Rachel Matesz <[log in to unmask]>
Troy said:Don't discount what your body is telling you. If you're dietary lipids
>> >aren't balanced, it may affect your cravings. Eating more monounsaturated
>> >and polyunsaturated fats may change your experience with cravings.
>> >Carbohydrates are assimilated differently in the presence of different
>kinds of fats.
Laura replied:
>> Could you elaborate a bit more on this? TIA.
>
Besided Dr. Sears (The Anti-aging Zone), nutrition expert Ann Louise Gittleman, M.S.,
C.N.S, author of Beyond Pritikin, the 40-30-30 Phenomenon, Get the Sugar Out, and Eat Fat,
Lose Weight: How the Right Fats Can Make You Thin for Life, most Americans are not
getting enough good fat. In her book on how the right fats can make you thin for life,
she talks about how various fats can affect your *cravings* for certain food and your
appetitie in general.
Some fats are the precursors to vital hormones (such as prostaglandins) and other
biochemicals that regulate body functions. She notes that the right fats can encourage a
more natural internal regulation of food intake, helping lose (and keep off) excess fat.
Friendly fats can even boost your metabolic rate.
From her book and an article (of mine on Big Fat Myths) due out in 2000.....
Omega-3s can enable the bodyıs thermostat to be reset, thereby stoking the metabolic
fires, says Gittleman. In her revolutionary book, Eat Fat, Lose Weight , she cites *A
1996 study, in which mice prone to diabetes and obesity were fed high-fat diets, the
fattest mice were those fed omega-6 oils or saturated fat; the leanest were those fed
omega-3s. The study went on to note that the variation in weight between the mice fed the
high omega-6 diet (primarily soybean oil) and the mice fed the high omega-3 diet
(primarily fish oil) was comparable to the variation in weight between a 225-pound man and
a 150-pound man--even though the diets were comprised of equal calories and fat
percentages!*
You might want to check her book out of the library. Also, in my experience it takes some
use of your will to give up certain foods. At first you must just decide not to eat
certain things and to eat more nourishing foods. In time, your desires can, and in my
experieince do, change so that you WANT nourishing foods and CRAVE real, wholesome foods.
An alcoholic cannot wait for the desire for alcohol to leave in order to quit, nor can a
smoker. He or she must use his or her mind to exercise a desired change and create a NEW
HABIT.
Random unconscious actions over a long period of time do not equal planned conscious
actions over a short period of time. So, actions taken each day add up to a habit over a
longer period of time. We must cultivate the habits we want to replace those we have but
don't want.
Best of success,
Rachel Matesz :-)
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