Transitioning to a vintage eating.
A dramatic change to your eating habits can create side effects. Vintage eating is no different. Switching abruptly to vintage eating gives some people headaches, fatigue, and/or gastric issues as the body adjusts to its new diet.
How to transition to a vintage diet depends upon you. Your health; your body; your goals; your current diet; your personality...
Some experts encourage diving right in -- a 'cold turkey' transition. Others suggest more gradual methods -- starting with the elimination of obviously processed food and sweet drinks, and then going deeper, eliminating hidden sugars and whole grains. Or, some suggest phasing in one meal of the day for a couple of weeks before adding another. Sometimes your doctor needs to be involved to help gradually reduce medication. It is really up to you. Here are some tips from the experts:
Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt (LCHF Food Revolution)
- On getting started. (Scroll down a bit for a nice section on how to manage initial side effects.)
- On managing diabetes meds. (See note to diabetics under picture.) For more on diabetes and LCHF, there is a large section, here.
- On high blood pressure and how LCHF diets lower blood pressure (and may necessitate reducing high blood pressure medications).
- On gallstones/gallbladder issues.
Dr. Peter Attia (NuSI)
- On how to lose weight, including his recommendations for a staged transition.
- On lower carbohydrate eating and its effects on athletic performance.
David Asprey (The Bulletproof Diet)
- On getting started.
- On where to start with vitamins and supplements.
Mark Sisson (The Primal Blueprint)
- On how to ease into trying the primal diet.
- On diabetes and primal eating.