Posted by galkeepinon on September 20, 2003, at 1:09:58
In reply to Re: Insight Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! « JLx, posted by Dr. Bob on September 19, 2003, at 18:12:55
THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH for so much information~what a nice person!
I really appreciate it! Hope you saw this, I moved it after Bob asked us to redirect it, you gave me A LOT of great things to look at JLx~~again thank you!
> > I was in OA for 3 years and was a "true believer" back then in addiction theory for food, but no more. In fact, I think now that it's particularly counterproductive to think of oneself as a "compulsive overeater" or a "food addict" as that belief in itself can motivate the behavior. Even though I lost 70 pounds in OA and felt good in many respects -- I went to a LOT of meetings and enjoyed the camaraderie for one thing -- I was never free of food complusiveness and ideation.
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> > I do think that certain foods are addictive though. I read "Sugar Blues" back in the 70's and have never quite been able to put sugar in my mouth since without thinking that I'm poisoning myself. I absolutely feel 100% better when I don't eat sugar, both physically and mentally.
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> > Obesity research has been coming out with lots of interesting info lately about other things as well. I read recently about casomorphins in cheese, for instance. http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030726/FCCHEE/TPFocus/ Chocolate is known to be addictive because of various chemicals in it. Sugar and fat are soothing, at least in the short run, which is why we eat them while under stress. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/16/health/nutrition/16FOOD.html?ei=1&en=2bbd683b57c8b908&ex=1064793485&pagewanted=print&position=
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> > Another recent scientific discovery is regarding a hormone that surges after weight loss prompting us to regain that weight:
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> > "Ghrelin (pronounced GRELL-in) secretion follows a daily pattern, peaking just before each meal and falling afterward. In addition to acting on the brain to boost appetite, ghrelin also acts on on other tissues to slow metabolism and reduce fat-burning." (Quoting the Washington Post in this link: http://www.duodenalswitch.com/openbb/read.php?action=newest&TID=196 )
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> > Some good books, I've read recently on food/fat related topics, were "The Hungry Gene", "When Your Body Gets the Blues", "Fast Food Nation", "The Cortisol Connection". There are plenty more, such as the books about diet types, or the latest "no grains" theory.
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> > Granted, sometimes we have to address emotional and psychological issues, and certainly there are practicalities to attend to as well regarding our fatness, such as Dr. Phil is peddling, but I believe there are also nutritional/alternative med choices we can make to help us with the underlying biochemistry so that it's not all so damned hard. For instance, I've posted previously on this site about magnesium and stress for depression. Well, when I started magnesium supplementation it was also EASY and painless for me to break my food addictions and lose weight. Here's the site that got me started: http://www.coldcure.com/html/dep.html
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> > Knowledge is power! :)
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