I have found that my appetite for carbohydrates is at least partly due
to not enough sleep and/or using electric lights in the evenings. For
the last 2 weeks I have been sleeping in total darkness starting just
after sundown until dawn and my appetite for carbos is now very low. I
could care less if I eat any fruit carbos now although I still eat
vegetables.
No cravings at all. That is something for a former carbohydrate addict
to say.

I learned about this in a book " Lights Out " by T.S.Wiley - the book is
poorly written but does have a lot to say.

Has anyone else on the list noticed this connection with light/sleep and
your cravings?

Michael


Alison Whitwood wrote:
>
 > I've been trying to be paeloi for the last 3 years or so, after being
> diagnosed with MS. It works for me. The only problem I have is with sugar. I
> never used to have problems when I ate bread but these days I seem to have a
> lot of sugar cravings. I can go for weeks without having any but if I just
> have one little biscuit, or one tiny bit of chocolate I'm done for and end
> up eating a packet of biscuits or a box of chocolates. It's an addiction, I
> feel like an alcoholic. That one tiny bit of sugar sends me into a frenzy.
> That's my only non-paleo weakness.
>> Take care, Al