Extreme sugar cravings

[ColinJ]

Ah forgive me - so many faddy diets are mentioned on here I thought it might be one of those crazy ones! Fruit, milk, low fat yoghurts are all good in my book.

The trouble with a lot of low fat yoghurts is that they contain added sugar. I eat natural yoghurt, which doesn't, and add my own fruit.

 

[Linford]

Ah forgive me - so many faddy diets are mentioned on here I thought it might be one of those crazy ones! Fruit, milk, low fat yoghurts are all good in my book.

Fruit makes you hungry

 

[Ghost Donkey]

I had this when I went from high carb to low(-ish) carb. Low-ish as I eat appropriate to training. Have some fruit if you want sugar and see how you get on. Might just need getting used to, might be a symptom of something else so it wouldn't hurt to see a GP.

Care to name an elite low/no carb/paleo athlete in an aerobic sport

Define low carb, especially around the times of day athletes train and race. This could run and run . Out of interest Joe Friel asked for low carb high fat athletes on twitter. He got a lot of responses and some of the athletes have websites. He didn't ask for high carb, low fat athletes for comparison of numbers so there's no indication of how widely used or successful method this is but there are some interesting things to read on the subject. Tim Noakes has made some interesting public statements on this subject last year. I'm not saying high or low carb approach is correct, I just read the subject from both sides as I find it interesting in the same way I read up on vegan endurance athletes despite being a meat eater.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Fruit makes you hungry

Define low carb, especially around the times of day athletes train and race. This could run and run . Out of interest Joe Friel asked for low carb high fat athletes on twitter. He got a lot of responses and some of the athletes have websites. He didn't ask for high carb, low fat athletes for comparison of numbers so there's no indication of how widely used or successful method this is but there are some interesting things to read on the subject. Tim Noakes has made some interesting public statements on this subject last year. I'm not saying high or low carb approach is correct, I just read the subject from both sides as I find it interesting in the same way I read up on vegan endurance athletes despite being a meat eater.

Not the point at all.

 

[Linford]

Not the point at all.

We've already done this, and back then you refused to acknowledge or accept anything which anyone else has to say or offered as evidence on the issue of fructose in the diet, so there is no point you attempting to engage on it as I very much doubt you are now less of a muppet than you were then.

 

[Ghost Donkey]

Not the point at all.

Sorry, mis-interpreted it. If I were to pick one name I'd say Tim Olson, winner of the Western States 100 mile (running) race last year. Not an easy 100 miles at that. Not trying to pick an arguement but successful low carb endurance athletes do exist along with successful high carb endurance athletes.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

We've already done this, and back then you refused to acknowledge or accept anything which anyone else has to say or offered as evidence on the issue of fructose in the diet, so there is no point you attempting to engage on it as I very much doubt you are now less of a muppet than you were then.

Wind it in Linford, I wasn't talking to you,or about any of the crap you spewed before about fruit.

Muppet.

 

[Becs]

Ooooh handbags!

 

[poynedexter]

i too "watch" my refined sugar intake most of the time. i allow myself sat and sun eve to enjoy some choclate and desserts etc. during the week i would crave sugary food but just try and say no. i've taken the following steps:

started drinking green tea
made my own rice pudding (without sugar)
eating nuts raisins cranberry blueberry raspberry as snacks or rice pudding additives
stopped drinking "no added sugar" juices
stopped eating fruit yogurts
eating high cocoa content dark choclate as a weekend treat
avoided biscuits and cakes

i find the things i am doing are helping me avoid the banned substances. i too eat 2-3 bananas a day, 1 apple, 1 orange a day.

veg and protein is on my plate too and my weight continues to come down bit by bit (<1lb/week since xmas).

so i subscribe to the pro fruit camp.

2 weeks ago i slipped up. under stress from my ex, i ate a large selection box left over from xmas and a terrys choc orange (dark tho, and fruit based ). i felt ill for 24hrs!

 

[albion]

On the same subject what's the reason for my occasional intense sugar craving after a long day on the bike?
Even with a decent meaI I might eat as much as 200 grams of chocolate plus 200 grams of jellied sweets !

 

[Herzog]

Even with a decent meaI I might eat as much as 200 grams of chocolate plus 200 grams of jellied sweets !

East more, crave more...?

 

[MattHB]

It could be that your craving the seratonin released when you eat sugary foods, not the foods themselves. I have quite a big problem with this, particularly when I'm stressed.

 

[Kiwiavenger]

ive ditched (liquid) caffeine, crisps and alcohol and have noticed that i too have massive sugar cravings!

i think i need to find a suitable replacement for the savoury snacks of crisps and sugar seems to be to one

 

[Linford]

ive ditched (liquid) caffeine, crisps and alcohol and have noticed that i too have massive sugar cravings!

i think i need to find a suitable replacement for the savoury snacks of crisps and sugar seems to be to one

An extra bowl of porride before you go out

 

[Kiwiavenger]

An extra bowl of porride before you go out

im not riding at the moment due to a knee issue so am really trying to cut down but when MIL brings home 5 doughnuts (theres 3 of us in the house) its more appealing than porridge! lol