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Training the Brain to Eat Less Sugar

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Re: Training the Brain to Eat Less Sugar

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Post by msiyer »

SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #147
msiyer wrote: post #104

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It is a sign of my system being cleaner than it was before. Onion and garlic are extremely potent medicines. They are not food. They have antibiotic properties and kill bacteria. Our guts have microbes. Now, connect the dots...

> Onion and garlic are extremely potent medicines. They are not food. Sorry, what? Onion is one of the oldest cultivated plant and it's consumption exists in nearly every culture, in much "cleaner" times than today. If our guts can adapt to milk, it will have adapted to onion. Also, you're going to have to show me evidence that the extremely potent medicine has extremely potent effects - what do we currently cure wit…

More than 75% of Asian population is lactose intolerant. Milk is not good for us. Body adapts to smoking and alcoholism. Does that make cigarettes and alcohol good for us? Coffee is a potent nerve stimulant, but too much of it makes you insensitive to its effects. Does that make coffee less potent or does that make you insensitive?

Potent medicine is what Ayurveda calls it. Garlic is right at the top. Our concept of potent and the way nature works are not compatible. Hence, the diseases.

Try detoxifying your body and then consume garlic to know if it is a medicine or just another food item.

Re: Training the Brain to Eat Less Sugar

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Post by EForEndeavour »

SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #142
maxxxxx wrote: post #94

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This is really infuriating. There is a ton of sugar in almost everything. Now they advertise Coke that has an obscene amount of cane sugar instead of an obscene amount of corn syrup as a health benefit. There has been a lot of talk about a code of ethics for developers. How about one for people working in the food industry? The people working in marketing and product development do truly damaging things to whole nati…

The "code of ethics" is really committing to supplying the nutritional information and ingredients - it provides you what you need to make a decision as a consumer.

OP has a point, though: at its core, advertising is the practice of getting as close as legally possible to lying (either by omission or straight-up nonsense) without actually doing it.

Re: Training the Brain to Eat Less Sugar

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Post by SketchySeaBeast »

msiyer wrote: post #151
SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Onion and garlic are extremely potent medicines. They are not food. Sorry, what? Onion is one of the oldest cultivated plant and it's consumption exists in nearly every culture, in much "cleaner" times than today. If our guts can adapt to milk, it will have adapted to onion. Also, you're going to have to show me evidence that the extremely potent medicine has extremely potent effects - what do we currently cure wit…

More than 75% of Asian population is lactose intolerant. Milk is not good for us. Body adapts to smoking and alcoholism. Does that make cigarettes and alcohol good for us? Coffee is a potent nerve stimulant, but too much of it makes you insensitive to its effects. Does that make coffee less potent or does that make you insensitive? Potent medicine is what Ayurveda calls it. Garlic is right at the top. Our concept of…

> Try detoxifying your body

Which toxins?

Re: Training the Brain to Eat Less Sugar

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Post by aaronblohowiak »

johnkpaul wrote: post #73
nindalf wrote: post #64

For the first 3.5 months of this year I was completely off artificial sugar. That meant fruit was ok, but any kind of dessert wasn't. It was hard initially but after a couple of weeks it was easy. I didn't feel the craving to eat dessert like I always did. I also felt much better and more productive now that my insulin levels were more stable than before. On my previous diet I had regular sugar highs and lows (which…

Awesome, congrats! I'm at 2.5 years of no artificial and as close to 0 "natural sugar" as possible. I don't have any fruit and I don't drink milk but have the lactose in cheese sometimes. I also have tomatoes sometimes so there is a little glucose in that. Generally, if I could, I'd have 0 -ose completely. It's done wonders for my A1C and weight. It definitely gets easier after the original weaning. Now it doesn't ev…

What does a typical day of food look like for you?

Re: Training the Brain to Eat Less Sugar

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Post by SketchySeaBeast »

msiyer wrote: post #101
kaoD wrote: post #75

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> The day humans start eating raw fresh or rotten meat and find enjoyment in that is the day I will accept that humans are meant to eat other animals. Sushi. Shrimp. Spanish ham and other cold meats like chorizo. Steak tartare. Jerky. Many fermented meats that I don't know the name of. My brother even loves eating raw meatballs. We cook, not because we aren't meant to eat meat, but for the better taste and easier dig…

People far wiser than you advocated against eating animal flesh. Ham (pig flesh) is especially a big no-no in many religions for a reason. Cooking is inferior. You cannot better nature. It just is not possible.

What's nature's cure for wisdom teeth impaction?

King Tut died of an infected broken leg.

Re: Training the Brain to Eat Less Sugar

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Post by SketchySeaBeast »

EForEndeavour wrote: post #152
SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The "code of ethics" is really committing to supplying the nutritional information and ingredients - it provides you what you need to make a decision as a consumer.

OP has a point, though: at its core, advertising is the practice of getting as close as legally possible to lying (either by omission or straight-up nonsense) without actually doing it.

That is true. It's intentionally trying to obfuscate the information.

Re: Training the Brain to Eat Less Sugar

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Post by maxxxxx »

EForEndeavour wrote: post #152
SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The "code of ethics" is really committing to supplying the nutritional information and ingredients - it provides you what you need to make a decision as a consumer.

OP has a point, though: at its core, advertising is the practice of getting as close as legally possible to lying (either by omission or straight-up nonsense) without actually doing it.

It's hacking of the human psyche with "dark patterns".

Re: Training the Brain to Eat Less Sugar

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Post by johnkpaul »

johnkpaul wrote: post #119
Nasrudith wrote: post #77

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The problem with those criteria is we would need to ask at what stage are we going to call water an addiction? It also fufills those details. Really just because it can be classified as an addiction doesn't mean it should. The real criteria of concern is "does it cause problems /in this case/". Otherwise you end up with a hysterical neo-puritanism of trying to create a perfect life by excision of all vices.

I don't agree, but I also don't know the formalisms around addiction to articulate my argument precisely. I have never heard of water intoxication happening with growing frequency over decades. I have also not heard of water intoxication having support groups, nor of water being described as a craving. Additionally, there are no humans that have lived without water for years of their life. I have lived without sucros…

I really wish the downvoters would comment as well. I don't know what I said here that was so wrong. I am very open to critique here. I want to learn what other people think to refine how I think about it.

Re: Training the Brain to Eat Less Sugar

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Post by johnkpaul »

pnutjam wrote: post #133
johnkpaul wrote: post #73

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Awesome, congrats! I'm at 2.5 years of no artificial and as close to 0 "natural sugar" as possible. I don't have any fruit and I don't drink milk but have the lactose in cheese sometimes. I also have tomatoes sometimes so there is a little glucose in that. Generally, if I could, I'd have 0 -ose completely. It's done wonders for my A1C and weight. It definitely gets easier after the original weaning. Now it doesn't ev…

Do you eat other carbs that convert to sugar, like white bread, pasta, or pretzels?

No. I have been very close to pure carnivore for over 2 years. I hate that I have to eat some spinach and broccoli but it's way easier than liver and brain regularly.

Re: Training the Brain to Eat Less Sugar

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Post by johnkpaul »

asdffdsa wrote: post #138
johnkpaul wrote: post #117

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Butter, oil, bacon, pork rinds and eggs

Dang, no fruits & veggies?

No fruit. Barely any vegetables. Doctors have checked my blood quarterly for years and I'm healthier than ever before. :shrug: I'm not saying it works for everyone, please don't take this as a reason for you to do the same. If you're not T2 diabetic or extremely morbidly obese, there's no reason to cut out sugar.
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