Grouptose
Member
This is my 4th day with no starches, and I don't feel like I'm that "hungry" like I was on the first few days, but there's this inner craving for fruit that is never satisfied. No matter how much fruit I eat, no matter how much juice I drink, it's just this inner craving that's so strong. I feel really good with no starches but this is one major downside, it feels sort of stressful in a way. I woke up after 7 hours of sleep, I usually like getting 9, but my eyes are just glued open and I always want sugar. All day I think of drinking frozen juice.
So, this feels like an addiction and I'm not liking this. It's hard to notice at first, but the more I eat a lot of fruit the more I realize that I'm turning into some sort of sugar junkie. I know sugar is promoted in the ray peat forum but I need to ask you guys, how do you do it? I would use lactose but I'm lactose intolerant, fructose just has this insatiable/addictive effect on me.
I was planning on doing 1 week of this but if I keep going it's gonna be harder to quit fructose in the end. And yes I know that fructose is beneficial for certain things like lowering SHBG and increasing testosterone, but the major problem is the addictive nature of it, I like having a "comfort zone" when it comes to diets, where I can get all the nutrients I need, and feel satiated, only eating 3 meals a day and not craving anything. Without starches, the only way to achieve that would be to do a carnivore diet (and we know the problems that come with that) so it seems at some point I'm gonna have to add some kind of starch back in. Possibly well cooked tubers like potatoes and sweet potatoes.
I already eat enough fat aswell, and I use salt. Even consuming more calories doesn't work because the more fruit I eat the more I want to eat it, it feels like I'm munching on cake or ice cream all day long, especially whilst eating sweet fruits like mangos and papayas.
So, this feels like an addiction and I'm not liking this. It's hard to notice at first, but the more I eat a lot of fruit the more I realize that I'm turning into some sort of sugar junkie. I know sugar is promoted in the ray peat forum but I need to ask you guys, how do you do it? I would use lactose but I'm lactose intolerant, fructose just has this insatiable/addictive effect on me.
I was planning on doing 1 week of this but if I keep going it's gonna be harder to quit fructose in the end. And yes I know that fructose is beneficial for certain things like lowering SHBG and increasing testosterone, but the major problem is the addictive nature of it, I like having a "comfort zone" when it comes to diets, where I can get all the nutrients I need, and feel satiated, only eating 3 meals a day and not craving anything. Without starches, the only way to achieve that would be to do a carnivore diet (and we know the problems that come with that) so it seems at some point I'm gonna have to add some kind of starch back in. Possibly well cooked tubers like potatoes and sweet potatoes.
I already eat enough fat aswell, and I use salt. Even consuming more calories doesn't work because the more fruit I eat the more I want to eat it, it feels like I'm munching on cake or ice cream all day long, especially whilst eating sweet fruits like mangos and papayas.