Great topic for a first post, I think.
I know HFCS is the devil incarnate for most folks. I wasn't sure why it was "bad" until I saw RP mention the starch residues and astronomically higher than advertised calorie content.
http://www.fasebj.org/cgi/content/meeting_abstract/24/1_MeetingAbstracts/562.1
Starch seems anti-metabolic and that's reason enough to avoid HFCS on the regular. But hear me out here: I had an accident that turned out favorably and I want to source this lovely community for similar experiences.
An old friend asks me if I smoke (I do) and breaks out a pipe and packs it (with pot) which turns into another packed pipe and eventually a total of four. Normally, a single inhale (of smoke) will cause brain fog, which I would describe as dizziness and distraction, unless I get enough sugar.
I risk understating how miserable this feeling is -- I've been investigating and unsuccessfully treating a mysterious illness I contracted after a long bout of emotional and physical stress three years ago. Treating sugar like a drug eventually clears the fog and opens up entirely new ways of thinking about maintaining the complexities of higher thinking, you know, the kind you need to outsmart the institutional roles American culture pigeonholes individuals into. Hypoglycemia, or what seems like it, has been a prison sentence. Reading Ray Peat's articles over the past three months has been instructive like years of schooling has not.
Space AND time?! Da-doy!
Anyway, I smoke four times what I'm used to, because among other reasons intimate social arrangements demand your reciprocation sometimes. I'm expecting a horrible crash. I accept a regular American Coke and drink it. No crash.
http://www.gkdating.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/coke_regular_ingredients.jpg
I did something similar this past weekend. Another intimate arrangement where you don't want to refuse a gift. Recording a band, smoking cigarettes, smoking pot, and I'm without any kind of high octane metabolic fuel. Pick up a gallon of OJ to start washing down half a cheesesteak before the noise and smoking starts. Eight hours through the festivities, sure, my mental state petered out a few times, but considering the stress involved, it's a success. I'm engaged, interested, steady on my feet, landing a few funnies.
So I want to ask y'all if something similar has happened to you. Clearly, you can see at least part of my problem: that I'm still smoking. But smoking is a sort of stress test and has some value for hacking metabolism.
HAVE YOU EVER TRIED HFCS AND LIKED IT?
I know HFCS is the devil incarnate for most folks. I wasn't sure why it was "bad" until I saw RP mention the starch residues and astronomically higher than advertised calorie content.
http://www.fasebj.org/cgi/content/meeting_abstract/24/1_MeetingAbstracts/562.1
Starch seems anti-metabolic and that's reason enough to avoid HFCS on the regular. But hear me out here: I had an accident that turned out favorably and I want to source this lovely community for similar experiences.
An old friend asks me if I smoke (I do) and breaks out a pipe and packs it (with pot) which turns into another packed pipe and eventually a total of four. Normally, a single inhale (of smoke) will cause brain fog, which I would describe as dizziness and distraction, unless I get enough sugar.
I risk understating how miserable this feeling is -- I've been investigating and unsuccessfully treating a mysterious illness I contracted after a long bout of emotional and physical stress three years ago. Treating sugar like a drug eventually clears the fog and opens up entirely new ways of thinking about maintaining the complexities of higher thinking, you know, the kind you need to outsmart the institutional roles American culture pigeonholes individuals into. Hypoglycemia, or what seems like it, has been a prison sentence. Reading Ray Peat's articles over the past three months has been instructive like years of schooling has not.
"...get in the habit of watching processes or things--such as “signs” and “symptoms”--develop through time.”
http://raypeat.com/articles/articles/howdoyouknow.shtml
Space AND time?! Da-doy!
Anyway, I smoke four times what I'm used to, because among other reasons intimate social arrangements demand your reciprocation sometimes. I'm expecting a horrible crash. I accept a regular American Coke and drink it. No crash.
http://www.gkdating.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/coke_regular_ingredients.jpg
I did something similar this past weekend. Another intimate arrangement where you don't want to refuse a gift. Recording a band, smoking cigarettes, smoking pot, and I'm without any kind of high octane metabolic fuel. Pick up a gallon of OJ to start washing down half a cheesesteak before the noise and smoking starts. Eight hours through the festivities, sure, my mental state petered out a few times, but considering the stress involved, it's a success. I'm engaged, interested, steady on my feet, landing a few funnies.
So I want to ask y'all if something similar has happened to you. Clearly, you can see at least part of my problem: that I'm still smoking. But smoking is a sort of stress test and has some value for hacking metabolism.
HAVE YOU EVER TRIED HFCS AND LIKED IT?