Pagan gods

Posted by Colin on July 22, 2008 | Subscribe
in Food & Nutrition

I don’t know about you guys, but variety wherever I can find it helps me stick to my diet. Like Warhol’s silent films of faces, in which the eventual blink is like a thunderclap, adding onions to turkey sandwich #1,006 was a revelation.

So, I started the day with something different: 1 cup of pureed strawberry after my run. A co-worker said that getting the fructose in can shake up a metabolism. Hints from co-workers rank about the same as superstition, but I’m more than ready to worship pagan gods if it edges me toward 180.

I also read a study in which rats fed on artificial sweeteners had altered metabolisms and satiety, affecting portion control — so those are out, too. Any day now, you’re going to see me grinding flax seed or something, and swearing by it.

Rats and superstition may be just handy distractions, saving me from dwelling so fully on the overall willpower and asceticism of it all, but I’ll take it. Nice to meet everyone, by the way!

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One Comment

  • Cynthia says:
    August 4, 2008 at 10:58 am

    I don’t entirely believe in the rat study… I use moderate amounts of Splenda (it’s in my protein powders and I’ve not noticed any problem with being satisfied. Since I generally eat those in combination with real food, it doesn’t seem to be an issue. I do grind my own flax seed, LOL!

    Anyway, I like variety as well… that’s important to me and I think healthy, because you get more varied nutrients. So good going on trying something different!