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Posted by sar on August 31, 2001, at 1:20:49
ah, a fairly benign, no red-alerts question, but i am curious: my pdoc warned me that prozac-users often experience carbohydrate cravings. prior to taking prozac, i had a mad sweet tooth and liked bread, but now i'm addicted to vegetables (which i've always liked) and protein (cheese, beans). the idea of eating cake or ice cream grosses me out.
this is good, not bad! i'm just wondering if anyone else has experienced this.
sar
Posted by Kathleen6674 on August 31, 2001, at 1:26:16
In reply to food and prozac, posted by sar on August 31, 2001, at 1:20:49
> ah, a fairly benign, no red-alerts question, but i am curious: my pdoc warned me that prozac-users often experience carbohydrate cravings. prior to taking prozac, i had a mad sweet tooth and liked bread, but now i'm addicted to vegetables (which i've always liked) and protein (cheese, beans). the idea of eating cake or ice cream grosses me out.
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> this is good, not bad! i'm just wondering if anyone else has experienced this.
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> sarLucky you! I most certainly did NOT experience that. I had the carbo and sweets cravings something fierce, plus whatever mechanism that normally regulates satiety seemed to have been knocked out of whack, so I could just eat and eat and eat that kind of stuff. On a few occasions, I literally ate until I was so sick I threw up! Needless to say, I gained over 30 pounds on the stuff. I'm just hoping Celexa (what I'm on now) won't do the same to me.
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."
Posted by Lini on August 31, 2001, at 12:51:38
In reply to food and prozac, posted by sar on August 31, 2001, at 1:20:49
> ah, a fairly benign, no red-alerts question, but i am curious: my pdoc warned me that prozac-users often experience carbohydrate cravings. prior to taking prozac, i had a mad sweet tooth and liked bread, but now i'm addicted to vegetables (which i've always liked) and protein (cheese, beans). the idea of eating cake or ice cream grosses me out.
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> this is good, not bad! i'm just wondering if anyone else has experienced this.
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> sarI have definitely noticed different food cravings - I simply have to have bread or pasta now, so for me, the carbohydrate cravings have been very real. on the other hand, i eat alot less and food doesn't really have any sort of "power" over me. It is much easier for me to make smart food choices when i want to. (I hope this translates into some weight loss, I would like to lose about 10 pounds.)
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