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I have the opposite experience. My body and mind function best with regular small meals every 3 or 4 hours. With that regime I have constant energy without ups
by Swizec 10y ago
I have the opposite experience. My body and mind function best with regular small meals every 3 or 4 hours.
With that regime I have constant energy without ups and lulls. It's great.
When I do go too long without eating, I feel fine and I don't feel particularly hungry. But people around me say that I become uncommunicative, quarelsome, and that I tend to just kind of sit there and stare in front of me unmovingly.
People particularly notice this at group dinners/brunches. Before food, I reply with 1-word answers and mostly don't engage in conversation. After food I'm the life of the party.
So yeah, fasting does not work for me. But I do tend to have very small breakfast. At 10am regardless of when i wake up.
- fanf2 10y agoClassic example of being low-level "hangry": hungry/angry. Beware of it in children when simple lack of food can spill over into full-blown tantrums!
- mixmastamyk 10y agoMight be eating too many carbs, which spike blood sugar, and tend to produce the symptoms you mention. Still, don't need to fast all day to fix the problem.
- Swizec 10y agoFunnily only about 30% of my calories come from carbs. Except on half marathon days. I can't digest enough food to recover from a 2000 calorie run without carbs I've tried going below 30% carbs but it makes me unstoppably crave chocolate.
- mixmastamyk 10y agoI eat the ghirardelli dark chocolate (72 and 86%) often, it is healthy and low sugar. It's not the enemy. ;) https://www.ghirardelli.com/chocolate-and-gifts/flavors/dark-chocolate https://www.ghirardelli.com/chocolate-and-gifts/flavors/dark... There are similar European varieties of course.