I’m just going to put this here because I was rather annoyed, after the fact, not to have been warned*: Drinking oil straight (which I tried for the first time this morning) is disgusting. It made me want to puke, although fortunately this had worn off by the end of the one-hour window when I wanted to eat. (Also, then I had a perfectly typical lunch which I enjoyed a normal amount and did not feel less motivated to eat than usual.)
*My model of what things are and are not disgusting to eat straight predicted this, but my model of how people talk about diets predicted that if it was in fact that disgusting, it would be a listed drawback of the diet.
On a related note: Swallowing 15 rather large Omega three capsules doesn’t make me want to puke at all. I use them for the macro-nutrient load at times even if I have never officially gone on the Shangri-La diet. Swallowing with water is easier but not required.
Yeah, I’d probably find swallowing even a large number of pills less unpleasant; does that (in theory) work just as well?
In theory? Who knows? I’m sure Seth Roberts could speculate something on the spot more impressive than I can speculate. But from the reasoning I’ve heard they should be better.
Are they expensive?
I haven’t noticed them being expensive. But I spend a bit on supplements in general. I consider it a hobby. Let’s see… maybe 5c a capsule? Well worth it though. My brain loves me for it. (The first 1 per day anyway, the rest it looks at me and says WTF?)
I’ve just left reading LW to eat 2 spoons of olive oil. For my taste receptors, it has a bad taste, but not a strong one. I certainly do not desire to eat more (and I am not afraid that this taste would ever asociate with anything I would voluntarily eat) and I had to drink water afterwards, but it was not that bad, and at the moment I write this comment the effect is over.
However, it vas very pleasant to leave the kitchen after the experiment. So here is another hypothesis: this diet works because it associates negative feelings with kitchen and eating in general.
I’m just going to put this here because I was rather annoyed, after the fact, not to have been warned*: Drinking oil straight (which I tried for the first time this morning) is disgusting. It made me want to puke, although fortunately this had worn off by the end of the one-hour window when I wanted to eat. (Also, then I had a perfectly typical lunch which I enjoyed a normal amount and did not feel less motivated to eat than usual.)
*My model of what things are and are not disgusting to eat straight predicted this, but my model of how people talk about diets predicted that if it was in fact that disgusting, it would be a listed drawback of the diet.
On a related note: Swallowing 15 rather large Omega three capsules doesn’t make me want to puke at all. I use them for the macro-nutrient load at times even if I have never officially gone on the Shangri-La diet. Swallowing with water is easier but not required.
Yeah, I’d probably find swallowing even a large number of pills less unpleasant; does that (in theory) work just as well? Are they expensive?
In theory? Who knows? I’m sure Seth Roberts could speculate something on the spot more impressive than I can speculate. But from the reasoning I’ve heard they should be better.
I haven’t noticed them being expensive. But I spend a bit on supplements in general. I consider it a hobby. Let’s see… maybe 5c a capsule? Well worth it though. My brain loves me for it. (The first 1 per day anyway, the rest it looks at me and says WTF?)
Perhaps it was significantly more disgusting(Alicorn) than it was disgusting(most people).
Confirmed by experiment. :D
I’ve just left reading LW to eat 2 spoons of olive oil. For my taste receptors, it has a bad taste, but not a strong one. I certainly do not desire to eat more (and I am not afraid that this taste would ever asociate with anything I would voluntarily eat) and I had to drink water afterwards, but it was not that bad, and at the moment I write this comment the effect is over.
However, it vas very pleasant to leave the kitchen after the experiment. So here is another hypothesis: this diet works because it associates negative feelings with kitchen and eating in general.
Then why does it also work for sugar water, which does not taste repulsive?
Olive Oil sold in the US is often rancid and low quality. It’s possible you just got a bad batch. See this 538 article: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/most-of-us-are-blissfully-ignorant-about-how-much-rancid-olive-oil-we-use/