Are carbs addictive?
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- A new study shows that a higher carbohydrate diet stimulates the brain’s addiction center. Here’s what this might mean for you if you find yourself craving food and gaining weight. Plus watch to the end for the added bonus of a one on one interview with the study’s lead author.
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For me personally, an addiction. I am 62 and after extensive research on my own, started Keto 11 months ago. Eating a low carb diet has thought me more about my body's response to food than everything I learned in my previous 61 years. My tolerance for carbs is very low. If I eat more than 15 grams of carbs in any meal, I can count on intense cravings for chocolate or rich sweets about 15 minutes later. This happens when I make the choice to have an extra half of tomato or a second helping of cauliflower mash. Before Keto, the cravings were getting worse with every year. It was to the point were it took 3 or more cupcakes before the sugar craving would stop. This was literally killing me. Keto was the only way for me to eat without triggering the cravings. I lost 48 lbs., bloodpressure meds are history and A1C in normal range again. Life is good again and for me, low carb is a necessity.
Yes carbs are addictive. I am healthy and slim, I do not need to lose any more fat. I can say that after a year of eating a very low carb ketovore diet, I have no sugar cravings at all any more and my hunger is so under control that I usually eat only OMAD. BUT, I ate a curry with rice and a beer for the first time last week and when I got home I was so desperate for more carbs that I found the only carbs I had in the house, some frozen bread at the bottom of the freezer and I made toast. I haven't eaten, or wanted to eat, bread for a year. I was so like an addict searching for a fix that I frightened myself. I am an abstainer from carbs, I cannot moderate their intake.
Interesting. I agree that if something is inherently addictive, then even if you just have it occasionally you're just gonna have to deal with some cravings afterwards. Same with smoking. I gave up for months and then one night had a few cigarettes. Many who do this ended up breaking and go back to smoking full time again. However I was able to put it into perspective and tell myself I've not smoked for months, I'm not fully addicted as I was before and it was just a one off and doesn't mean I have to go back to it full time.
I was able to abstain, but like you with the bread in the freezer, as I was walking home after my night out (someone gave me the smokes, I didn't have my own) I passed a shop and stopped outside as I decided whether to buy myself a pack or not. I decided not to, though there was a slight craving. The thing is you're not fully addicted at first if you're not used to the substance, but an addictive substance inherently wants you to become addicted to it and that will kick in immediately. I think that's what these scientist's talking here are maybe starting to find out.
Basically what I'm saying is if you're able to then you can partake in something that is potentially addictive for a short time if you're able to be clear in your mind that it's just a one off and that you're not going to let yourself slide into a full on addiction. You're able to almost laugh off any little urges for more. Of course for some they just can't handle any level of craving whatsoever and will just give in to it, so they're best not to touch the substance ever again.
Didn't really sink in that it was addiction for me until I reflected back on being a carbo-klepto as a kid. Sneaking cookies, candy, etc. Messed up, really.
Yeah as a kid i was also going crazy for carbs, the only reason i didin't get fat was because i was active.
carbo-klepto lol
they are addictive as hell... I have been in ketosis for 5 months now, and I feel liberated from consuming all the crap I used to eat before keto...
It’s an addiction. To me it explains why people getting the shakes then eating a candy bar and shakes go away. It wasn’t because that made you full it’s because you satisfied your craving/addiction. I say it’s a minor bout with DT’s. Some people mistake the shakes for low blood sugar, bull crap. Hershey’s Kisses are for the tweakers. I’ve been keto for over two years and haven’t felt those “shakes” since 2 weeks into it. Thanks Doc!
A thread on Reddit deleted my post because I called carbohydrates addictive. They are definitely addictive lol.
Sadly there's way too much money to be made from addictive carbohydrates so it's never going to change..
Ice cream is addictive. Cake is addictive. Chocolate is addictive. For me, the combination of sugar (carbs) and fat is addictive.
indeed, most of the things people call addictive are really a mix of fat and carbs. So while I do not dispute the effects of carbs in certain areas of the brain, I believe that the hyperpalatability of certain food activates many zones and that indeed fats play their part too! Aside from pasta (my Italian side I guess!), I can't really think of something on the spot that has a reputation of being addictive and that doesn't contain carbs and respectable amounts of fats as well...and even with pasta, I mean, who binges on them just with tomato sauce?
I’m not overweight but suffered varying moods and was invariably comatose most afternoons. Too many breakfast cereals, biscuits, cookies, bread, ice cream etc, but never touched any sodas. Now eating bacon eggs salmon, and if I stick to the protein, I don’t get cravings for carbs. The minute I give in to 1 carb as a treat, my god the pleasure cravings won’t leave me alone. None of them satisfy of course, it’s all in the anticipation. Carbs are nasty things, and I’m pretty sure all the pharma and food companies know exactly what they are pushing.
It's totally an addiction. You can phrase things however you want, but in the real world for most of us, it's an addiction.
I can confirm this. I haven't had a carb in days, and I am about to lose it.
Doctor robert Cywes the #carbaddictondoc seem to think that carbs are addictives
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Totally addictive. I've tried several drugs, never got addicted, smoked for 5 years and decided to quit, managed to do so within a week and managed to stay off smoking for 2 years, yet bread and crabs are more addictive than anything for me. Almost impossible for me to keep a diet without eating bread.. crazy
Not carbohydrates....processed carbohydrates. White bread is completely different from broccoli, but they're both carbohydrates.
I lost over 100 pounds and normalized my blood sugars with a low carb diet less than 50 grams per day. However, I was addicted to carbs like sugar and especially wheat, which gave me withdrawal symptoms for a couple of weeks. I didn't know I was addicted to wheat until I stopped it and the cravings were incredibly substantial. It wasn't just that I wanted the bread; I needed it and that's when I realized I was addicted and began to research the addictive properties of modern wheat. Personally I think this is tied in with hyperinsulinemia somehow.
I've been watching a lot of videos about this on TH-cam and it looks like when you become insulin-resistant from too many carbs your body tries to block the sugar from entering your cells... and your cells do need the sugar to operate so they feel like they are starving for sugar and carbohydrate even though they are surrounded by it constantly. The result is your cells crying out for carbohydrate making you yearn for more even though you have too much already
@@chrisdion3260 That makes total sense!!!
Addiction to bread is real, I managed to quit smoking, but having no bread feels so fking hard, I keep trying to diet for over a year 🤣
As long as we are afraid to call carbohydrates addictive, nothing is going to be done to diminish its power over us.
Bread which is just sugar with flour sneaks into my freezer. For a day or two its moderate consumption.
After a few days I crave so much I practically eat it frozen. Keto is sabotaged and I am back to square one.
Forget about sugar in any other form. It's the bread I am addicted too.😪
Tell any child he/she can get any item at the supermarket... What do you think they will get? Chocolate, candy, cereal, yogurt (not the Greek one), or eggs, ribs, liver, lettuce, onions???
Refined carbohydrates can be addictive for many. Not all of us have a problem.
Also not all carbs are addictive. I’ve never craved a bowl of kale.
The study is not free to public so I have to ask here: What proportion of the carbs was sugar (fructose or sacharose)? There are other studies which show that sugar per se is addictive. I don't believe complex glucose-based carbohydrates have the same property
Suger is addictive.I think people drink alcohol because of suger.
when you constantly think about something that you don't need and want it its addiction. yeah this is how i feel about white rice. i eat a steak i think dam this would be so good with rice. pork belly the same, fried chicken same.
That's what I've noticed too. It's like we're unable to enjoy food without needing carbohydrates in everything. What's funny is that we wouldn't even have access to grains and root vegetables until autumn in the wild.
@@normietwiceremoved actually you couldn't find any carbs in the wilds in any abundances for it to become something you eat regularly.
DEFINITELY....YES🙄
Clearly, there are people addicted to carbohydrates. As for me, I found out I just had a really bad habit (and it wasn't sweets.) I used to pack away a lot of starchy and salty stuff, and that can be very habit-forming. I still find it easy to overeat savory foods, even though a lot of keto people seem to think that's not possible.
Definitely addictive
For anyone who’s not sure what the answer really is and is not currently living a low carb/ketogenic/carnivore/fasting lifestyle.. try going 3 days without any carbs. You’ll find your answer. ✨ Remember .. there’s no such thing as an essential carb.
I've tried keto many times and my carb addiction is so strong that I cannot make it past 3 weeks. I'd rather not live if I cannot have my carbs. Sad but true, I am a true addict.
*The point of sugar is that it makes things taste better So yer.*
Greens are healthier and have less sugar. Again less sugar, less tasty.
But do not forget.. sugar destroys dna. Thus ages you quicker and hits you with heavy fines of ilnesses.
So consider sugar intake, which luckily is very associated with weight, so you can pretty much have accountability.
I know sugar is addictive. I think it even plays into alcoholism
To is addictive. I ate so much carbs, that I decided to change to Keto Style... to save my health. I lost control of eating on carbs. On Fat I dont have problem with over-eating
after 21 days keto,I decided to eat some fruits,now it has been 20 days im eating these fruits and thinking about giving them up gets me anxious.
The sound quality of this video is poor. Her comments kept cutting out, especially when she said something significant. I am surprised that Diet Doctor didn't fix the sound before releasing the video.
Something good coming out of Harvard Health? That's a change.
Carbs more addictive than any other macronutrient for sure, but even food in general. I can fast 24-72 hours with water/electrolytes and have no issues and my energy is enhanced. Fasting has longevity and metabolic benefits. It is not normal to experience fatigue or energy crashes when you skip a meal or haven't eaten recently.
Definitely sugar and hfcs are definitely addictive, refined carbs possibly, high Fiber carbs less likely in my opinion.
Makes you wonder why we want to binge on something that tbf doesn't taste of much
IMO the combo of carbs and fat plus the sweet taste is the addiction for most of us, not all carbs are the same. For me the cakes, cookies were irresistible, but I can live weeks with no pasta, tortillas or rice.
Addictive for me
Great interview...you do a really good job interviewing your guests.
Yes. The cure is to eat plenty of fatty meat.
Carbohydrates are the most addictive food there is. If you add excitotoxins to the mix your free will is history.
Absolutely
Excellent content. I think she's dithering at the end because there are political consequences in admitting that carbs are addictive, especially when you tie in all the detrimental health effects of high carb intake. She's gotta be careful not to loose her funding, such is the world we live in. Caffeine is acknowledged as addictive, but then the negative (although I would argue this) effects aren't as substantial as carbs.
It's like with the tobacco investigations years ago. A huge part of that was whether nicotine was addictive or not. The tobacco companies thought very hard to prove that nicotine wasn't addictive. The reason was because if it wasn't addictive then basically it was people's free choice to participate in it or not, and that influences policy more than most people know, hence the reluctance of these scientist's do admit that carbs are addictive.
When nicotine/smoking was socially acknowledged to be addictive then a lot more people gave it up. There was a shift in consciousness from "well I just do it because I want to" to "It'd be really hard not to do this because I'm addicted".
Many people smoked and it was so normal and so ubiquitous that barely anyone had stopped long enough to realise they were addicted. I see the exact same pattern in this carb laden world.
Well the good news is you don't have to wait around for the mainstream to figure out how to move forward. I'm sure there were some people back in the day who figured out for themselves that cigarettes were addictive, and then asked themselves do they really want to participate in something that has a hold of them, that they may not actually want to do but the addiction has convinced and created the illusion for them that they actually want to do do this thing when in reality they really don't. It's exactly the same with carbs. The science is interesting but science moves almost as slow as politics because they're intrinsically linked. Don't wait for them to guide you. Ultimately you know that carbs are addictive. So you wanna be an addict or not, that's the choice.
Yes, sweet potatoes are addicting
Of course they are addictive, especially the carbohydrate sugar. Robert Lustig's presentation “Hacking the American Mind” goes into detail.
Q. Methylcobalamin: sublingual or in pill form that goes through digestive system; does sublingual miss the intrinsic factor produced in the stomach?
This is so cool. I'm sure there is some good data with naloxone that applies here.
We cannot say carbohydrates are addictive because we're not ready😅
When you spoke about the carb ratios you did not indicate whether or not they used total carbs or net carbs. I am assuming it was total carbs. It would be very interesting to see if there's a huge difference between using 20 total carbs and 20 net carbs.
That tends to be a personal preference. Some do well with net carbs, while others have to tighten up and follow total carbs. Here's more info! www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/keto/carbohydrates
It would definitely be net carbs .. ;)
How do we know the volunteers actually ate the meals provided? (were they also in housed in a closed facility of some type, like a dormitory or were still living at home?)
the best science restricts the exercise and documents the exact calories and types of calories in a controlled environment for at least 30 days, if not 3 months, but maybe
half of 1% of food science is done this way, until that changes, the science is unreliable,
Carbs are having me standing in front of the fridge every evening, it’s not like I’m standing there binging eggs and steak. I just can’t have them. Either I have them, the good and the bad or I’ll just do keto and the cravings for the bad ones slowly goes away..... this is so obvious to me.
My theory: When food was not abundant, we evolved to love carbs because it was a great source of energy. I just finished a 48 hour fast and my first meal was tofu (with nice condiments) and butternut soup. I quantity of the tofu (protein) and the soup (lots of carbs) were almost the same. Because I was very hungry, I thought I was going to enjoy the tofu as much as the soup. HOWEVER, it was the soup that made me close my eyes and taste every spoon. My brain was loving the carbs. I love tofu (being Japanese) but the tofu was just tofu even after the fast.
It’s funny how breaded meat is more delicious. Or the Big Mac which has 3 slices of bread instead of 2 is somehow more delicious than a regular burger. I think for me, it is an addiction
Carbs are like weed. Not addictive, but very habitual. Weed won’t kill you though. :-)
Not to confuse anyone. But there are more calories of fat then carbs in chocolate.
16:00 that sounds like the definition of addiction
All the comments from the people here are amazing and helpful ! I am following a medium ketogenic diet, 19 to 20hrs intermittent fasting (1.5 meals) ,cycling almost daily and weight is below 55kg. For me these food are the most difficult to stop/crave : Ice creams, chocolate cake, potato chips and cookies. Even as a keto dieter, I try my best not to buy and eat them , I finished whole packet of them before, that scary. The very helpful Dr Berg once said in video that taking enough potassium daily (3700mg, 7-10 cups of salad greens) will help maintaining the blood sugar and stop carbs/sugar cravings. Personally, I feel like adding good fats like cream cheese, nuts, seeds and coconut milk will help me stop craving for carbs/sugar.
The Carb-Insulin Model of Obesity predicts that high carb diet increases hunger (an unpleasant feeling driving subsequent excessive food intake) after a meal. These results suggest the opposite: high carb diet make you feel good after a meal. P. S. Great website BTW
22 fuckin minutes..just tell us
For me it's absolutely addiction. I need my fix! It's a doctor Jekyll and Hyde scenario. LOL
I will be using keto on and off for the rest of my life.
No disrespect but I found the guy to be kind of awkward around interviewing this doctor woman anyways these are my thoughts on this video even though it was provided with great information around the carbs.
Personally, I find that refined sugars and grains can be addictive because they provide the energy without the added nutrition that signals me to stop. But I'm not going to get carried away eating potatoes or apples. Probably it varies based on insulin sensitivity, too.
It is counterintuitive based on the Carb Insulin Model of obesity (ie it s not a valid model ). That's why she is referring to other models to justify the results
Was it just normal carbs for the food? No dorittos or Oreos I am guessing?
I thought people on a low carb high fat diet are supposed to feel better on such diet. This study suggests the contrary
Yessss
Carbs are definitely not more addicting then Steak 🥩 and Bacon 🥓
Fascinating. Thank you for bringing this study to light for the non scientist
While on a low carb diet, eating cheese feels addictive; it's soooo good till its scary.
Thank you for this - good interview, and very interesting study.
Thank you!!!, really valuable information!!!
What did she say at 6:30? The audio mutes. Was that a thing of censorship or what?
Does everything have to be a conspiracy theory?
It was a short audio glitch as the visual changed from one screen to split screen. Her sentence continues as the screen changes.
So much bro rat science, I cant even 😂🤣😁🤮
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I have been doing keto for a month and a half and all my cravings died down however since 2 days I am getting random craving (not for carbs). Is this normal?
Why is it so hard to admit that this study proved carbs are addictive?