Hi Andy,

Some informational sources you might look at on the net are

http://www.beyondveg.com/cat/paleodiet/index.shtml

http://www.lowcarbretreat.com/josh_...owcarb_med.html

http://ajdubre.tripod.com/Health/So...ietaryFat0.html

http://www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm

I eat only free-range beef and organic fertile eggs from uncaged hens. Some fascinating info on beef (and sources in US for it) is at

http://www.eatwild.com/index.html

Ditto Nat on reading PPLP. That'll all keep you busy for a couple weeks!

I exercise, sometimes a lot, sometimes moderately. Personally, I have found a difference in performance--or perhaps, more accurately, in feel. I can run 10K, but I do feel pretty worn out doing so. I recover quickly, my times are the same as before, but I suppose the fact that you move through the ATP/glycogen stores SO quickly as a LC eater and start burning fat quickly helps to explain that. I've realized I feel better if I do intervals instead. Weightlifting, this has only helped. I put on muscle much more easily, perhaps from all the high-quality protein I eat (without guilt!)

Oh yes, and the Chinese rates of heart disease are as bad for men as the US rates; for women....Chinese heart disease rates are the highest in the world.