Sugar Withdrawal Symptoms

[nic777]

holy crap

no wonder you're light headed...

you need to up your proteins and fats intake, looks like you've put yourself into starvation mode

+1

 

[Swa]

That's what I thought at first but after all the headaches, being lightheaded, irritability, feeling like you drunk, feeling like you don't have any energy to do anything even too much bright light, not being able to concentrate and the eventual depression. Not very nice. Now that I have at last kind of figured out what's going on I eat fruit like pineapple when I feel my mood changing.

breakfast - weetbix
mid morning - 2 slices buttered toast, apple, tea
lunch - noodles & lots water
mid afternoon - fruit, tea
supper - veggies, skinless chicken or steak grilled, mushrooms & lots of water maybe just boiled eggs & potatoes

First off your diet isn't starving like some of these folks claim but it is poor. You might as well be overeating on low carb food because most of these are high carb anyway. Cut the bread and noodles and limit your potato. They are good but only in moderation and not fried. Use skim or low fat milk - that will also cut out about 3% of the lactose or milk sugar.

I'm wondering why you think you're going through sugar withdrawal. Sugar withdrawal is a mid afternoon crash and not a long term syndrome. Unless you have malabsorption you should still be getting enough sugar and as I pointed out you're not exactly on a sugar starved diet. It should be easy to test though by going back to your old diet but I think something else might be going on. Are you on any medication or used any medication in the past except the usual over the counter stuff?

Might as well just use sucrose then.

Nope honey is sweeter so as long as you're going for the same taste you end up with less carbohydrates and there's some good enzymes and vitamins in there as well.

Nope, when we eat salt, water leaves our cells and dehydrates us. Salt dehydrates you. Considering our salty lives a banana daily will help our cells absorb water again.

That is nonsense. Salt is used in desert regions because it prevents dehydration. You think getting thirsty after taking salt means dehydration but it's actually your body wanting to hold on to more water. Once your kidneys secrete the salt again you can lose liters of extra water your cells were retaining.

 

[killadoob]

Your cells cannot use the water, as in the water is not absorbed due to high sodium levels. So when you feel thirsty you actually are because the sodium is blocking your cells from absorbing the water. If you are going to eat salt you need to supplement it with potassium. If you get no potassium and lots of salt you will get water retention, meaning the body will say hey i am thirsty because it cannot utilize the water you are giving it.

That is why you become bloated or you get told you are retaining water. Once you get your potassium levels back up your cells will start absorbing the water again and the retention of water will be done.

 

[Swa]

You feel thirsty because your body wants more water. The first thing your body does when it needs more water is stop secreting water starting with saliva. That water is contained between your cells and in your blood. Water retention can happen independent of salt intake. Here's the kicker though, when your body gets rid of the salt it gets rid of the water as well and the cells don't absorb it because they usually don't need it.

Intracellular water isn't generally something you need to worry about unless you're eating tablespoons of salt then you'll die of electrolyte imbalance first.

 

[killadoob]

http://www.healthyeatingclub.com/info/books-phds/books/foodfacts/html/data/data5a.html

Society has become so hectic with processed food we are getting way above what we should be in terms of sodium. As mention in the article, potassium will help offset it but stay away from processed food because it cans contain as much a teaspoon of salt.

The 4 bags of crisps that roux ate during his cycle contained 2 grams of salt. If you think that sort of intake is fine then so be it.

I know if i eat bad food i better chow a banana or two in the day to offset the large intake of sodium.

http://www.naturalnews.com/031608_table_salt_sodium.html

another good article on the topic. The basic rule is stay from processed food. It is loaded with sodium.