Posted by kmwhitt on November 20, 2006, at 7:41:54
In reply to Re: Intense Sugar Cravings » kmwhitt, posted by JLx on November 19, 2006, at 22:42:13
Thanks for the input, JL. I have tried to abstain from grains - wheat atleast. I have allowed myself to eat corn usually in the form of tortillas. If I don't have them, I don't feel satisfied (full enough).
I own the EFT CD's. To be honest I haven't found them helpful. Perhaps, because I find it difficult to stick with anything for too long.
Thank you for the article on prostaglandins. I am going to take the day off from work and shop for the items to try this protocol. Have you had any success with it?
I have the book "Feeling Good". Here again I can't seem to discipline myself long enough to actually work the program. Perhaps, I do have some form of ADHD.
Thanks again for all of your advice. I haven't paid much attention to prostaglandins in the past - so I'll check it out.
> Hi kmwhitt,
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> This is a subject I relate to.
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> I know you've said you've tried all the usual suspects, but has that included "The No Grains Diet" by Joseph Mercola? There's nothing that profound about the actual book except the suggestion to avoid grains altogether, and also dairy and sugar -- the idea being that these are common addictive substances that reinforce each others' cravings. I was surprised that the "no grains" seemed to make the "no sugar" easier. Something to do with inflammation perhaps. Inflammation seems to be the latest buzzword in diets, i.e. "Ultrametabolism". Which raises intriguing if ill-formed ideas in my mind about reducing inflammation through nutritional intervention to assist in controlling cravings for inflammatory substances like sugar. See this interesting thread above about prostaglandins, inflammation and depression: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/alter/20061013/msgs/704435.html
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> Something else in Mercola's book that you don't see everywhere was his prescription to get past the addiction through EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique). http://www.mercola.com/forms/eftcourse.htm
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> What is EFT? http://www.emofree.com/newcomer.htm The manual is free to learn how to do it yourself, or there are practitioners.
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> One person's experience specifically with sugar addiction: http://www.emofree.com/addictions/sugaraddiction.htm
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> You sound like a reader, so I would suggest these pages on the EFT site specifically if you decide to give it a whirl doing it yourself: http://www.emofree.com/articles2/faq-lindsay.htm
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> http://www.emofree.com/Articles2/when-not-work.htm
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> http://www.emofree.com/palaceof.htm
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> I've been doing EFT for months now and find it fascinating.
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> Other suggestions from my own experience are Overeaters Anonymous and the book "Feeling Good" by David Burns, which is cognitive behavior therapy.
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> Re OA, a 12-step program is not everyone's cup of tea, but it definitely addresses the hard core addiction issues such as the need to eat away uncomfortable feelings.
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> Cognitive therapy is something I thought I already knew something about until I actually read that book and tried it and found I wasn't so smart after all. ;) The idea there is that our feelings are the result of our thoughts -- change the thoughts and feel better. Since I read that book, it's hard to take my own bad feelings nearly so seriously, as I remind myself that "feelings are not facts".
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