Besides better health, what are some weird side effects you've noticed? Things you wouldn't expect...-I can't chew gum for more than 5 minutes. Used to chew for hours on end.- On low-carb and paleo, my breasts get bigger. I lost 50 lbs a few years ago and they stayed the same size. Hormones, maybe?- I'm hot all the time. - My hair looks greasy in the morning. It's gross.

I second that...I get sick too.

One glass of wine & I'm out, too. I'm a cheap date.

My hair looks greasy in the morning. It's gross.

Shampoos and conditioners with sulfates and silicones in them used to make my hair do that...haven't noticed much of a change since switching to paleo, but I stopped using those products a couple years ago.

I get very buzzed off of one drink.  I'm toning up without losing weight, and without much working out.  My skin heals more quickly (I may be turning into Wolverine).  My hair and nails grow faster.  I used to be cold constantly - now I'm much warmer.  I was hot a lot when I first started eating more fat, but that feeling went away after a few weeks.


A neolithic meal will knock me out, too, but that was one reason I switched to paleo in the first place.

I require much less sleep.  I used to need 10 hours.  Now I wake up ready for action after 7-8. 

So far I have only lost inches from my waist (26" now), everything else is the same.

I take lunch at 2.30.  Old breakfast - bowl wholegrain cereal w milk, 1 egg.  Hungry by 12, ended up eating 2 granola bars.  New breakfast - berries w coconut milk, 1 egg, maybe a couple of nuts, or prawns, or a bit of avocado.  Not hungry til 2

pretty common side effects actually!  Perhaps I have not been on it long enough to notice the odd ones

I think this is related to metabolism. On some other blog (180 degree health?) there was a discussion about how low carb diets can over-stress the adrenals, lowering your metabolism to compensate... the guy from Carnivore Health Blog (meat only) actually lost like 1.5 degrees on his resting body temp, and decided to start eating carbs again...

How low before the adrenal stress happens?

The adrenal stress doesn't make sense to me since many people who have adrenal fatigue get better when they eat a diet similar to paleo.