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The problem with overeating is that it feels really good (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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I'm not talking about while you're eating, I'm talking about during the next couple hours after over eating. A food coma is absolutely the same feeling as a good high from some drugs. After eating a way too huge meal and laying on the couch i feel soooooo relaxed and floaty and drifting in and out of heavy sleep.

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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Strict keto takes away the food noise, which is what a lot of us struggle with. There's no longer the cravings, you're not fighting your own body every hour of every day.

Personally, I've settled on a long-term diet

  • emphasizing saturated fat
  • adequate amounts of bioavailable protein
  • zero carbohydrates

All my food noise is gone. All my cravings are gone. I still have some emotional triggers, like walking by a donut shop. I used to walk by, but that's much more manageable. I'm not struggling with food like I used to. I actually only eat about once a day, I don't have any cravings. When I do get hungry. It's a very different hunger than before, it's just oh I could eat, not I must eat.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    From my understanding, food noise can be caused by a few things ranging from eating habits and culture to poor nutrition. Keto is able to help by filling your diet with things that keep you feeling full (protein and fat) and giving you some straightforward rules that keep you eating those things, which makes you not hungry as often and forces you to have some discipline around eating. You can still get cravings and noise on a keto diet though if your nutrition is off.

    Whole grains can actually still be very filling despite their calorie density, on par with fats, but they have other nutritional benefits. They contain a lot of important nutrients, vitamins, minerals, and fiber that can reduce cravings and help keep the food noise down.

    I've actually done keto before, the strict rules were helpful discipline-wise, but I was able to get all of the same benefits without actually being in ketosis. By trying to keep myself eating foods that keep me full, by avoiding binging and keeping my habits in check, and by getting rid of refined carbs (pasta and sugar are the worst, it's like you didn't even eat anything) I've been able to keep my diet in check pretty well.

    Also be careful about saturated fats long-term. It can be bad for your heart if they make up too much of your diet. You're probably aware already but I thought I'd mention it just in case.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Keto is able to help by filling your diet with things that keep you feeling full (protein and fat) and giving you some straightforward rules that keep you eating those things, which makes you not hungry as often and forces you to have some discipline around eating.

    I would also add that keto also removes glucose spikes->insulin spikes->glucose dips, removes lots of the low energy hangry loops that most people are stuck in.

    You can still get cravings and noise on a keto diet though if your nutrition is off.

    Sure, that would just be biologically appropriate hunger, since the nutrition is off and the body wants more nutrition.

    I’ve actually done keto before, the strict rules were helpful discipline-wise, but I was able to get all of the same benefits without actually being in ketosis

    Fantastic!

    By trying to keep myself eating foods that keep me full, by avoiding binging and keeping my habits in check, and by getting rid of refined carbs (pasta and sugar are the worst, it’s like you didn’t even eat anything) I’ve been able to keep my diet in check pretty well.

    Did keto not keep you feeling full?

    Also be careful about saturated fats long-term. It can be bad for your heart if they make up too much of your diet.

    Thanks for bringing that up. My reading of the literature has satisfied me that in the absence of elevated glucose and metabolic disease saturated fats are actually quite healthy and not a long term health risk (at least for myself).

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