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Posted by Hello321 on January 23, 2016, at 23:22:55
Lately I've gotten a bit interested in how sugar effects the brain and body. My interest started when I came across a video presentation on YouTube done at Callifornia University (if I remember right). But since watching it I've read more into the effects sugar has on us and am starting to think sugar as basically an addictive poison that makes things taste better. And in the past I'd notice how someone I know who is addicted to a substance seems to have little interest in anything other than what he's addicted to. And that if he didn't have this substance to make him feel "satisfied", that he would be up for doing things that would normally interest him. And now I'm thinking the same idea would apply to sugar. Almost everything we eat has sugar added to it. Even things you don't think of as sweet, like bread. And it is used to.make things sweeter that would already be sweet without it, like jelly. I think our dopamine system is always being put into overdrive by all the sugar we take in throughout every day. And that your dopamine response would be more normalized on a diet like the ones humans lived on before processed foods took over.
The past few years my mood has been very sensitive to foods I eat. And eating a chocolate donut is like heaven for me :D but I'm going to try cutting put added sugar in my diet. I stocked my fridge with vegetables and almonds. And Monday I'm going to eat only that, with water being all I drink. No added sugar. No caffeine. No refined grains. I'm going to try sticking to a diet like this, and I believe I'll definitively benefit from it with my mental and physical health.
Posted by Hello321 on January 23, 2016, at 23:41:22
In reply to Less Sugar = Less Anhedonia?, posted by Hello321 on January 23, 2016, at 23:22:55
Fat Chance: Fructose 2.0 and Sugar: the Bitter Truth are the presentations on YouTube that got me interested in the negative effects of sugar in us. They're both about an hour to watch, but I found them interesting enough to watch in full.
Posted by SLS on January 24, 2016, at 6:18:46
In reply to Less Sugar = Less Anhedonia?, posted by Hello321 on January 23, 2016, at 23:22:55
> Lately I've gotten a bit interested in how sugar effects the brain and body.
> The past few years my mood has been very sensitive to foods I eat. And eating a chocolate donut is like heaven for me :D but I'm going to try cutting put added sugar in my diet. I stocked my fridge with vegetables and almonds. And Monday I'm going to eat only that, with water being all I drink. No added sugar. No caffeine. No refined grains. I'm going to try sticking to a diet like this, and I believe I'll definitively benefit from it with my mental and physical health.
I'm sure people are going to want to follow you on this. I hope you post the results of your dietary changes.
Thanks.
- Scott
Posted by Hello321 on January 24, 2016, at 14:32:24
In reply to Re: Less Sugar = Less Anhedonia? » Hello321, posted by SLS on January 24, 2016, at 6:18:46
I found the fructose 2.0 video the most interesting of the two. And at one point the guy giving the presentation describes, in short, a mechanism where mechanism where excessive sugar consumption may contribute to schizophrenia.
And here's a pubmed article describing neuro effects of sugar n dopamine.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15987666I've read into my idea on how sugar negatively effects the brain a bit. But basically I'm just putting two and two together. And if sugar does cause hormonal imbalances in the body that lead to health problem. Then it seems Likely an imbalance in the brain could also occur. Whether it's a downstream effect of the hormonal imbalance, or a direct effects of the pleasure we get from sugar. Or bothn
But yeah, I'm going to start my diet trying too avoid any sugar. That's gonna be difficult I'm sure. See how it goes. But then after a bit I'll probably just focus on "no sugar added" foods. Since things like fruit have a good amount of sugar in them. But also a good amount of fiber in them that helps negate sugars negative effects.
Posted by Lamdage22 on January 25, 2016, at 7:51:20
In reply to Re: Less Sugar = Less Anhedonia?, posted by Hello321 on January 24, 2016, at 14:32:24
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