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Originally Posted by scood
Hi
Can you tell me how you know it is a physiological response to food??? Not sure what that actually means
I started again today tracked all my food to every calorie and then I sabotaged my self by eating 3 small pkts of veggie chips now Im annoyed at myself
And I couldn't possibly be hungry
Scood
Carbohydrates affect the body/mind much like weak narcotics. They even reduce pain, which is probably why most comfort foods are carbs.
I spent decades trying to master "emotional" eating by ignoring cravings. I thought I ate to cope emotionally.
Then I found moderate low-carb and paleo diets, I discovered that emotions were not causing the cravings, blood sugar drops were. Not only that, my emotions became much more manageable. I wasn't eating because there was something wrong with my emotional control - my emotions were out of control because of what I was eating
Personally, I have more success when I assume that 99% of my issues are biochemical in nature. Addressing the biochemistry keeps me sane.
As for proof or explanation of my belief that most hunger and cravings are physiological, I can only lead you to the books that made me consider, experiment, and eventually conclude that biochemistry was mainlt to blame (and how to address it).
The End of Overeating, David Kessler
Good Calories, Bad Calories, Gary Taubes
Refuse to Regain, Barbara Berkely
And countless books with a low-carb, autoimmune-diet nd/or paleo focus.
But the real proof was in experimenting. By logging my food, emotions, and physical symptoms (because I have multiple health issues), I discovered that a moderately low carb, paleo diet not only reduces cravings, hunger and my weight, it also drastically reduces my symptoms. I feel better and stronger physically and emotionally. Mood swings are almost nonexistent except during pms/tom. Even pms/tom symptoms are greatly improved (and return full force if I overindulge in carby foods).
For me, the books supported the theory as a possibility, but only my experimenting and documenting gave the theory credibility. More experimenting and documenting proved the theory to my satisfaction.