[FairfieldLife] RE: College study finds Oreo cookies are as addictive as drugs

2013-10-16 Thread j_alexander_stanley
“Our research supports the theory that high-fat/ high-sugar foods stimulate the brain in the same way that drugs do,” Neuroscience Professor Joseph Schroeder said in a school press release. For me, the problem isn't the sugar or the fat, but rather the starch, which is ultimately just pure

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: College study finds Oreo cookies are as addictive as drugs

2013-10-16 Thread Share Long
My current indulgence is almond butter with some drops of stevia. Yummy but seems to be kind of a sleeping potion! On Wednesday, October 16, 2013 10:31 AM, j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com wrote:   “Our research supports the theory that high-fat/ high-sugar

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: College study finds Oreo cookies are as addictive as drugs

2013-10-16 Thread Bhairitu
For some reason this reminds me of Breaking Bad. :-D Not nice to fool your body though. When your body wants a sweet it wants it for a reason and using a sugar substitute has been found not to be a good idea. The reason westerners like to have a dessert after a meal is the same reason that

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: College study finds Oreo cookies are as addictive as drugs

2013-10-16 Thread sharelong60
Breaking Bad?! How come? Anyway, I wish there were an online test I could take to find out my metabolic type. In Chinese system I'm lesser yang. Should be eating pork and shrimp! According to nutritional intuitive, I should be eating buffalo burgers! Right now I do well on a low glycemic diet:

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: College study finds Oreo cookies are as addictive as drugs

2013-10-16 Thread Bhairitu
Many boomers are parasympathetic dominant, so are more naturally meat and potatoes types. There are a few sites with questionnaires for types including the caloriecount.com one at the bottom of the article. The full programs look at blood tests and lots of questions. I did it in 1981 and

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: College study finds Oreo cookies are as addictive as drugs

2013-10-16 Thread Share Long
Thanks, bhairitu, good test. I scored 22 for fast, 19 for balanced and 3 for slow. Sounds like I'm on the right track with avoiding high glycemic foods. Fascinating too about the different kinds of protein. Never knew that before. On Wednesday, October 16, 2013 4:23 PM, Bhairitu