Thanks for this informative reminder, Katy, and for the laughs. I drank far too much diet coke in my teens and twenties. And I too switched it out for kombucha but found myself drinking far too much kombucha. 😫😆
I'm convinced it's not just sugar that can be addicting but everything that raises our blood glucose levels (such as dairy) as well as caffeine as well as possibly seed oils as well as the chemicals in UPF. What do you think?
Yes. Our constant fight or flight releases glucose into the bloodstream. And we need more as soon as that’s used up bc we’re still in that stress physiology constantly, though our bodies are made for it to be temporary. So then our sugar crashes and we’re constantly feeding that state with more sugar and other carbs and caffeine so then we crash again bc it’s not balanced with protein and fat to slow down glucose metabolism. So then it’s a self-licking ice cream cone where we keep needing more just to function. But root cause is stress. (And maybe not breastfeeding, see below)
On dairy, I think it’s probably more complex. The world is lactose intolerant, either from birth or over time, because high heat in pasteurization kills/denatures proteins, including lactase, which comes out of the breast along with the lactose to help digest the lactose. So we have low-grade inflammation/stress caused by non-raw dairy that has no active lactase. Then you have sensitization issues that arise from not breastfeeding where actual cow milk is already foreign to us because it’s not human milk. But especially among the formula babies, they’re getting bottles filled with toxic crap and never sensitizing to mother’s milk. I theorize that this makes cow milk later even more foreign and therefore inflammatory.
I have a relatively low-stress lifestyle, I eat a lot of protein and healthy fat, I was breastfed, I consume raw dairy, I do resistance training, I'm low carb, yet I still struggle with cravings for processed food. If only it were as simple as avoiding sugar. 😭 I'm writing a post on it, but first I have to figure it out. 😆
Thanks for this informative reminder, Katy, and for the laughs. I drank far too much diet coke in my teens and twenties. And I too switched it out for kombucha but found myself drinking far too much kombucha. 😫😆
You get it!!!
I'm convinced it's not just sugar that can be addicting but everything that raises our blood glucose levels (such as dairy) as well as caffeine as well as possibly seed oils as well as the chemicals in UPF. What do you think?
Yes. Our constant fight or flight releases glucose into the bloodstream. And we need more as soon as that’s used up bc we’re still in that stress physiology constantly, though our bodies are made for it to be temporary. So then our sugar crashes and we’re constantly feeding that state with more sugar and other carbs and caffeine so then we crash again bc it’s not balanced with protein and fat to slow down glucose metabolism. So then it’s a self-licking ice cream cone where we keep needing more just to function. But root cause is stress. (And maybe not breastfeeding, see below)
On dairy, I think it’s probably more complex. The world is lactose intolerant, either from birth or over time, because high heat in pasteurization kills/denatures proteins, including lactase, which comes out of the breast along with the lactose to help digest the lactose. So we have low-grade inflammation/stress caused by non-raw dairy that has no active lactase. Then you have sensitization issues that arise from not breastfeeding where actual cow milk is already foreign to us because it’s not human milk. But especially among the formula babies, they’re getting bottles filled with toxic crap and never sensitizing to mother’s milk. I theorize that this makes cow milk later even more foreign and therefore inflammatory.
I have a relatively low-stress lifestyle, I eat a lot of protein and healthy fat, I was breastfed, I consume raw dairy, I do resistance training, I'm low carb, yet I still struggle with cravings for processed food. If only it were as simple as avoiding sugar. 😭 I'm writing a post on it, but first I have to figure it out. 😆
Well fair enough! I mean the stuff is just addictive!! I’ll look forward to hearing your conclusions when you pull them all together!