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It's just a question that popped into my head. I read all the posts by the extreme low-carbers here; the ones who seem to hate carbohydrate with a passion. They always go on about how they don't feel as hungry any more or how they don't eat as much, blah blah blah.
I wanted to ask if any of you who go the really low carb route actually have any kind of interest in food whatsoever. Or is eating just a chore to you?
I'm asking because I do my best to keep my carbs down, just so I don't have to inject as much insulin. However, despite fitting nicely between the 'typical' and 'liberal' low carb labels in fergus' introductory post to this forum, I've found that on more than one occasion I've been rather severely cudgelled (in what felt like a positively evangelical manner, I might add) for suggesting that it's ok to eat a bowl of pasta while staying inside those limits. General vibe - "Grr! Carbs are evil. How dare you mention their name in this forum?!"
I love food and I love to cook and I just can't imagine putting myself into a position where food loses its appeal from a taste point of view. Feeling hungry is amazing - because it kicks your brain chemicals into ramping up the 'volume' on all the flavours you get to eat. Removing that, as I've noticed some people claim they have is positively alien to me. And I can only imagine my life would gain an impressive tinge of beige were I to go as far as seems to be advocated here.
Does anyone else here get that real love for flavours and food? Or does it just hold no interest for all of you? I ask because I get the feeling that if it's the latter, I'm almost certainly wasting my time here.
I wanted to ask if any of you who go the really low carb route actually have any kind of interest in food whatsoever. Or is eating just a chore to you?
I'm asking because I do my best to keep my carbs down, just so I don't have to inject as much insulin. However, despite fitting nicely between the 'typical' and 'liberal' low carb labels in fergus' introductory post to this forum, I've found that on more than one occasion I've been rather severely cudgelled (in what felt like a positively evangelical manner, I might add) for suggesting that it's ok to eat a bowl of pasta while staying inside those limits. General vibe - "Grr! Carbs are evil. How dare you mention their name in this forum?!"
I love food and I love to cook and I just can't imagine putting myself into a position where food loses its appeal from a taste point of view. Feeling hungry is amazing - because it kicks your brain chemicals into ramping up the 'volume' on all the flavours you get to eat. Removing that, as I've noticed some people claim they have is positively alien to me. And I can only imagine my life would gain an impressive tinge of beige were I to go as far as seems to be advocated here.
Does anyone else here get that real love for flavours and food? Or does it just hold no interest for all of you? I ask because I get the feeling that if it's the latter, I'm almost certainly wasting my time here.