Nice video about Bernard Hopkins diet!

What in heaven's name are you talking about?

 

meaning processed carbs such as potato chips, white pasta, pizza, bread.....when trying to come off of it or reallocate the portions by going onto whole grain bread its like trying to break heroine addiction

 

What the hell does that mean?

 

If you're getting headaches and whatever else just because you've started eating somewhat healthy then there's something wrong with you. And I hope you're joking about carbs being an "addiction", anyone with the slightest bit of self control can go without eating crap foods.

 

http://www.carbohydrateaddicts.com/cadfnd.html

Car-bo-hy-drate Ad-dic-tion:

A compelling hunger, craving, or desire for carbohydrate-rich foods;
an escalating, recurring need or drive for starches, snack foods, junk food, or sweets.
Carbohydrate-rich foods include, but are not limited to: breads, bagels, cakes, cereal, chocolate, cookies, *******s, danish, fruit and fruit juice, ice cream, potato chips, pasta, potatoes, pretzels, rice, pie, popcorn, and sugar-sweetened beverages.
In addition, carbohydrate act-alikes (sugar substitutes, alcoholic beverages, and monosodium glutamate) may trigger intense or recurring carbohydrate cravings and/or weight gain.

As many as seventy-five percent of those who are overweight, and many normal-weight individuals as well, are carbohydrate addicted. Though many people may suspect there is a physical imbalance that makes them crave carbohydrates and put weight on easily, the underlying cause of their cravings and weight struggles often goes undiagnosed and untreated.

Carbohydrate addiction is caused by an imbalance - an over release of the hormone, insulin, when carbohydrate-rich foods are eaten. Among its many jobs, insulin signals the body to take in food (it has been called the "hunger hormone") and, once the food is consumed, signals the body to store the food energy in the form of fat.

Too much insulin results in too strong an impulse to eat, too often, and a body that too readily stores food in the form of fat.

The scientific term for this condition is post-prandial reactive hyperinsulinemia which means too much insulin is released after eating. Over time, people who are hyperinsulinemic become insulin resistant, that is, the cells in their muscles, nervous systems, and organs start to close down to the high levels of insulin in their blood. Insulin is no longer able to open the doors to these cells and allow food energy (blood sugar or glucose) to enter. At this point, one may experience symptoms of low-blood sugar levels (hypoglycemia) including irritability, shakiness, tiredness, intense cravings, confusion, and headaches. Since the blood sugar cannot easily enter the muscles, nervous system, or organs, much of the food energy gets channeled into the fat cells and weight gain comes easily. Over time, however, as high insulin levels continue, even the fat cells can shut down and the blood glucose gets trapped in the blood stream bringing on the condition known as adult-onset diabetes.

At this time, there is no accepted blood test to definitively determine whether or not your are carbohydrate addiction. Fasting insulin levels do not necessarily predict how your body will react after eating carbohydrate-rich foods and glucose tolerance tests use highly sweetened drinks that are not the equivalent of typical carbohydrate-rich meals. If you are carbohydrate addicted, however, chances are you know that something different about the way in which your body responds to starches, snack foods, junk food, and sweets.

We have found that the best way to determine if you (or someone you love) is carbohydrate addicted (that is, if you are hyperinsulinemic) is to take the test in The Carbohydrate Addict's LifeSpan Program, Healthy For Life, or Carbohydrate Addicted Kids. Any of these tests will also help determine if you are likely to be successful on one of our carbohydrate-balancing programs. The higher the score, the more likely it is that cravings and weight struggles are caused by an excess of insulin. If you do not yet have any of our books, you might want to take the Carbohydrate Addicts Quick Quiz for adults at http://www.carbohydrateaddicts.com/caquiz.html and for parents of kids at http://www.carbohydrateaddicts.com/kidquiz.html. These short quizes are not as detailed as the tests you will find in our books, but they can give you a good idea as to whether or not an actual addiction to carbohydrates appears to be present.

 

Utter bull****. You can not be addicted to food as if it was a drug.
You cut all carbs? and are having headaches and stuff? Perhaps because carbs are your body's preferred source of energy

 

Tell 'em:bbb

 

i thought for some people with food addictions the brain releases
the same chemicals (dopamines) as people on drugs. thats why so many people with eating disorders have problems with stress or mental issues. correct me if im wrong

 

Never heard of that but im not the most knowledgable person on here. I know you cant be addicted to carbs and junk food. You need carbs as fuel for survival if your training hard ( you need carbs even if your not training but not as much)

 

^ This. I used to be over 220+ lbs when I didn't train and eat right. I'm 170 now and I get HUGE cravings to eat junk food still. It took months of training to build mental strength to fight off the addiction.

 

Cravings are not addictions.......
Answer this queston: would you say a pregnant woman who has cravings for peanut butter but doesnt usually eat it is addicted to peanut butter??

 

Perhaps you shouldn't be commenting. Everything you put in your body is gonna cause some kind of chemical response. Some of these chemical responses can become addictive. Craving is a manifestation of addiction.

 

I said i wasnt sure about the chemical he named.... I am sure that a human can not be addicted to junk food. Yes most people want to eat those foods because they taste nice but when was the last time you heard of someone giving up kebabs and burgers and start shaking andhaving headaches paranoia etc which happens when your addicted to a drug and stop using it? NEVER

 

Read boy-wonders post. He is getting withdrawal symptoms.

People often get sick in the first few days of dietary change, especially if they are eliminating simple carbs. It's an a similar level to coffee withdrawal

 

this is what i did,
i switched from white rice to brown rice. i completely cut out white bread. i switched from eating pringles , chocolates and junk food as a snack to eating more fruits and nuts. i eat more lean meats relative to the amount of white starch foods. No more white pasta or pizza which where my diet was 70% white carbs. Not even processed cereal. so this is what my diet looks like now:

BREAKFAST
-oatmeal with fruit and/or eggs and cup of tea

LUNCH
-potatoes (mashed or whole) but all natural or brown rice
-quinoa grains
-any kind of lean chicken, beef or fish
-assorted salads (beans, avocado, eggs, etc.)

DINNER
-rice
-any type of lean beef, chicken or fish (sea bream, see bass, tuna, salmon)


flaxseed oil 1 or 2x times a day with a meal. for liquids, i drink water, tea or lactose free milk.

Overall, i eat assorted
fruits (grapes, oranges, apples, bananas) for carbs. i get a mixture of carbs from mixed nuts as a snack and maybe some quinoa.

i only eat white rice sometimes and thats as far i would go in terms of junk food. i only eat brown rice and potatoes when i need somethign heavy to feel like its a bowl of pasta. Also, i stopped drinking alcohol, save for an occasional glass of red wine.

These are the syptoms i am feeling although they are now starting to subside and i am getting use to it:

-extreme dizzines
-flucutating body temperature
-fluctuating body weight
-headaches
-constant hunger
-occasional weakness


However, the negative symptoms are all starting to go away.

These have been the benefits over the past few weeks
-i fart less; no longer feel bloated
-when i take a dump it doesn't smell like a garbage dump in the bathroom anymore
-i need less sleep and i no longer feel tired
-when i train, my muscles dont have the feeling of the lactic acid burn therefore i have been training much harder and pushing my body.....

so its like i have not really advanced bc my body is torn between the increasing benefits of the new diet and the junk food withdrawals symptoms based on my mental addiction to processed carbohydrates.

i have not fought in over 8 years. I am 30 now and decided i want to fight again. i have not loss any weight whatsoever with the new diet but my mini-pop belly is going down.

Anyway, i just wanted to know if anyone else on here went through a similar junk food addiction.