Re: [fast5] Re: Suggestions on how to do the fast-5 program more days a week requested

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Re: [fast5] Re: Suggestions on how to do the fast-5 program more days a week requested

The trick to appetite, I'm convinced, has to do with blood sugar
issues.

I've been experimenting eating glucomannan with meals ... it changes
the blood sugar curve for how you digest foods. It *really* helps
with hunger pangs and satiation. There is a lot of research on it,
and it's been eaten for hundreds of years in Asia. But taking a little
just before you eat your meal changes the way the meal digests ...
it doesn't spike your blood sugar so much and you feel full for
a lot longer. But your food still digests just fine ... or better ... it
just takes longer to do it.

Anyway, they sell it in gel tabs, or you can buy the powder and
mix it with water or juice. For experimental purposes the
gel tabs are probably easiest:

http://www.fibraslim.com/konjac.htm

This has been working really well for me: I've totally cut
out snacking in my window and it seems to have helped
my stomach problems.

Another thing that helps, and works in a similar way, is taking
lemon juice or vinegar just before a meal (or when you get
hunger pangs). Acidic foods change the blood sugar curve,
though I haven't heard a good explanation for why they do that.
Hot water with a little lemon juice is calming AND filling.

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Cassie Luu<cdluu@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> i find that when i water fast, i am UNCONTROLLABLY hungry afterwards.
> meaning, i eat everything in sight.
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> From: xenia.rose <rosecounseling@yahoo.com>
> To: fast5@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 4:27:34 PM
> Subject: [fast5] Re: Suggestions on how to do the fast-5 program more days a
> week requested
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> Thanks for the posts. I am still struggling with adding more days to the
> fast-5.
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> I am also starting to not do as well following the plan during the week too.
> I know that stress is a big part of it. I also have had trouble sleeping and
> have "craved" a soda for not just the caffeine but for the sugar. (I am
> allergic to nutrasweet so can't just grab a diet soda.) Twice this week I
> had soda in the late morning then figured I had screwed up and ate lunch
> too.
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> The scale is starting to go a little upward and I am feeling really
> defeated.
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> Has anyone here ever just gone on a water fast for a few days to jump start
> things again?
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Heather Twist
http://eatingoffthefoodgrid.blogspot.com/