Posted by BeardedLady on December 22, 2002, at 10:45:36
In reply to Carbs are being unfairly demonised!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! » Dinah, posted by bluedog on December 20, 2002, at 0:44:47
> Here is an exchange between Beardy and myself in a recent thread which sums up my view quite well:-
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> Beardy wrote:
> > The Zone books all treat food like a drug, which really turns me off, as I like food and would rather enjoy it than it it as if I were simply filling my tank or tanking my meds.I guess it sounded like I don't like the Zone diet, but it's actually sound, and its carb restrictions are logical. I like the science of it, but I don't like the poetry.
Many of you may remember how tough a time I've had lately with sleep. I had lost a lot of weight on a protein rich, carb poor (except fruits and veggies!) diet. And I was feeling phenomenal.
But three things happened when "the sniper" started hitting. A. I stopped exercising because B. it was too dark, and C. I started eating bread and cookies again. And then I upped my Serzone, which, like Remeron, causes me to crave carbs. I have gained five of the twenty pounds back in the last two months, and I'm still not sleeping the way I would like.
It took Aadika's post for me to finally realize that it wasn't necessarily the early darkness, the dark mornings, and the lack of exercise. It was the bread! Because not eating bread made me energetic and gave me the desire to exercise!
Carbs increase seratonin, so it's no surprise we crave them when we're depressed. But they don't cheer us up! So why the hell do we call them comfort foods?
I'm going in the kitchen to have the last piece of mandel bread (that's a Jewish biscotti, sorta), and then I'm done with bread!
Thanks, Aadika! Sometimes the answer is in front of us all the time.
beardy : )>
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