MSG in Nutritional Yeast? was Re: Stefansson's Book Online

February 9, 2009

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It's interesting that you see them as separate. For me, if I have a

craving for something before I eat it, it's a sure thing that I will

have a gimme-more sensation once I start eating it.

Interesting idea about fructose (evil, evil fructose!) driving

cravings. But your reasoning is based on its sweetness--do you have

any reason to believe that fructose specifically causes more cravings?

I do think high fructose in a food or a diet is a good marker for

refined sugar content/intake, so it certainly could be associated.

> Oddly, I don't get the gimme more

> sensation with starchy sweets any more. I can eat one cookie and not

> want to eat 10 more like when I was addicted. But if I were to start

> eating one cookie every day, I don't think it would take long before I

> would develop an addiction again.

How much sugar/carbohydrate are you currently eating? I'm currently

quasi-low carb but not actually counting and still get cravings,

mostly minor. I avoid starches and refined sugar and keep fruit to 1-3

servings a day. I'm thinking about cutting down below 100g total

carb/day and seeing if that helps.

> I put a

> comparison of amounts of sugar in some foods here:

Thanks for the link, I enjoy reading your website occasionally!

Tom

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