Chicken Skin-Claire & others

[Guest]

Hi Claire or anyone else,

 

This has been a wild week ranging from the chocolate cravings, Mcdonalds, onto chips last night, now onto chicken skin/coating cravings. I'm craving the skin/gluten free flour coating on the chicken. Not the chicken itself, but the actually fried skin/flour coating. Any ideas about what this means? Would the skin/flour coating be considered carbs?

 

Carolyn

[kim]

Carolyn,

 

Your recent posts, bring to mind something that I have read about, in relationship to meds used to treat TS.

 

I'm sure that you know how some of these medications can affect appetite. However, I have no idea "why" they cause the intense desire to eat everything in sight.

 

Is there any possibility that a neurotransmitter is causing all of these cravings? Have you increased or decreased any supplements? Are you doing anything different as far as chelation?

 

This may be a real stretch, it's just something I have wondered about, when reading your posts. It sounds so similiar to what a friend experiences, when something gets messed up with one of his medications, although I don't remember it being a specific food. Just anything eatible.

[Claire]

Carolyn/Kim,

 

I can't answer Kim's comment...just not my area of expertise. But it really could be something else going on that makes it not so simple. Also, can't a change in appetite signal some hormonal thing? My point is that it might be worth having hormone levels and your sugar checking. You might call the lab to see if they have alternate drinks to try. Especially since you did show some excess insulin in one test I think. Are you gaining weight?

 

Or maybe it is because you are depriving yourself of so many different things that it is just too much and you end up craving things?

 

Oh yes, I have read that having healthy protein/fats (versus carbs) in your breakfast helped to eat healthier all day.

 

Anyway, as I said before, I found for me that exercise, no sucrose-based sweets and having protein in every meal helped. I just don't know what will work for you.

 

 

I used to go nuts for the Kentucky Fried Chicken skin/coating when I did low carb diet in my early 20's....Yes it has carbs too (though lots of fats).

 

Claire

[Guest]

Hi Kim & Claire,

 

There's always that chance it could be related to supplement changes and chelation. It's so hard to tell though. Back in the beginning of September, my chelation doctor increased my methyl b-12 shot dosage. I'm told that MB12 makes you hungry. Supplements and even chelation dosage has changed, but it's hard to answer the question on whether they are responsible. I know I've always had strong cravings come on even as a child. It comes and goes so much. This morning I woke up wanting a salad for breakfast (not a craving, but totally different from my normal breakfasts, but atleast its healthy). Maybe I'm getting rid of yeast?

 

I'm guessing it might be a hormone thing this time. I'll check on the glucose testing. Are there any blood tests that check for the same thing? No, I'm not gaining weight.

 

Carolyn

[orthomolecular]

Chicken skin is mostly fat. You posted about extremely dry skin especially your hands. You may be needing a fat soluable vitamin. Perhaps vitamin E.

 

I believe that all fats probably contain some vitamin E because when a fat goes rancid that means there is no longer any vitamin E in the fat. (Fat rancidity means the vitamin E has been destroyed.)

 

You might look at our diet and the other symptoms for a vitamin E deficiency.

[Guest]

Thanks orthomolecular. I'll check into that. I'm taking 400 IU of vitamin E right now, but my doctor said anywhere from 400-800 IU so I could increase it to 800 IU.

 

Carolyn

[Guest]

I checked into alternative glucose tolerance tests, and they said for insulin that's really the only test available. However, I told them about the test I had done that showed excess insulin and their going to take a look at it.

 

Carolyn

[kim]

Carolyn,

 

You look like a petite little doll!

 

My Mom has a porceline collection, and you look just like one of them

[Guest]

Thanks Kim.

 

Carolyn,

 

You look like a petite little doll!

 

My Mom has a porceline collection, and you look just like one of them