It's the caffeine content in coffee that induces a spike in your insulin
levels, thereby creating that craving for sugar/carbs. Most low-carb diet
plans (e.g. the Hellers' Carbohydrate Addicts Diet, Ezrin's Endocrine
Control Diet) limit or forbid coffee consumption for this reason. The
effect is worse if you add milk or sugar to the coffee. Coffee itself has
no carbs.

Cheyenne


>> Here is where your
>> problem may be: Your morning coffee (even though it's decaf) is made from
>> beans which, by definition, have lots of carbs.

>(snip) I doubt you get much carb from brewed coffee. When I
>first reduced carbs, I would get cravings from coffee but I am sure they
>were psychological, based on my previous habits causing an association
>between coffee and something sweet, like a muffin, danish, etc.