http://domestikgoddess.com/how-ill-keep-my-new-years-resolution/ thrifty and creative | home and garden | ideas and experience Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:34:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://domestikgoddess.com/how-ill-keep-my-new-years-resolution/#comment-699 domestika Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:58:59 +0000 http://domestikgoddess.com/?p=1611#comment-699 So far so good, guys! I made it through the first chip-free week... and guess what - it turns out that there is, in fact, a correlation between day-length and cravings for starchy foods! It has to do with stress and general gloom and anxiety and your body's OMG-we're-all-going-to-starve panic that goes way back to the most primitive instincts of caveman days. I've been reading these studies, especially at the U of Penn, where they've figured out that stressed-out rats crave carbs and fat. So-called "comfort foods" actually help the brain to release those feel-good seratonin (sp?) thingies that lift our spirits. So, no wonder that Canadians crave our carb-rich goodies in the dead of dark winter! Apparently it can help to relieve the carb cravings if one were to eat more protein (especially protein with calcium, like milk and cheese)... but I can't vouch for that personally. Not yet, anyway... gotta go stock up on low-fat yogurt, first! So far so good, guys! I made it through the first chip-free week… and guess what - it turns out that there is, in fact, a correlation between day-length and cravings for starchy foods! It has to do with stress and general gloom and anxiety and your body’s OMG-we’re-all-going-to-starve panic that goes way back to the most primitive instincts of caveman days. I’ve been reading these studies, especially at the U of Penn, where they’ve figured out that stressed-out rats crave carbs and fat. So-called “comfort foods” actually help the brain to release those feel-good seratonin (sp?) thingies that lift our spirits. So, no wonder that Canadians crave our carb-rich goodies in the dead of dark winter! Apparently it can help to relieve the carb cravings if one were to eat more protein (especially protein with calcium, like milk and cheese)… but I can’t vouch for that personally. Not yet, anyway… gotta go stock up on low-fat yogurt, first!

]]> http://domestikgoddess.com/how-ill-keep-my-new-years-resolution/#comment-698 The duck thief Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:59:22 +0000 http://domestikgoddess.com/?p=1611#comment-698 You know I never thought about that before. Maybe I'll apply for a government grant to study the possible correlation. :) You know I never thought about that before. Maybe I’ll apply for a government grant to study the possible correlation.

]]> http://domestikgoddess.com/how-ill-keep-my-new-years-resolution/#comment-696 BloggingWriter Sat, 06 Jan 2007 18:33:25 +0000 http://domestikgoddess.com/?p=1611#comment-696 I don't do resolutions, either, but I like the idea of keeping them small and manageable. Otherwise you run the risk of doing nothing at all. I don’t do resolutions, either, but I like the idea of keeping them small and manageable. Otherwise you run the risk of doing nothing at all.

]]> http://domestikgoddess.com/how-ill-keep-my-new-years-resolution/#comment-695 domestika Thu, 04 Jan 2007 14:32:40 +0000 http://domestikgoddess.com/?p=1611#comment-695 Hey, perhaps there's some correlation between being female in the Great White North, and the lure of savoury chips? Hey, perhaps there’s some correlation between being female in the Great White North, and the lure of savoury chips?

]]> http://domestikgoddess.com/how-ill-keep-my-new-years-resolution/#comment-693 The duck thief Thu, 04 Jan 2007 14:04:05 +0000 http://domestikgoddess.com/?p=1611#comment-693 Hey, I have the same problem! Especially if they're Old Dutch and they're Ripple Sour Cream and Onion. You can't see me but I'm salivating just thinking about it. It's the worst kind of addiction. Hey, I have the same problem! Especially if they’re Old Dutch and they’re Ripple Sour Cream and Onion. You can’t see me but I’m salivating just thinking about it. It’s the worst kind of addiction.

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