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    does sugar make you feel depressed?

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    • Posts: 6,212 Member
      urloved33 wrote: »
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      of course it can. food is the number one source of emotional problems and illness - if we adjusted our diets to address emotional.physical problems and illness - there would be a sudden drop in the PHARMACUTICAL INDUSTRIES/MEDICAL INDUSTRIES/JUNK FOOD INDUSTRIES PROFIT MARGIN.

      read read read.

      read read read yourself. I said food does not cause ME emotional issues (which is what the OP asked). I'm quite sure no one (other than myself) has ever done a study on food's effect on my personal emotions, so I'm not sure what reading is going to change my findings.
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    • Posts: 6,208 Member
      No. It doesn't make me depressed.
    • Posts: 785 Member
      jgnatca wrote: »
      Eating too much sugar makes me sleepy (T2D).
      This is also the start of the season SAD. Are you getting less sunlight than when you were on vacation?

      I second this! Sunshine is one of my mood boosters. *Glares at overcast sky, 3 days and counting*
    • Posts: 1,510 Member
      If beans can make a person shoot gas out of their butt then why can't sugar make them cry...lol
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    • Posts: 365 Member
      Serotonin is created in the gut so it is plausible that eating sugary foods changed the gut flora lowering your body's production of serotonin. I guess your gut community can change within 3 days of diet change. Good luck getting back on the horse!
    • Posts: 74 Member
      The suns actually been shining in the UK so I don't think its SAD.

      No I'm not pms'ing lol I knew someone would say that.

      The thing is I really enjoy eating healthy foods and tailoring what I put into my body, on my holiday I allowed myself to eat sugary foods/high fat meals without guilt, I knew the moment I get back I'm going to be eating healthier again, I don't feel bad about binging out at all. That's why the fact that I feel really moody and crap when I eat junk interests me, I wonder why that happens? because when I do eat well Im very cheerful. Maybe its just a brain thing idk
    • Posts: 1,369 Member
      Sweets make me happy.
    • Posts: 74 Member
      DeguelloTex wrote: »
      No, eating sugar or not eating sugar doesn't make me cry or get depressed.

      I don't mean it literally lol

    • Posts: 6 Member
      Yes while I was eating carbs (bread & sugar) I had depression, anxiety, sweats, mood swings and exhaustion. Since doing keto all that has gone and I have bags of energy :smiley:
    • Posts: 436 Member
      eating chocolate while watching Marley and me (that I couldn't finish watching it btw) made me cry - I guess it was the sugar.
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