I've developed a distate for sweet things

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I've developed a distate for sweet things

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Started 5 months ago by Raphael
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Raphael
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...so much that I feel sick just from tasting things! The other day I really wanted to try some Japanese candy my professor gave me, so I did. I only tasted it: stuffed it in my mouth, chewed it for a while then spat it out, so not much damage was done. After that, I had to drink some apple cider vinegar to get the sweetness out of my mouth!
Then the other day I tried some Agave syrup...only dipped my finger in the bottle. Wasn't very good either.
And today I had some yogurt with cookies (again, just tasted, didn't swallow) and felt pretty crappy afterward, so I had some beef over it.
You would think that we primals would get a real treat out of candy once in a while, but to me it's the opposite!
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Posted 5 months ago #
Primalchild
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I think it's nothing but a good sign. You may find that your taste for fatty or savoury foods has increased.

Posted 5 months ago #
klcarbaugh
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*jealous*
Yeah, that is certainly a good thing.

Posted 5 months ago #
shalon
Member

I have noticed that even though I might enjoy something sweet initially, it's a bit overwhelming to my sense of taste. Then, my stomach just goes crazy and I am in pain for a good hour or 2 afterwards. It's definitely a good reason for me to avoid the sweets anymore. It's nice to have that response rather than the one I used to have which would be to have a 2nd and 3rd helping.

Posted 5 months ago #
frogfarm
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I was holding my friend's ice water today, took a sip and swallowed before I realized it wasn't ice water, but SUGAR FREE GRAPE KOOLAID. I spent the next ten minutes gagging and gargling; it wasn't just the nastiness of the artificial sweetener, but the sweet itself. Four months of zero carb has totally acculturated my taste buds, and it's a good thing!

Posted 5 months ago #
Raphael
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I'm fine with fruits though! I enjoy a bit of melon now and day, and raisins. That's why I've decided to have some strawberries tomorrow after gym(trying to decided whether I want post workout carbs or not), rather than a rice cookie. Bleh!!!

Posted 5 months ago #
JamieBelle
Member

I ate a few grapes last night and they tasted like candy to me. I didn't find it distasteful, but the sensation was more like "candy" than "fruit".

Posted 5 months ago #
OnTheBayou
Member

As an adult, I've never been real big on sweets. Neither addicted to nor phobic about. A small part of food life.

But I've noticed that recently I've been craving them more than I did when I started PB in June. I don't know if this is a symptom of changes that are related to my recent "need" for a few carbs or what.

Posted 5 months ago #
maba
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I've ALWAYS had a sweet-tooth, but now that is more than satisfied by some berries/nuts/dark chocolate. When we visited some friends in India, they offered us coffee as is the custom but it was sweetened with atleast 2 tsps of sugar and I had to try VERY hard to not spit it out. I managed to close my eyes and gulp that stuff down. BLECH!

Posted 5 months ago #
DebFM
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After being primal for a few months I really don't enjoy sweet things at all. They taste overwhelmingly sweet - not much flavor. Even apples taste like "tree candy" as someone called it. Good to know I'm not alone. :)

@ OTB, I bet your cravings are related to the season's changing. You've been outside a lot, it sounds like, & I've found that really tunes us into what's happening with nature. Try sleeping more. The kids & I have been sleeping more naturally & that's seemed to help with any carb cravings I've started to have.

Posted 5 months ago #
AuH2Ogirl
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I've notice this phenomenon too. I've always had a sweet tooth, although I never liked super super sweet things (like I always scraped icing off cake).

But now 85% dark chocolate is plenty sweet for me. I completely stopped putting Stevia in my smoothies. And so on.

Posted 5 months ago #
MariaNYC
Member

Ugh, I caved and had some cake at the company's birthday party today (no fruit this time, what the frick?). Anyway, the first two bites were pretty good, but then it just started tasting really icky. It was genuinely not enjoyable, so I threw it out -- and THAT felt great!

Posted 4 months ago #
maba
Member

I had a piece of milk chocolate (a brand that I love) today that a friend offered and I found it cloying sweet. I can't believe that at one time, I would devour the entire bar in one sitting. 85% hits the spot for me, anything less than that seems way too sweet.

Posted 4 months ago #
hannahc
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maba my hubs still loves his milk chocolate, so I've given up on that and at least buy him the least offensive ones (ie: not hershey's), but he always wants me to take a little taste when he tries a new one. I can't even taste the chocolate! It tastes like...I don't know...carmel, milk, and extra sugar (I'm talking a sliver of a nibble, and still I don't like it!)? I usually have a square of my 100% chocolate after that to get the sugar taste out of my mouth. Other than that frozen berries whipped up with coconut milk is delciously sweet to me, when I want something like that.

Posted 4 months ago #
Tara tootie
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Ditto! I used to HATE chocolate and now I love me some 87%! I think it wasnt really the choc I hated, but the sugar. Ive always been a "salty/crunchy" girl anyway (as opposed to a "sweet/creamy" girl). Just the other day I made banana cake for a friend and cut the sugar in half and it was STILL really sweet to me! Okay okay, I know baking isnt primal but I have a talent and I enjoy it! Mostly other people benefit from it, as I never bake for myself... just for others. :)

Posted 4 months ago #
bonesheal
Member

I still have late-night cravings, but for the most part sugar tastes very sweet to me. Fruit is sweet enough. I can look at a cookie and know that, even though I will enjoy it, I won't get any satisfaction out of it.

Posted 4 months ago #
MariaNYC
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I always hated milk chocolate, blegh! Nowadays, my regular vice is 85% Lindt (which even my fiance likes!), but the 90% Lindt is probably the most perfect dark chocolate/low sugar bar ever (just harder to find than 85%). I've also tried the 99%, and that one was pretty hard to handle. They even make the squares smaller than the other bars, and you're supposed to just let it melt on your tongue. But it is strong! Oh man, my fiance took a piece by accident and started gagging! That one's for the REAL aficionados.

Posted 4 months ago #
maba
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Of the 85%'s I've tasted, I think I like Lindt the best! But they are so hard to find. The 90% sounds divine. I tried Ghiradelli 86% - didn't like it, it had an acrid after taste and wasn't as smooth as the other brands, the texture felt a tad grainy.

Gosh, we sound like such chocolate snobs LOL!

Hannah: Exactly, the milk chocolate tasted like caramel to me - I couldn't taste the ccocoa at all. Blech!

Posted 4 months ago #
Tara tootie
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My health food store stocks some REALLY good chocolate. Ive never had 90%. Is it much different than 85% or 87%?

Posted 4 months ago #
Lovestoclimb
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I find a huge difference between 85% and 90%. I've been eating 90% on a regular basis and 85% reminds me milk chocolate now.

Posted 4 months ago #
DiabetesCanKissMyButt
Member

You guys need to try Green & Black's chocolate. 85% and higher- so delish.

Posted 4 months ago #
Lovestoclimb
Member

I have a G&B 75% bar here...it's the highest content I could find for a G&B bar around these parts.

Posted 4 months ago #
Primalchild
Member

Do yourselves a favor and get used to 99%. Anything below 90% has too much sugar.

Posted 4 months ago #
kjake55
Member

I had a bad experience with chocolate cake last Saturday and it's pretty much convinced me I don't need the stuff anymore. I still like Green&Black 85% dark chocolte now and again although everyone I talk to says it tastes bitter to them, (primal taste buds v. Korg taste buds maybe?). Anyway now my mint-camonile tea tastes sweet to me so it's a nice relaxing way to satisfy the craving without sacraficing the insides. It's a shame that I learned that lesson last Saturday by ruining a perfectly wonderful evening out with my husband.

Posted 4 months ago #
MariaNYC
Member

I can really taste the diff between 85 and 90 Lindt. I've tried G&B, but wasn't that impressed. Lindt just does "it" for me, and since I only indulge with 1 square every other day, I don't consider the sugar to be excessive. And maybe the key to only having 1 is to take tiny nibbles and really savor it, mmmmmm ;)

Posted 4 months ago #
Annika
Member

God I wish I had this problem (a distaste for sweet things). I still have such a sweet tooth, although my cravings are WAY less than they used to be.

Posted 4 months ago #
NorthernMonkeyGirl
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http://www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/The-Extreme-Collection-P110479/

I'm missing my old home's chocolate shop - I favoured the 80% Ugandan and the 100%... ;)

*sigh*

Posted 4 months ago #
OnTheBayou
Member

Just reading today that getting rid of one's sweet tooth can take a year or more.

(As I munch a star fruit! At least it is not terribly sweet by most fruit standards. Really. Less sugar.)

Posted 4 months ago #
kuno1chi
Member

My friend bought me some baby carrots last night to have instead of the baguette she bought for everyone else to eat with the party dip (Thanks, Chloe!!!)

Those things were AMAZINGLY sweet and delicious! I had like four....yum.

Candy...not so much. Who woulda THUNK it?

Posted 4 months ago #
half-full
Member

I ate nonprimal yesterday and had Quiznos then a 3musketeer bar - it was not good - don't know why I finished it - it really burned my mouth. I still crave sweets once a week it seems but not going overboard with them like before - so it is progress to me.

OTB - where were you reading it takes a year to get rid of the cravings? And do you live on the bayou? Being from Louisiana I had to ask!

Posted 4 months ago #