tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11438332.post112981362913777347..comments2024-03-28T02:33:29.743-07:00Comments on Lixie Makes It: Remember me?littlelixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02221573694562604740noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11438332.post-1130152187466185262005-10-24T04:09:00.000-07:002005-10-24T04:09:00.000-07:00Hear, hear!! Carob is VILE stuff!!If you are SERIO...Hear, hear!! Carob is VILE stuff!!<BR/>If you are SERIOUSLY into hats, have a look at: http://www.anacam.com/hats/ <BR/>and be amazed, LOL.KarenShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00853766392163526564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11438332.post-1130024800117616132005-10-22T16:46:00.000-07:002005-10-22T16:46:00.000-07:00Wow Nikki, thanks for the lesson! I was gonna comm...Wow Nikki, thanks for the lesson! I was gonna comment on hats, but will firstly say that I'm not into chocolate at all.. no sweet-tooth here. But I did use to like the odd drop of alcohol - still do - but have virtually cut it out due to it affecting my depression and not agreeing with the meds. Do feel loads better for it, and boy do I notice the effects when I do have a drink.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, the hats... I'm a woolly hat queen, and I was recommended the Yahoo group 'If The Hat Fits' - it's pretty cool with loads of links to patterns and info. Mostly knitted, crocheted, felted and stitched hats. Spot on ;)Woolly Wormheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17215582036567709490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11438332.post-1129894602755751372005-10-21T04:36:00.000-07:002005-10-21T04:36:00.000-07:00Yep, Carob is horrid. I don't mind the taste so mu...Yep, Carob is horrid. I don't mind the taste so much, but it makes me fall stone cold asleep within 10 minutes of eating it!<BR/><BR/>Ok, Chocolate. It is not the Cocoa that is bad for you, as it contains anti-oxidents, and cocoa butter is one of the most heart-healthy fats. It also contains Theobromine and Phenylethylamine, two feel-good chemicals that your brain makes during sex. (So, go get it on with Pooch! ;-) that will certainly help!)<BR/><BR/>The other thing you have to remember with Cocoa is that it contains Caffeine. This is a Serotonin Stimulant.<BR/><BR/>Sugar makes your brain release Serotonin and Beta-endorphins, feel-good chemicals, and it is also a Sedative, leaving you feeling "all fluffy" until the Sugar-High is replaced by an Insulin caused Sugar-crash. Then you feel even worse, and effectively self-medicate with Sugar again to get back to the feeling good part.<BR/><BR/>And when you are using Chocoalte as that self-medication, the Sugar combines with the other feel-goods, to give you a very temporary but very powerful feeling of well being. I'm sure you can see why Chocolate has such powerful hold over people...<BR/><BR/>What you then haev to remember is that Serotonin depletion is the "brain-chemical cause" of depression. <BR/><BR/>So, if your diet is making your brain release shed-loads of Serotonin, and your sugar intake is preventing Tryptophan (The amino acid required for Serotonin production) from crossing the Blood/brian barrier, and you are possibly not eating sufficient tryptophan-rich foods (Such as Cheese, Pork and Turkey) to give your brain the building blocks to make more, you can see how this is a recipe for trouble.<BR/><BR/>I'm no doctor, but often at the root of "brain-cause" depression is Hypoglycemia, and quite frankly, from what I know of you, I think you a self-medicating Reactive- hypoglycemic(as am I when I am not eating correctly!).<BR/><BR/>We need to talk about sweetness index. Cos, to break your addiction, you are either going to have to go cold-turkey, or you are going to have to learn to like things that are less and less sweet until you can stop eating it all together.<BR/><BR/>Did you know that Sugar and Alcohol are related molecules, they often tell a recovering Alcoholics to eat sweets to get over their cravings. (Which as an aside, it universally why Recovering Alchies get fat) <BR/><BR/>This has gone on long enough, but we seriously need to talk at the next opportunity!<BR/><BR/>*BIG HUGS!*NikolaAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06243434136615757721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11438332.post-1129835247866031842005-10-20T12:07:00.000-07:002005-10-20T12:07:00.000-07:00Thanks for the hat pattern link. I'm always into h...Thanks for the hat pattern link. I'm always into hats. I love 'em. Promise that you will post some pics of what you bought at Ally Pally, pretty please!PURLPOWERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17569322246419619296noreply@blogger.com