Wow–I just had a kind of unsettling experience that drove home everything I’ve learned since going keto in a seriously major way. I went on a work field trip type thing yesterday, and one of my co-workers bought an ice cream sandwich–the kind with a tall mound of ice cream sandwiched between two big chocolate chip cookies–and offered out pieces of it. I took a very small piece, because it was a special occasion, and almost immediately felt inebriated. Basically almost exactly like I’d just smoked a little bit of pot. Since starting keto back in March, I’ve taken a few small detours, but this is the first time I’ve had a hit of actual refined sugar rather than something like a piece of fruit, a few french fries, some hidden carbs in a marinade at a restaurant, etc.
I was blown away–I had come to accept that sugar was a drug a fair while ago, but this was the first time it really hit home for me like that. It was seriously like 30 minutes before I even felt ok to drive. It is beyond clear to me that refined sugar is now off the table for me completely, even in small doses.
Has anyone else experienced something like this, or am I just unusually sensitive to sugar?
guess I don’t need to do that again any time soon … I can live without sweets
