FWIW, I've only been in a Panera bread twice.
Yes.
A metabolic parasite, I like that. I cut out sugars and starches a few years ago and dropped 50 lbs. Let those blasted things back into my diet and can’t manage to lose the rest. And it doesn’t help that nearly everybody is an enabler. LOL!
Don’t ever go to the Swiss Bakery in Burke VA or the Heidelberg Pastry Shoppe in Arlington because if you do, you will never escape the evil clutches of the crack/heroin sold in those dens of inequity. Your life will become a living hell of carbs or carb cravings. Be very afraid.
I've only been in Paneras a few times, but I ended up staying there for a really long time!
Yea, and so are air and water. What’s your point?
I really hate it that carbs are described as having the same level or more of addiction as cocaine. I mean do you really get the shakes, start vomiting etc... when you forgo a plate of spaghetti. That being said, I think carbs do mess up your system (I think for some more than others).
What about the research that shows that Italians can eat bread and pasta galore as long as they wash it down with good, red wine? That’s the diet we’re on. Alternating with the Twinkie diet.
I wouldn’t compare carbs to cocaine. But I have noticed that when I avoid breads and pastas, I have less acid reflux. I’m usually okay with potatoes, rice, and some vegetables, though.
Ah yes, the obese generations over thousands of years subsisting mainly on wheat, rice, corn - all those addictive, starchy carbs. /s
Give me a break.
I think that's right. When on a very low carbohydrate diet, I decided that carbs become subtly addictive. The fridge keeps calling to your inner ear.
Parish the thought if sugar and chocolate ever became banned substances.
Carbs are as addicting as cocaine? What a bunch of BS. Too many people throw the word "addiction" around without any grasp of its meaning. Yeah, I'm addicted to FR and to chocolate. No, that's not addiction. Addiction is a real medical term defined by compulsive and habitual use of a substance that has physiological effects but is not necessary for survival. These things produce tolerance in addition to physical dependence and withdrawal symptoms occur when you stop using them. Nicotine, cocaine and heroine are good examples of addictive substances, food is not.
The author of this article claims there is research that proves eating foods high in carbs activates drug like substances in the brain leading to food cravings, overeating, and obesity. This research supposedly shows that carbohydrate consumption causes an increase in neurotransmitter levels just as addicting drugs do. If this were true, you'd expect that drugs blocking opioid receptors would be useful in treating overeating. They aren't.
Foods high in carbohydrates may taste good but they are not addictive.
The salty crunchy food group is the tastiest. And cholesterol is a delicious spice. Thus is our cross to bear.
“The advice came about as early nutrition scientists rallied around a misguided maxim that remains embedded in the fabric of our attitudes toward food to this day: Eating too much fat makes you fat. But science never bore out this pre-Galilean view of nutrition. What is now clear is this: At the center of the obesity universe lie carbohydrates, not fat.”
Ayup.
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Yes, and far more dangerous too