Karl:
> > One way I suspect something contains toxins is whether it sets up a
> > craving. IMO cravings are for stimulants. One definition of a stimulant
> > is anything that increases metabolism above its normal range, and this
> > could be for the purpose of detoxing. So, if something is a stimulant, it

Ellie:
> this is a very good explanation. It just hit me at
> the right time. In the last weeks, I liked to eat
> lots of peanuts, nuts and dried figs. All of them
> stimulate my body. I become more awake and my mood
> becomes brighter. During all these weeks I did not
> do any exercise, but sit on my bottom and work in
> the office, even during the weekends. So, because
> natural stimulation was missing, I seem to have
> sought the artificial one. I will now try to change
> that. Thanks.
> PS: Some detoxing might also be the reason. Peanuts,
> for example are like bread to me. They taste similar,
> (but sweeter) and the feeling in the mouth is like
> that of the so-called gray bread that we normally
> eat at home.

For me it's sometimes a fine line between craving and eating when
something tastes good, I am hungry for it, and my body wants it. I can
usually tell what's a craving if I keep eating it even when I'm not
hungry, and especially if I eat it to cover up uncomfortable feelings. If
I got into bread again, I suspect it would be craving and I wouldn't want
to stop. If I have to force myself to stop, for sure it's a craving. I
think foods that cause me to crave contain more toxins than I want.
Toxins are stimulants and my food addictions were an addiction to them.

My best, Ellie