Re: Re: Bad eating may permanently alter DNA

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Now that you’ve revealed when the sugar binging strikes, I have another suggestion. For the middle of the night binges, can you substitute something healthier and kept on hand strictly for those times? Some suggestions are: a dab of allfruit (no sugar added) jelly on a piece of whole wheat bread, or allfruit ‘leather”, a type of fruit jerky which is handy for a quick sugar fix. In the U.S. Trader Joe’s and health food stores sell such fruit leather.

Oftentimes I’ll add sucralose to fat free plain yogurt, with berries and a few chopped nuts. I find it a satisfying substitute for ice cream or a sundae. There are other healthy dessert options in the recipe file/links section at our site.

From: Ulf Rasmusson <ulf.rasmusson@...>

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Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 12:20:21 +0100

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decided not to heed those. In any case, I don’t think I could stick to CR without a heavy dose of berries and fruits and the alternatives are a lot worse.

My sugar hits are primarily from two different types of occasions. One is when going to buffet restaurants with family or friends. As a result of the sugar hit posting, I’ve decided to only go to those which don’t have desserts, so I only fill up on CR-compatible foods. The other is the occasional night when I wake up and I just have to have something in my stomach. Fruits is what I usually take, but occasionally I get this irresistible urge to go for my wife´s and teen-agers´ cereals and binge. It’s not the worst kind of cereal and I don't know if it qualifies as a sugar hit, but it's loaded with calories and about 10 % sugar. That’s harder to address, since my mental defenses are down in the middle of the night. It’s only when I´m actually down in the kitchen that the strong urge occasionally strikes. Last time I woke up I did some meditation and went back to sleep without having to visit the kitchen. I’ll make a point of trying that first. I also have sugar binges when travelling and at the occasional party that has unlimited cakes available. I won’t be able to, and wouldn’t even really want to, do away with the sugar binges entirely, but I would like to reduce their frequency. Reducing the intensity of a binge is beyond possibility. When I have my first sugar bite start I go on until I´m filled and nobody and nothing can stop me whatever prior decision I may have made. I'm glad I'm disciplined enough not to indulge on a daily basis or I would rapidly and literally eat myself to death or incapacitation!

Ulf

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