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Many people will go on the high fat diet but try to be true to their old high carb master.
They’ll eat meat but it’s all fish, chicken and turkey. While these foods may be quite nutritious
and beneficial, even when used in the high fat diet, they can’t be used as a replacement for good,
old fashioned red meat. They ain’t fat.

What you end up doing by taking on the turkey/chicken/fish holy trinity is going on a high
protein, low carb, MEDIUM FAT diet. Along with being even harder to stay on than the
Anabolic Diet, this diet won’t get you the advantages you’re looking for from the high fat diet.
You won’t burn the fat like you should. You won’t have the energy. You won’t build the mass.

You need red meat. You need the fat it provides. Don’t shortchange yourself by trying to
avoid it in some misled effort to stay true to forces in society who have labelled meat some kind
of monster. This is simply not true.

KEYS TO SUCCESS IN THE “START-UP” PHASE

• Find the “maintenance” level were calories maintain your body weight (18 X Your
  Present Body Weight: A Good Starting Point)


• Take a fiber supplement


• Watch for hidden carbs


• Don’t mix diets


• The first week is the toughest—Stick It Out

THE FIRST WEEK IS THE TOUGHEST
In the first week of the diet you’ll be going through the “metabolic shift” from being a carb and
muscle-burning machine to being a fat burner, and it can be difficult. While some people will
suffer few symptoms, others will be very affected. The bowel irregularities we discussed above will
come into play. You’ll also experience some fatigue and get foul or fruity smelling breath caused
by an increase in the production of ketones, a compound utilized for fat metabolism.

Emotionally, you could feel irritable and mentally foggy in the first week. You may suffer
some very mild disorientation. As a result, we urge you NOT TO RUN HEAVY EQUIPMENT
DURING THIS TIME.

You can also experience pre-flu like symptoms where you feel like “something’s coming on”
or you’re “fighting something off.” Energy can drop and you can feel frequently hungry. Don’t
be alarmed. Basically, your body is just going through a readjustment phase. It will soon pass.

Unfortunately, many people will experience these difficulties and give up on the diet. They
try it for a couple days and don’t feel good and conclude “it doesn’t work for me.” They never
break through the barrier to experience the “metabolic shift.”

That’s why we urge you to STICK WITH IT DURING THE FIRST WEEK. Once you get
through that first week, it’s all downhill. You’ll start to feel better and better, and the diet will
be easier and easier. You’ll get to the point where you’ll feel so good, the Anabolic Diet will

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