Re: Fun subject

[Guest guest]

Someone wanted to know the ages of these kids. This is my 12 year old

daughter's list:

My daughter will eat :

bread (only white) or pale wheat

milk

cheese pizza without much cheese

macaroni and cheese

grilled cheese sandwiches

raw spinach

seedless grapes if they aren't at all bruisy

ANYTHING sweet

Cheerios

Smart Start cereal

That's all, folks!

[Guest guest]

I know that depression can cause carb craving. I wonder

if OCD/'anxiety can too?

PJ, I don't know that craves carbs, it just seems to be the

only foods he's tried and liked.... Anyway, here's a good excerpt

for carbs:

" For relaxation and anti-stress, eat carbohydrates. Eating

carbohydrates will trigger the release of insulin into the blood

stream. Insulin goes about clearing all the amino acids out of the

blood, with the exception of tryptophan. Tryptophan is an amino acid

that normally gets crowded out by other amino acids in its attempt to

cross the blood brain barrier, but when its competitors are out of

the way, it enters the brain. Once in the brain, the tryptophan is

converted to serotonin. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that has the

effect of reducing pain, decreasing appetite, and producing a sense

of calm, and in too large a quantity, inducing sleep. Research has

shown that dieters tend to become depressed about two weeks into a

diet, about the time their serotonin levels have dropped due to

decreased carbohydrate intake. "

Here's a link to above for " food, mood and neurotransmitters " -

http://www.mtsu.edu/~studskl/food.html

Now if I can just get (16 years old) to enlarge his range of

food groups!

[Guest guest]

I know that depression can cause carb craving. I wonder

if OCD/'anxiety can too?

PJ, I don't know that craves carbs, it just seems to be the

only foods he's tried and liked.... Anyway, here's a good excerpt

for carbs:

" For relaxation and anti-stress, eat carbohydrates. Eating

carbohydrates will trigger the release of insulin into the blood

stream. Insulin goes about clearing all the amino acids out of the

blood, with the exception of tryptophan. Tryptophan is an amino acid

that normally gets crowded out by other amino acids in its attempt to

cross the blood brain barrier, but when its competitors are out of

the way, it enters the brain. Once in the brain, the tryptophan is

converted to serotonin. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that has the

effect of reducing pain, decreasing appetite, and producing a sense

of calm, and in too large a quantity, inducing sleep. Research has

shown that dieters tend to become depressed about two weeks into a

diet, about the time their serotonin levels have dropped due to

decreased carbohydrate intake. "

Here's a link to above for " food, mood and neurotransmitters " -

http://www.mtsu.edu/~studskl/food.html

Now if I can just get (16 years old) to enlarge his range of

food groups!

[Guest guest]

I know that depression can cause carb craving. I wonder

if OCD/'anxiety can too?

PJ, I don't know that craves carbs, it just seems to be the

only foods he's tried and liked.... Anyway, here's a good excerpt

for carbs:

" For relaxation and anti-stress, eat carbohydrates. Eating

carbohydrates will trigger the release of insulin into the blood

stream. Insulin goes about clearing all the amino acids out of the

blood, with the exception of tryptophan. Tryptophan is an amino acid

that normally gets crowded out by other amino acids in its attempt to

cross the blood brain barrier, but when its competitors are out of

the way, it enters the brain. Once in the brain, the tryptophan is

converted to serotonin. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that has the

effect of reducing pain, decreasing appetite, and producing a sense

of calm, and in too large a quantity, inducing sleep. Research has

shown that dieters tend to become depressed about two weeks into a

diet, about the time their serotonin levels have dropped due to

decreased carbohydrate intake. "

Here's a link to above for " food, mood and neurotransmitters " -

http://www.mtsu.edu/~studskl/food.html

Now if I can just get (16 years old) to enlarge his range of

food groups!