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Re: Always Hungry? Here’s Why

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Post by jasallen » Mon, May 19, 2014, 4:33 PM UTC

josephjrobison wrote: post #130

danbruc wrote: post #92

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[...] psychological programming of expecting food to provide instant fuel [...] Is this a real thing? Eating makes me less hungry but not more energetic no matter what I eat.

What if you eat a clean salad loaded with raw veggies? - that always does it for me. Or a fruit/greens smoothie.

The fiber in the salad will of course help you with the full feeling. Many vegetables are chock full of carbohydrates, so it depends on your goals. If that's the only source of carbohydrates you are probably doing great, if it adds on top of bread and breakfast cereal and some noodles, etc, then the veggies are just adding more carbs.

Re: Always Hungry? Here’s Why

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Post by mjblack » Mon, May 19, 2014, 5:46 PM UTC

josephjrobison wrote: post #130

danbruc wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

[...] psychological programming of expecting food to provide instant fuel [...] Is this a real thing? Eating makes me less hungry but not more energetic no matter what I eat.

What if you eat a clean salad loaded with raw veggies? - that always does it for me. Or a fruit/greens smoothie.

Its not the type of food really thats the problem, it's processed foods and "low fat" diets.

Processed carbs are easily digest and throw up your blood sugar levels. Insulin is released to counter this, which converts it into body fat. Raw "veggies" are better than smoothies because typically sugar is thrown in with it. Eating an apple is much healthier for you then drinking concentrated apple juice.

The "low fat" diets are also a problem because to substitute the fat they add carbs, usually processed carbs. Keto diets limit the carb intake to about 80g per day and typically people on that diet feel more energy because the body is burning fat for fuel but importantly they are not in energy saving mode.

Re: Always Hungry? Here’s Why

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Post by cowpewter » Tue, May 20, 2014, 2:49 AM UTC

igravious wrote: post #32

morgante wrote: post #17

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> Would it be going too far to say the type of person who would most benefit from the nutritional advice of this column is also unlikely to be the type of person who reads the New York Times. Um, yes. I don't at all understand your point. That's the most ridiculous point I've heard in a long time. Are you somehow insinuating that overweight people are not well-read or intelligent? The many, many overweight NYT reader…

> That's the most ridiculous point I've heard in a long time. How is it ridiculous? It's not a personal slur on you. Do you deny that people from lower socio-economic backgrounds generally suffer more from overweight issues and obesity? Wouldn't you say that people from this type of background are less likely to consume their mass media in the form of the New York Times? > Being overweight is in no way equivalent to…

> There is nowhere in the developed world where you can't buy decent fresh food.

There are plenty of places like that in the US if you are poor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert

Re: Always Hungry? Here’s Why

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Post by charlieflowers » Tue, May 20, 2014, 5:39 AM UTC

hornbaker wrote: post #124

charlieflowers wrote: post #74

Lustig has his critics[1]. In fact, seems the mainstream almost thinks of him as a quack (almost). Myself, I can't discern who's right and wrong. I can see that a lot of people are overstating their level of certainty. [1] http://www.alanaragonblog.com/2010/01/29/the-bitter-truth-ab...

This article was by Ludwig, not Lustig.

You're right. Oops. The claims sounded similar and the names were similar, and my brain jumped to a conclusion. Apparently, the OA has nothing (directly) to do with Lustig. I'd delete my comment if I could, but I don't see an option for that.