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26 June 2013. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Participants consumed 2 meals.
1st test meal consisted of low GI CHO. Blood and brain responses noted.
Few days elapsed, then:-
2nd test meal consisted of high GI CHO. Blood and brain responses noted.
The macro nutrient content, texture and taste of both meals was identical, as was calorie count.
Results showed:-
meal 1) satisfied hunger and stabilised blood glucose.
meal 2) increased hunger, stimulated brain for reward and cravings, blood glucose slumped.
I have no idea how to link to this newly published paper, and would appreciate anyone who could provide the link for those interested. I got the original link from Dr Mark Hyman's posting earlier today, 5 Clues to Sugar Addiction, to support his quest to reduce sugar consumption, in particular, but also addressing the poor quality of CHO consumed in the present age.

Effects of dietary glycemic index on brain regions related to reward and craving in men

Merely reading about these things stimulates my brain for reward and cravings. Sometimes I think going on here on fast days is not the best idea.

Glassmarble. How do you perform that magic? Thank you very much.
Join me in having a nice coffee with double cream. It will make you feel satisfied by not stimulating any hunger pangs, and also make you feel pleased at bucking the low fat message,
You know something? Breakfast is getting later and later in our house since we took to having a couple of high fat coffees in place of a CHO meal. I also add a teaspoon of coconut oil to mine.
We had our first meal at 2:30pm yesterday, and neither of us was even hungry, let alone ravenous, or, more importantly, feeling deprived.

I know it probably wouldn't be to everyones taste but I love the taste of eggs scrambled or fried in coconut oil! It is a lovely, delicious and slightly decadent way to start the day. I am finding that although coconut oil is expensive it does such a good job of filling me up that overall I eat less of everything else, which fits in neatly with this article.

Glassmarble. How do you perform that magic? Thank you very much.
Join me in having a nice coffee with double cream. It will make you feel satisfied by not stimulating any hunger pangs, and also make you feel pleased at bucking the low fat message,
You know something? Breakfast is getting later and later in our house since we took to having a couple of high fat coffees in place of a CHO meal. I also add a teaspoon of coconut oil to mine.
We had our first meal at 2:30pm yesterday, and neither of us was even hungry, let alone ravenous, or, more importantly, feeling deprived.

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Yesterday, thanks to all the good advice in the carbohydrate thread, I had an amazing lunch and dinner of all the fat. It made me think back to the last time I lost weight, and I remembered that I had substituted my normal candy with "feta" cheese in herbs and oil. My current addiction is chili peppers stuffed with Greek cheese in oil, and I wouldn't mind having that once or twice a week from now on.

I can't drink cream, but I think I'll have a coconut oil coffee with you
I'm saving it for after my run, though, just in case it gives me the runs.

I know it probably wouldn't be to everyones taste but I love the taste of eggs scrambled or fried in coconut oil! It is a lovely, delicious and slightly decadent way to start the day. I am finding that although coconut oil is expensive it does such a good job of filling me up that overall I eat less of everything else, which fits in neatly with this article.

I love that too! Especially with a good bunch of herbs or greens chopped up and mixed in the eggs.