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What make one feel hungry?
Low blood sugar
Thirst Fatigue Low body fat (fat releases hormones, if low you get hungry) Desire for feelings evoked by food e.g. childhood feelings of comfort, being loved etc Boredom or stress Caffeols (substances in coffee that can make you feel hungry) Vitamin deficiencies Mineral deficiencies Fatty acid deficiencies including secondary deficiencies caused by too much 'bad fat'. Gastric juices released, stimulated by sight or smell of food An empty stomach (stomach distension detectors not firing) Lack of fat in stomach recently, causing lack of production of 'recently ate fat' hormones Various psychoactive drugs such as prozac and cannabis. Salt deficiency Malfunctioning hypothalamus causing 'hunger' signals to be generated e.g. a brain tumour Tim Josling (That's me, not a reason to feel hungry) Ben Park wrote: What make one feel hungry? Is it low glucose alone? Are somethings else also involved? |
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How did nature make human body so vulnerable to carbohydrate?
Go out into the forest with a spear and look for carbs. There are not a
lot of carbs out there. Carbs in high doses only date from the advent of agriculture a few thousand years ago, which is not long in evolutionary terms. And most subsistence famers lived on a pretty low calorie diet, even if it was high in carbs as a percentage. Tim Josling Ben Park wrote: This world has so much food energy sources in the form of carbohydrate. Why did evolution make our body so vulnerable to carbohydrate? The theory underlying those low-carb diets doesn't seem to make much sense. Trina a.k.a milady milady@connectionsdothereykandhereca wrote in message . .. Too many carbs and not enough fat in your diet? On 17 Nov 2003 16:43:24 -0800, (Ben Park) wrote: What make one feel hungry? Is it low glucose alone? Are somethings else also involved? Trina a.k.a milady |
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How did nature make human body so vulnerable to carbohydrate?
Miche wrote in message ...
In article , "Jean B." wrote: Ben Park wrote: This world has so much food energy sources in the form of carbohydrate. Why did evolution make our body so vulnerable to carbohydrate? The theory underlying those low-carb diets doesn't seem to make much sense. Off the top of my head, I'd say think about the long time that humans existed before they started to engage in agriculture. I'd think that most of the calories must have come from game. Sure, there would have been gathering too, but that might not have accounted for that much of the diet. I should look back in some of my arch/anth books. Gathering accounted for more of the diet than hunting did. South-East Asian peoples ate a lot of grain (wild rice) even before the advent of agriculture. A lot of gathered roots and vegetables were high-carb too, even before humans started cross-breeding for palatability. Miche What roots or vegetables growing naturally and in abundance are high carb? |
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How did nature make human body so vulnerable to carbohydrate?
Chet Hayes wrote:
Miche wrote in message ... In article , "Jean B." wrote: Ben Park wrote: This world has so much food energy sources in the form of carbohydrate. Why did evolution make our body so vulnerable to carbohydrate? The theory underlying those low-carb diets doesn't seem to make much sense. Off the top of my head, I'd say think about the long time that humans existed before they started to engage in agriculture. I'd think that most of the calories must have come from game. Sure, there would have been gathering too, but that might not have accounted for that much of the diet. I should look back in some of my arch/anth books. Gathering accounted for more of the diet than hunting did. South-East Asian peoples ate a lot of grain (wild rice) even before the advent of agriculture. A lot of gathered roots and vegetables were high-carb too, even before humans started cross-breeding for palatability. Miche What roots or vegetables growing naturally and in abundance are high carb? I wonder what the wild potatoes and carrots looked like. I think the potatoes may have been pretty small--like ancient corn was. This would be an interesting thing to research a bit. -- Jean B. |
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How did nature make human body so vulnerable to carbohydrate?
"Ben Park" wrote in message m... You guys convinced me. Many carbs (bread, white rice, big sweet apples) are not natural, and our body has not evolved to deal with them. We are victims of our own technologies. I will go low carbs. I am going to CostCo now to stock up. I am thinking of bags of almond, frozen salmon, soy milk (if they have the unsweetened kind). I have looked around. Look like South Beach and Zone are good diet to follow. Welcome and good luck. Read the faqs and the book of your chosen plan, and come ask questions anytime. revek --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.543 / Virus Database: 337 - Release Date: 11/21/2003 |
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How did nature make human body so vulnerable to carbohydrate?
Just one other thing... you are a unique individual. Use the different
diets as a starting point but at the end of the day you are looking for something that works for you. Some people are adapted to carbs, just like some people are somewhat adapted to dairy food. If you do try Atkins, take some vitamins. Not necessarily his expensive ones but it does put some stress on your body at least at first so a good multi is good insurance. Tim Josling Ben Park wrote: You guys convinced me. Many carbs (bread, white rice, big sweet apples) are not natural, and our body has not evolved to deal with them. We are victims of our own technologies. I will go low carbs. I am going to CostCo now to stock up. I am thinking of bags of almond, frozen salmon, soy milk (if they have the unsweetened kind). I have looked around. Look like South Beach and Zone are good diet to follow. (Ben Park) wrote in message om... This world has so much food energy sources in the form of carbohydrate. Why did evolution make our body so vulnerable to carbohydrate? The theory underlying those low-carb diets doesn't seem to make much sense. Trina a.k.a milady milady@connectionsdothereykandhereca wrote in message . .. Too many carbs and not enough fat in your diet? On 17 Nov 2003 16:43:24 -0800, (Ben Park) wrote: What make one feel hungry? Is it low glucose alone? Are somethings else also involved? Trina a.k.a milady |
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How did nature make human body so vulnerable to carbohydrate?
In article , "Jean B."
wrote: I wonder what the wild potatoes and carrots looked like. I think the potatoes may have been pretty small--like ancient corn was. This would be an interesting thing to research a bit. Wild potatoes are small and have blue skins and blue flesh. Miche -- If you want to end war and stuff you got to sing loud. -- Arlo Guthrie, "Alice's Restaurant" |
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How did nature make human body so vulnerable to carbohydrate?
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Pat Paris wrote: On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 15:22:49 +1300, Miche wrote: In article , Pat Paris wrote: Sources, please? Sources, please? Sources, please? My husband the Anthropologist, in all cases. Wow, upper case anthropologist at that. I'm impressed. Good. Miche -- If you want to end war and stuff you got to sing loud. -- Arlo Guthrie, "Alice's Restaurant" |
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