most recent 30 from http://paleohacks.com 2013-06-20T02:21:46Z http://paleohacks.com/feeds/question/154865 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://paleohacks.com/questions/154865/paleo-intermittent-fasting-and-rage Man With A Middle 2012-10-10T23:31:37Z 2013-01-17T02:06:19Z

<p>I've been working on a 90/10 compliant paleo diet with IF with a once-a-day evening meal for about 4 months. In general it has been working great, my weight is down 27 lbs and is still dropping. However, every once in a while I notice that I get into a hyper-focused state where I have NO tolerance for stupidity, and I feel like that I would love to pick a fight and beat the stuffing out of someone. I don't act on this, of course, but it is somewhat alarming as it isn't really my nature. A good evening meal usually mellows me out, but I am curious as to why this occurs. I really don't get hungry until the evening and overall feel really good during the day with consistent energy and focus.</p> <p>Has anyone else experienced this? Any tips to tame the beast?</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/154865/paleo-intermittent-fasting-and-rage/154872#154872 bethaneyjayne 2012-10-10T23:53:34Z 2012-10-10T23:53:34Z

<p>hell yeah I get that! I can feel my heart pounding through my chest literally like my "fight or flight" response is over-reactive. I think I simply have issues, lol. But I have noticed it happens the day after sugar binges, so now that they are not so frequent my mood is a little better.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/154865/paleo-intermittent-fasting-and-rage/154875#154875 DePaw 2012-10-11T00:06:33Z 2012-10-11T00:06:33Z

<p>I get this too, I guess it's the body is hungry and wants you to hunt, but there's nothing to run so you lash out at people. But I also have bipolar disorder so might be part of it. But blood sugar issues makes a lot of sense too as ketosis smooths my mood a lot, so hypoglycaemia may cause the mood episode.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/154865/paleo-intermittent-fasting-and-rage/154877#154877 crightfunnylol 2012-10-11T00:10:02Z 2012-10-11T00:10:02Z

<p>i remember feeling cranky and was irratated easly when my family was eating in front of me and i was fasting</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/154865/paleo-intermittent-fasting-and-rage/155908#155908 Dave 2012-10-15T18:02:05Z 2012-10-15T18:02:05Z

<p>I do find my levels dip and rise, since staring the Eat Stop Eat plan <a href="http://www.eatstopeatresults.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.eatstopeatresults.com/</a> </p> <p>I have been experimenting with good fats within nuts and seeds to help.</p> <p>SIS Rego range is good also.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/154865/paleo-intermittent-fasting-and-rage/155947#155947 Leannmean 2012-10-15T20:02:28Z 2012-10-15T20:02:28Z

<p>I too had the same thing happen with IF after about 4 months. I would happen to me in the evenings. </p> <p>My normal personality is completely opposite from how I would feel, but I would literally feel like ripping someones head off. It scared me because it was starting to affect my relationship with my girlfriend. I would find myself incredibly angry with her about nothing. </p> <p>I found that eating about 200kcal would calm me down somewhat, but in the end it just wasn't worth it for me to feel so angrily irrational. In the end, I decided to go back to eating three meals a day. </p> <p>I found that taking a 2 week diet break at maintenance calories reset me and allowed me to continue IF for another month without this issue cropping up again. However, it did come back after a month, so that's when I decided to end the IFing. </p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/154865/paleo-intermittent-fasting-and-rage/173890#173890 Man With A Middle 2013-01-17T02:06:19Z 2013-01-17T02:06:19Z

<p>A bit of a follow-up: some recent blood work, web searching and reading has caused me to experiment with supplementing with tyrosine.</p> <p><a href="http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/tyrosine-000329.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/tyrosine-000329.htm</a></p> <p>Recent blood work indicated that my TSH was borderline high but my thyroid hormones were borderline low, suggesting a deficiency in the precursors (tyrosine or iodine). I had been running cold, low energy, etc. and have a family history of thyroid issues so I had those levels checked. Also, several years ago I was diagnosed with seasonal affective disorder and was put on a course of Wellbutrin (buproprion) which is a dopamine-reuptake inhibitor. I responded well to it, but after a time I decided that I did not want to be on meds and discontinued their use. Supplementing with vitamin D helped somewhat during the winter, but I read that tyrosine is a precursor to dopamine. It seemed that tyrosine was a common factor in all these issues, so I decided to try supplementing with it.</p> <p>I've been on tyrosine for two weeks and must say it has brought about a night-and-day difference in mood, even while in deep ketosis and exercising hard in the middle of winter. I'm warm now, energy and enthusiasm are both good, and I am finally seeing exercise as a joy instead of a chore.</p> <p>I'm continuing on the supplements for now, but tyrosine is an amino acid found in meats, eggs, dairy, nuts and wheat, so in theory I should be able to get a sufficiency through food. I think the problem may have been that I was restricting too much and pushing too hard while not eating enough meat and eggs to fill a chronic tyrosine deficiency. I think I will remain on the supplements while I am still trying to lose weight and then try to phase them out when I reach maintenance.</p> <p>Tyrosine is apparently something that has been known about by bodybuilders trying to cut:</p> <p><a href="http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/tyrosine.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/tyrosine.htm</a></p>