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Originally Posted by Rose of Cairo  I guess that's something with the brain chemistry, and also with blood glucose. When you eat sugar, your blood glucose raises a lot if you're sensitive to it, and then it falls very quickly, and you feel awful till you eat sugar again.
That's why I have doubts about your theory too, Ilya. I don't think it's about calories. The sugar craving is because of this quickly falling of blood glucose plus brain chemistry plus psychological dependency, not to get some calories.
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Ok, I've meant almost the same thing as you do, but failed to explain it. Uplift did it much better.
What I was referring to is the way to overcome the first few days of "sugar abstinence". It takes time to break the vicious cycle of glucose peaks and valleys. And it is helpful to get the same amount of glucose (yes, I should have used glucose, not calories) but from the healthier sources, like slow carbs that Uplift mentions.
It's like using stairs instead of the elevator. My body knows that elevator is a great and efficient way to to get to the eighth floor. But if I walk up the stairs, my body won't try to make me to still go down and take the elevator.
Same with glucose, the body knows sugar is a fast way to get energy. But if you've got the same amount of energy through other means, than it is still happy. But if you are cutting on sugar and not replacing it, you just make it harder, because you have to go through low carb period just reinforcing the cravings.
That's what I meant. As for mechanics, you are right and Uplift has some great details in his post.