss it on some of the other forums.  Having gone to public school, my spelling is atrocious.

Lex