Sat, Apr-02-05, 11:48
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Thank you Dr Atkins!
Posts: 4,146
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Plan: Atkins induction
Stats: 311/250/220
BF:45%/20%/15%
Progress: 67%
Location: North Carolina
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It is my understanding that the problem with caffeine is that it can crash your blood sugar level -- which makes you hungry and crave food.
The problem with high carb diets is that your blood sugar is going up and down. The low carb diet, chromium, and a few other things help to keep your blood sugar more level.
Note that I normally do not suggest you do things on an empty stomach or go without eating -- but to test the effect of something on your blood sugar levels -- an empty stomach is usually the best way to test.
To try it out yourself, on a morning before you have to rush out the door, do not eat, and only drink water -- and then see how many minutes/hours before you get hungry. Do this several times and average the times.
Then on other days, do not eat, but drink a lot of caffeine and see how long it takes before you are hungry. Again do it several times.
My bet is that on mornings where you drink caffeine you will get hungrier, faster, because it causes your blood sugar to crash -- which makes you hungry.
So what do you do? Simply drink your caffeine along with your low carb meals. It is less likely to change your blood sugar than if you drink caffeine between meals, or even worse, on an empty stomach (like I suggest you do as a test).
Try these out -- we're all different!
BTW -- beautiful Husky. I have a red/brown one.
Last edited by kebaldwin : Sat, Apr-02-05 at 13:45.
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