Re: Nutrition and Health -- Part 1 Intro and Fatty Acids [w/response]

[Guest guest]

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> Hi and group members,

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> I guess I'm different. Nutrition is the hardest thing for me. I

> completely understand the importance of eating properly. Yet, it's an

ongoing struggle to resist cravings and obsessive thoughts regarding certain

food types, like sugar, gluten and dairy combinations.>>

** When I say " easy " what I mean is it is something you can begin

immediately without jumping through any hoops to make it happen.

Cravings most often occur when a person keeps eating the offending

substances. These are always simple carbohydrates. Most people don't realize

that while you may not be eating sugar, if you're eating things like pasta,

rice, and bread you are triggering the craving that makes you crave sugar. Most

people have to be free of these foods for four days in order for the cravings to

cease.

It takes commitment to keep these things out of one's diet. Almost every

product you can buy in the market in prepared form includes some type of

sugar/sweetener. It's most usually high fructose corn syrup [HFCS].

You said:

> Sometimes, it's easier than other times for me to eat sanely. Even

> though I know that in the long run sugar etc. will make everything

> worse, I regularly fall back into the addictive eating and insane

> thinking regarding these foods. I go into a daze and block out all

> reason and just go for it! And once I start eating sugar etc. I lose

> all control and can't stop even when it's making me feel sick. For me,

certain kinds of foods are like addictive drugs.>>

** It is really not possible to convince me that you don't have some control

over this. You can't eat this way if you don't buy the foods to eat this way.

If what you are saying was true, no addict would ever recover. Can it be

difficult?> A challenge? Absolutely. But an alcoholic knows that if she buys

a bottle of vodka she is setting herself up. When you buy sugar and simple

carbs you are doing the same thing. The one difference is that alcohol doesn't

hide in foods like sugars do.

Where you have your control is in what you buy. If you don't bring it in the

house it isn't there to eat.

There is one scenario where no matter what a person did they would still crave

these things but I don't believe you fall into this category. I say this

because invariably, people with this problem first report, before anything else,

is a constant, gnawing hunger. You focus on the sugar/carbs.

You said:

<< Can anyone relate? Or am I the only one?>>

** Read this again and think about it. Do you really think you could be the

only person experiencing this? People who are addicted to simple carbohydrates

experience this. That is millions of people. But, when people are committed to

something, they find a way to do it.

There is one other possibility but it's very rare. It shouldn't even be

considered until you've been entirely free of simple carbs for 2 weeks and

still experiencing the same symptoms you currently report. Are you willing to

give this a try? Remember, you have to read everything, every label, of

anything that you buy prepared.

One more note -- diet soda causes people to crave sugar.

Regards,