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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1521039" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>It was a while ago, but I do remember obsessing about toast, mashed potato and dumplings. Niggly ravenous carb cravings. Also feeling wobbly and floppy. Mild headaches, less energy... never had any flu symptoms at all.</p><p></p><p>I have always found the best way to overcome carb cravings and all the symptoms mentioned above, is to eat well, regularly, and choose food I enjoy with a highish fat content. Over the years, I have narrowed that down to reaching for the cheese, the low carb hot chocolate with cream, or having a big low carb meal. They are my first reaction whenever I feel anything like it.</p><p></p><p>Making sure you drink enough and have enough salt (a cup of meat broth or bovril will take care of both at the same time) can make a huge difference in a very short time.</p><p></p><p>And reducing carbs over a week or so, rather than going 'cold turkey' may mean skipping all the carb flu symptoms completely.</p><p></p><p>Something else worth noting is that the first time is the worst. Once the body has 'learned' to make the transition from high carb to low carb, it remembers. So even if you go back to carbs, and then start with low carbing all over again (we have ALL done this! lol), then the second and third and fourth times round get progressively less carb fluey and the transition is smoother.</p><p></p><p>Nowadays I don't get any symptoms at all, except for a mild wistful preoccupation with white carbs that disappears when I have my next meal.</p><p></p><p>You do hear horror stories, but they very often happen (like poor [USER=412001]@SockFiddler[/USER] says) when combined with other stuff - work stress, difficult food scheduling, hormones, weather, holidays, trying to go low calorie AND low fat AND low carb simultaneously...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 1521039, member: 41816"] It was a while ago, but I do remember obsessing about toast, mashed potato and dumplings. Niggly ravenous carb cravings. Also feeling wobbly and floppy. Mild headaches, less energy... never had any flu symptoms at all. I have always found the best way to overcome carb cravings and all the symptoms mentioned above, is to eat well, regularly, and choose food I enjoy with a highish fat content. Over the years, I have narrowed that down to reaching for the cheese, the low carb hot chocolate with cream, or having a big low carb meal. They are my first reaction whenever I feel anything like it. Making sure you drink enough and have enough salt (a cup of meat broth or bovril will take care of both at the same time) can make a huge difference in a very short time. And reducing carbs over a week or so, rather than going 'cold turkey' may mean skipping all the carb flu symptoms completely. Something else worth noting is that the first time is the worst. Once the body has 'learned' to make the transition from high carb to low carb, it remembers. So even if you go back to carbs, and then start with low carbing all over again (we have ALL done this! lol), then the second and third and fourth times round get progressively less carb fluey and the transition is smoother. Nowadays I don't get any symptoms at all, except for a mild wistful preoccupation with white carbs that disappears when I have my next meal. You do hear horror stories, but they very often happen (like poor [USER=412001]@SockFiddler[/USER] says) when combined with other stuff - work stress, difficult food scheduling, hormones, weather, holidays, trying to go low calorie AND low fat AND low carb simultaneously... [/QUOTE]
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