I'm finally resigned. I am facing the facts head-on. Whenever I eat yogurt or food with wheat in it (especially bread), half an hour later I'm beset by an almost irresistable fatigue. I've always been sleepy after lunch, but I always thought it had more to do with eating and digesting in general until I tried the South Beach diet last year and found that the problem went away. I began to watch more carefully and noticed that it only came back when I ate food with wheat in it or yogurt. Over the last few months, I have been unable to resist the tastiness of bread, pasta, and yogurt, and I've slowly been working them back into my diet. The last few weeks I've been eating a LOT of them, because I was doing okay, and thought the whole thing might have been my imagination. But, lo and behold, I'm at the point again where the tiredness is hindering my ability to work. I had a little cup of yogurt for breakfast today, and it just about knocked me out.
So, wheat and yogurt only in moderation for me from now on. It's kind of sad, because that rules out some of my favorite foods, but what REALLY bothers me is wondering why they do that to me. Has anyone ever heard of someone who gets plenty of sleep at night feeling exhausted because of a little yogurt or bread? Am I just a freak? Comments?
Posted by waltondammerung at June 3, 2004 12:36 AMYou might be interested in reading about "The Metabolic Diet": http://www.metabolicdiet.com/index.htm
From what I gather, this basically involves fine-tuning the level and type of carbs and other nutrients that you take in, until you find the optimum mix. For you, one example might be not eating bread and yogurt.
Posted by: Peter at June 3, 2004 1:28 AMCheck with a doctor! Your one grandfather, great grand father had diabetes and grandma has low blood sugar!! Sorry, but that's part of your wonderful family heritage!
Posted by: Dad at June 3, 2004 8:56 AMaaah! freak!
Posted by: prosp3ct at June 3, 2004 11:23 AMCuteness, The top food allergies are (in no particular order): wheat, dairy, eggs, soy, corn and chocolate. This is very common, but most people either a.) don't care or b.) aren't sensitive enough to notice. I very often feel the same way after eating, but I haven't narrowed it down. I just know that fish and lettuce DON'T make me drowsy. It is very lousey, but hopefully you will start feeling so awesome that you will stop missing these foods! To your health!
Posted by: Sarah at June 3, 2004 1:19 PM"The Cute" is absolutely right. I will also throw in the yeast in bread (since it seems to be specifically bread more than wheat in general) and bacteria in yogurt as potential culprits for my child with mold allergies. And the whole blood sugar thing your dad already mentioned.
Posted by: Mom at June 4, 2004 10:37 AM