I often get sugar cravings after a rich dessert... which seems weird to get a sugar craving after eating a lot of sugar. Wondering what might be going on. I don't eat baked goods much anymore, but when I used to eat a rich brownie or cake (made with gluten-free grain), I would often crave a sugary drink right after. I don't think it was a craving for just any liquid-- but specifically for something sweet, like lemonade or coke. Occasionally this reaction occurs after ice cream, but I associate it more with baked goods.
I just ate a flourless brownie (eggs, coconut oil, cocoa, sugar), and had the same reaction-- strong craving for lemonade. Even OJ didn't sound sweet enough.
I used to think that it was my body craving fructose after a lot of starch (I think there is a suggestion from Peat's work to eat fructose any time you eat a starch). But with the flourless brownie (no starch), that doesn't seem to be what is going on. So then I was thinking that maybe my body just wants me to eat more carbs in a meal than fat... the brownie was probably high-ish in fat.
Or is something else going on here? Some other hormonal reaction? Or maybe a reaction to the cocoa (most of my treats are usually chocolatey)...? There was some discussion recently in another thread about a temporary diabetes or blood sugar situation (as in women with pcos)... is there some relation here?
I just ate a flourless brownie (eggs, coconut oil, cocoa, sugar), and had the same reaction-- strong craving for lemonade. Even OJ didn't sound sweet enough.
I used to think that it was my body craving fructose after a lot of starch (I think there is a suggestion from Peat's work to eat fructose any time you eat a starch). But with the flourless brownie (no starch), that doesn't seem to be what is going on. So then I was thinking that maybe my body just wants me to eat more carbs in a meal than fat... the brownie was probably high-ish in fat.
Or is something else going on here? Some other hormonal reaction? Or maybe a reaction to the cocoa (most of my treats are usually chocolatey)...? There was some discussion recently in another thread about a temporary diabetes or blood sugar situation (as in women with pcos)... is there some relation here?