Posted by SalArmy4me on August 31, 2001, at 1:28:14
In reply to food and prozac, posted by sar on August 31, 2001, at 1:20:49
Interesting observations:
Ottley, Carol BSc(Hons), SRD, RPHNtr. Food and mood. Nursing Standard. 15(2):46-52,54-55, September 27, 2000:
"Carbohydrate craving itself is a misnomer. Foods that are commonly craved, particularly by women (Drewnowski et al 1994), are chocolate, ice cream, doughnuts, cakes and biscuits. These foods all taste sweet and so are perceived as being rich in sugar - a carbohydrate. But, in fact, most of the calories from these foods are actually provided by fat. In addition, these foods all contain enough protein to negate any effect of carbohydrate on brain serotonin. For example, about 8 per cent of calories in ice cream and about 5 per cent in chocolate are from protein. So there must be another reason why these foods are commonly craved...
In 1987, de Castro asked participants in a study to keep diet diaries for nine days. He calculated the proportion of calories obtained from carbohydrate and found that a higher carbohydrate intake was associated with feeling less depressed and more energetic. Other studies have supported this finding. For example, when high, medium and low carbohydrate diets were followed for seven days, the low carbohydrate diet was linked to increased feelings of anger, depression and tension (Keith et al 1991). When a high protein, low carbohydrate breakfast was given for three weeks, there were increased reports of anger (Deijen et al 1989). This suggests that high carbohydrate diets might have a general beneficial effect on mood. However, the mechanism remains obscure."
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