Got the aminoacids mentioned in the "Eliminate cravings" article, will start using them tomorrow when the first carbs craving hits

Date:   5/9/2006 8:06:41 PM ( 18 y ago)

I went to the mall today to buy yet another suit for my internship, and I also bought the essential aminoacids mentioned in the "cravings" article. I bought L-glutamine (for sweets and starch cravings), L-tyrosine (for mental and physical energy, and thyroid hormone), and 5HTP--a form of tryptophan (precursor of serotonin, the "feel good" neurotransmitter), which the store did not have.

I can't wait to test them tomorrow. I don't want to bet on their effectiveness before I actually take them, but I have a strong intuitive feeling that the cravings I have been having since I was about 14, as well as my thyroid imbalance, have something to do with certain nutritional deficiencies. And the article about these essential aminoacids and their effect on mental well-being seemed to describe exactly my symptoms.

I remember that the time I started to gain weight (which was around 13 years old) coincided with my readings about the benefits of vegetarian diets and my switching from a mostly meat diet (I remember enjoying meat as a child) to a mostly vegetarian one. I never liked dairy products and have always avoided them (milk, cheese, etc.)

I don't want to blame my weight gain on that switch to a mostly vegetarian diet, because it might have also been triggered by puberty and all the hormonal changes. But I can't help wondering if eliminating meat caused a deficiency--such as aminoacids--that resulted in weught gain, cravings for sweets/white flour, and a slight hypothyroidism.

I'm also a blood type 0, and while when I first heard of "eat right for your type" I discarded it as junk science, I now can't help wondering if there might be something to it--especially as I've never liked dairy or salads, and like I said, I enjoyed meat as a child, and didn't really care for starches or bread.

In the past few days I've also started to search for related info and found quite a lot about people on vegetarian/vegan raw diets (such as the Hallelujah diet), and how it caused them health problems that went away once they added some animal protein, at the same time still eating mostly raw plant foods. And how many people can't stay on these diets long-term, and feel weak even though they eat nuts, avocados, seeds, etc. On the other hand, some people indeed thrive on these diets. So maybe we are truly different and supposed to eat differently.

I, for one, would like to be able to thrive on a raw vegan diet, because I love animals and disagree with the way they are treated before they are slaughtered to be consumed. I would love to be able to eat some salad and fruit and be happy. But I have been trying to do that for over 8 years, and during all this time I've repeatedly found myself angry at my lack of "will power" and at my giving in to my carbs cravings. As I've already said, I knew that all the info I was reading explained that animal food is bad and raw plant food is good. But I simply couldn't apply this information to my diet. The only time I thrived was that summer when I ate mostly fruit, but it is known that a fruitarian diet causes problems in the long run. [However, fruits (in addition to animal protein) are recommended for blood type 0.]

So I'm beginning to wonder whether this really is a case of aminoacid deficiency causing all these "vicious circle" problems, and not allowing me to thrive on a vegan diet. I guess I will find out once I start the "test". Looking forward to the first craving tomorrow! (Never thought I'd say this...)

I'm also almost sure that I have Candida problems, especially because in these past years I've been eating a lot of refined carbs and sweets. So I'll be taking probiotics regularly.


 

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