Weird energy drop hours after eating starch or fiber
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If I eat carbs I feel pretty good at first but after it has been in my digestion for a few hours I have a sudden energy drop. It seems to happen towards the end of the digestion cycle and I usually have to go to the toilet during this drop.
Different sources have different level of the effect, regular bread is pretty bad, brioche is better. Wholegrain, salad, etc. I have been avoiding for years because even then it didn't do me any good. Potatoes are on a similar level as brioche. I also seem to be able to better digest homemade dough over store bought. The fiber in fruit seems to also trigger this, but sugar can be digested without issue. Refined fruit like jam is also digested without problem.
This is a bit troublesome for me because that means that I can only really eat high fat and thus keep being in swampland, even though I am overweight and should lose fat.
I was wondering if anybody has a explanation for this and if there is a way to solve this issue?
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@API-Beast Seems to be an issue of motility, fiber and starch being a delay on your digestive system. Digestion is an energy intensive process, and although the rise in blood sugar gives you energy, you tend to feel depletion by the end of digestion, sort of a “borrowing energy from the future” tax from digestive exhaustion. Looking at the starches that work and don’t work for you, it sounds like you are in America, where the starch supply is.. “sus.”
See https://lib.chadnet.org/danger-of-starch
May be better to spread meals/snacks with different energy sources such as fruit juices, honey, and milk if you can get a good source. Even things like maple candies. Meals can be soups, meat + better digested fruits + carrots, etc.
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@The-Good-Doctor Hmm... some good points.
I already eat a diet devoid of any starches, mostly eating sugar, cheese, milk, dairy and meat, with some onions and mushrooms. I used to also eat fruit, but I stopped doing it after I noticed that they could also have this effect. I am mostly concerned about it because it locks me into a high fat diet, and I have been gaining a lot of weight on it.
The thought that it could be caused by mycotoxins gives hope a bit of hope, because then maybe there is a kind of flour out there that doesn't cause this issue. Especially if I am traveling around there might just be places where I just don't have this issue. I am from Germany by the way, but our flour is probably not that much better.
If it is symbiosis, that would be rather worrisome, as as far I am aware it is very difficult to resolve.
If it is just the high energy demands of the digestion itself then what could be done to reduce the intensity of the crash?
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@API-Beast I’m unsure. I know for myself, cooking rice pilaf well in bone broth was great for quick, digestible starches with no blood sugar “crash” feel. Same with jasmine rice and sweet potatoes.
