At 09:49 PM 10/27/99 -0400, you wrote:
>On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Mary wrote:
>
>> >When I get sugar cravings, I eat pemmican and the craving goes away. I
don't
>> >use technology.
>> >    Mike Audette
>>
>> Yes, fat gets rid of most cravings, even coffee cravings. I am caffeine free
>> and loving it.
>
>It depends on the craving.  Hours after I lift weights I
>experience carb cravings that no amount of fat can satisfy.  And
>of course there is no reason why fat would be expected to satisfy
>them.  Of course there are paleo and nonpaleo ways to satisfy
>sugar cravings but I reject the suggestion that fat will do the
>job in all cases.  When glucose-dependent cells are tapped out of
>fuel, and glycogen stores to feed them are exhausted, the need
>for sugar and not fat will be felt.

First,  do you think you in fact have exhausted all glucose stores
(glycogen)?  The
cyclic ketogenic dieting  describes a glycogen depleting workout at the end
of the
week.  This workout is quite repetitious, severe and long in order to
deplete all glycogen
stores.  This is after two regular scheduled workouts during a week of NO
carbs.  Anyway,
the ketogenic dieters have not exhausted muscle glycogen after two heavy
workouts and
must make a super-human effort at the end of the week in order to use up
all muscle glycogen.

Second, trappers, artic explorers and Inuit have probably worked day to day
more stenuously
in both muscular exertion and endurance yet have never (?) complained of
"sugar cravings"

Anyway, this may suggest that your personal cravings are not one of general
nature and
may have other etiologies.

A friendly suggestion,

  Wade Reeser



>Todd Moody
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