“We are your gut bacteria calling and we... want... more... donuts!”
I think that is ridiculous. People overeat because of taste, not hunger. Or even boredom or habit. It is not hunger.
Definitely true. Our cravings come from gut bugs. They own us. Pound for pound there are more of them than is in us. We will be learning so much about their effect on our eating and our health and even our moods.
The Whisky FReeper who is constantly trying to get FReepers to give up all carbs doesn’t understand the importance of gut bugs. And the good gut bugs need carbs, especially carbs with resistant starch in it. Like cooked and cooled rice (Sushi works, or you can reheat the rice) and potatoes (potato salad is perfect). Lots of fibers in veggies, not lettuces, but asparagus stalks, etc.
Basically we really do need all the food groups, and brand new info, not published yet, is that we do not need variety in our diets. If you like variety, great, but gut bug populations can grow better even if you enjoy the same meats, fats, veggies, carbs, and fruits every day. Don’t feel guilty if you do.
Even our moods come from the gut bugs. Going too low carb can affect you to the point of depression. Try and eat clean foods, no enriched flour foods, and just enjoy them.
Blame wimpiness as to give into your hunger such that you become fat.
it’s not my fault im fat, I have a family of gut bacteria to feed
When my wife gets on her pseudo-scientific diet info bandwagon I go to McD’s for lunch in protest. I tell her I’d be a lot skinnier if she would stop talking about that garbage.
I always assume those who talk about “the gut” do so because they don’t know there are separate organs in there with different functions (unless they are talking about the area that used to look like a six-pack but now looks like a keg - that’s the proper use for the term “the gut.”
There ya go...I KNEW it: ITS NOT MY FAULT!!!
I am being microagressed!