Yams, sweet potato, parsnips, swedes.

Leonie

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From: "Philip Spottswood" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 10:17 PM
Subject: Re: cravings


> 
> What kind of tubers?
> 
> 
> 
> william wrote:
>> There's a reason that the chip/crisp makers are so rich that they can 
>> have their own fleet of trucks, and the product is everywhere.
>> So if I can't fight it, join it, and my solution is a plate of smashed 
>> steamed tubers salted to taste covered with a thick layer of coconut 
>> oil. (they don't look like tubes)
>> This is not good, but stifles the craving.
>>
>> William
>>
>>
>>
>> L wrote:
>>> Interesting thread. I used to get cravings but I now manage them 
>>> through saturating my liver every other day at one meal by carb 
>>> loading (as paleo as possible).
>>> I Have experimented with fructose (fruit) but this does not do it. My 
>>> cravings stay away till my liver is once again desaturated (which 
>>> happens when you eat less than 100 gr of carbs per day and you don't 
>>> have a good transition to GNG).
>>> Now I only have mild cravings in reaction to stress. I crave starch 
>>> and fat but a meal of starch (tubers) gives me that full fealing that 
>>> my brain seems to crave and keeps me away from (chocolate, bread, 
>>> chips etc).
>>>