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- Type of diabetes
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I do have a hormone imbalance that's connected to my PCOS that gives me a massive appetite and no switch off for food.
I don't understand why you claim I put words into your mouth when all I did was quote your words back to you, with the addition of 'all' since you claimed to lack the usual satiety mechanism for Fats and Protein
I have since read her recent post in here and it seems she was just trying to be extra-open-minded, not that she wanted to push a High Carb agenda. Not that it needs any pushing in the wider world - LOL!
Why do people overeat on junk carbs? Their bodies crave nutrition.
You are twisting things again. The high carb very low fat diet I was talking about is nothing like the high carb diet in the wider world (as I said on my thread.) It is the mix of carbs and fats that is the problem. The wider world loves the 50/50 split. That's the most lethal combination.
Thank you. Now I know that if I ever try again then 10% fat is too high.No I am not twisting things. I definitely didn't say that I spent 15+yrs eating anything like 50% carbs and 50% fat!. I gave details of my typical meals (in that thread of yours) and it was more like 70% carbs, 20% Protein and 10% Fat.
Hi Lucy, I gave up smoking I was on 40 a day I had convinced myself for 30 years I could not give up because I was "addicted to nicotine", nicotine is a highly addictive substance.The relief of knowing its not our fault we have these binge cravings, and we are not weak or stupid or useless,
Not inaccurate. There is no physiological need for humans to ingest carbohydrates. If I must, I will qualify that by adding that in the presence of ... where available... in the modern world... when finances allow. I refuse to be part of an argument that will (yet again) derail a perfectly good thread.It was you that digressed. I had to correct you. You occasionally throw in an inaccuracy.
I agree with you as that is how it is for me (except I never smoked). But I do concede that for some it might be harder to forgo carbs or other food substances. I tend to see it as lack of willpower but that might be being unfair.Hi Lucy, I gave up smoking I was on 40 a day I had convinced myself for 30 years I could not give up because I was "addicted to nicotine", nicotine is a highly addictive substance.
This is the mind set I refer to.
This is not meant to diminish anyone who is struggling with any kind of disorder BED or otherwise but an observation on human nature. People use the phrase "I'm addicted to ....." like chocolate or anything else you can think of. All the time they don't realy mean it.
We have all, each and everyone of us, used an excuse to get out of doing something we think will be hard or we don't want to do are you saying that you disagree? There is no one out there who will use "I'm addicted to carbs" as an excuse to give up before they start.
That's not how will power works.
The same here I was addicted to nicotine, and I managed to give it up cold turkey nearly thirty years ago. Before I was pronounced a T2 I regularly ate half a bag of oven chips for a snack, I had rice several times a week because I liked eating it and it made a change from spuds. I was not addicted to them (carbs) though, bananas were a problem when they were selling for $00:50 a kilo though, so giving them up was not a hassle.I was "addicted to nicotine", nicotine is a highly addictive substance.
By the way, those with BED will binge on proteins and fats too - cheese, bacon and nut butters being a classic example.
“Carbs” being addictive? Nah.
Perhaps. Not everybody has the same amount of will power so to blame someone for lacking the same amount to start with, seems unfair but I think I know where your coming form.I tend to see it as lack of willpower but that might be being unfair.
My understanding has long been that we (as a rule) like salt in much the same way as we like sugar.Ooh, I dunno Guzzler. When I am in the canteen I watch in amazement at the amount of extra salt literally being poured onto food. Not sure whether they just like the taste or its habit.