tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post72026787866961506..comments2023-06-05T11:51:38.383-04:00Comments on Evolutionary Psychiatry: Binge Eating and the Sugar Fat ShowdownAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429177284200775781noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-75899030133560891992011-04-18T13:44:07.312-04:002011-04-18T13:44:07.312-04:00I haven't eaten sugar in over a year now. And...I haven't eaten sugar in over a year now. And I'm going on alomost two years without vegetable oil. I find that going out to eat posses a problem for me, even at expensive restaurants. <br /><br />Last week, for instance, I went out for lunch with co-workers. The fare was high-end and expensive. I ordered a steak and egg salad, which was shirt steak on salad topped with a fried egg (blue cheese crumbles instead of mayo-based dressing). I had the chef use butter instead of oil to cook the egg. <br /><br />The steak tasted like sugar. It had been marinated in something sweet, probably in PUFA as well. It's not that I fear eating a little added succrose, but rather it tastes like candy to me now. <br /><br />It is amazing how sensitive one gets to the taste of sugar when you don't eat it.allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00035675984343369850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-77408121615970997542011-04-16T04:36:33.446-04:002011-04-16T04:36:33.446-04:00Dr. Deans, I really enjoyed your new article at P...Dr. Deans, I really enjoyed your new article at Psychology Today. I'm so glad you are publishing articles there. This article on depression and inflammation is especially encouraging.<br /><br />It is really good news, great news, that we can eat foods which actually do improve our brain chemistry!<br /><br />Thank you very much for offering these posts and articles. They are delightful to read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-86808339223014908812011-04-15T17:19:50.967-04:002011-04-15T17:19:50.967-04:00Hush, Emily! Don't give away the secret projec...Hush, Emily! Don't give away the secret project yet! Methinks some paleo-minded researchers with access to a rat lab are getting such studies underway. ;)Aaron Blaisdellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204484453346358921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-17596200496374668262011-04-15T16:12:10.342-04:002011-04-15T16:12:10.342-04:00I think food needs to be highly palatable in order...I think food needs to be highly palatable in order for it to be a binge candidate.<br /><br />humans almost always binge on the high sugar foods, mainly because they lose thier palatability very slowly while your eating them, and that palatability also returns very fast after you stop eating them.<br /><br />Ive never seen someone binge on meat alone for example, however if its covered in a sugary sauce like BBQ flavor, you can eat alot more.<br /><br />Whats interesting is that over-eating doesnt cause you to be less hungry later on, for example if you over eat by 1500 calories on Monday, you arent 1500 calories less hungry on Tuesday, infact your hunger is likely to be exactly the same as it was on monday.<br /><br />Meanwhile, under-eating does have a debt like effect, in that if you completely fast on Monday, your likely to eat alot more on Tuesday.Kindkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15841418412425329998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-3607399421210397622011-04-15T15:59:12.331-04:002011-04-15T15:59:12.331-04:00"humans rarely if ever binge on pure fat.&quo..."humans rarely if ever binge on pure fat."<br /><br />They obviously haven't caught me sneaking to the fridge for a stick of Kerrygold! (By being sneaky it's binging, right?). Of course I kid... I'm never sneaky.<br /><br />I was looking at a cool paper recently about FA nutrient sensing in the brain... Seems like we've known about glucose sensing neurons for a while, but FA sensing seems to be rather new- or maybe I'm only now starting to pay attention!vlprincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599039244716203792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-51358548454856324672011-04-15T15:45:14.534-04:002011-04-15T15:45:14.534-04:00Aaron - someone must do a real food v soybean oil ...Aaron - someone must do a real food v soybean oil corn starch sucrose mineral mix in rats...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04429177284200775781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-46349320308234212852011-04-15T14:52:09.772-04:002011-04-15T14:52:09.772-04:00Thanks for doing a lot of leg-work for me! I'l...Thanks for doing a lot of leg-work for me! I'll add these papers to my "must read" stack.Aaron Blaisdellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204484453346358921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-48020412635492111702011-04-15T13:14:03.924-04:002011-04-15T13:14:03.924-04:00Re high sugar/high fat, I'm fascinated by the ...Re high sugar/high fat, I'm fascinated by the idea that all this LA from veggie oils is being converted to arachidonic acid courtesy of insulin-stimulated (thanks to the high carbs) delta-5-desaturase. <br /><br />AA is/can be a precursor to one or both of the ECS cannabinoids. One of these, anandamide, is apparently somewhat similar to THC, the substance in marijuana responsible for the high (and pot-induced munchies!). <br /><br />What do I know (I'm a web developer ;), but I find it intriguing! And even if the ECS doesn't hold true, all that extra AA isn't helping folks' health via inflammation.Beth@WeightMavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03821749502002515139noreply@blogger.com