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There's a school of thought that says a lot of thinking happens in the gut, which delegates tasks to the brain, so to speak.

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My gut instinctively knows I need chocolate right after eating dinner

I reckon that's just your tongue in a silly hat with a fake mustache.

My tongue needs to go further down on the decision making food chain

My gut instinctively knows I need chocolate and then not eat dinner

I have this after eating a bare steak. I think there's something about eating a lot of something that does not contain carbs that immediately turns on craving for sugar.

I had to ponder this for a minute :)

I picked up dark chocolate as a snack in early 2020, which I chose very specifically to avoid carbs. I also use cocoa powder to make low-carb ice cream for the same reason.

I guess I've used it this way for long enough now that I've broken my default association between chocolate and sugar.

Damn, now I absolutely need dark chocolate.

I like this one: https://chocolatebar.com/products/extreme-dark-88-dark-choco...

I'm a little bitter-sensitive, and it's the most-pleasant 88%+ I've had so far.

Still inevitably some carbs in cocoa, so you can do some carb-budget damage if you eat more than a serving--but I feel like it's a good treat for its weight.

They call a serving size 1/3 of the bar, with 11g carbs (4g fiber, 3g sugar). I think the bar is 3x5 squares, and I generally just have one at a time. Not sure I've had more than 3 squares in a day.

I think that would be around 7g total carbs, a bit under 2g sugar, and about 2.4g fiber (i.e. around 4.6g net carbs.)

(edit: i've seen them at cvs and target, at least--though my nearest cvs no longer carries the brand)

I say this after eating a tomato sauce. Of all foods to cause a craving for a follow up, tomato sauces are the top. Next up is smoked meat (bbq) makes me want banana pudding, but I think that's a trained habit vs a craving like tomato sauces.

There is communication between your gut and brain.

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/the-gut-brain-con...

Your gut microbiome also has more living cells than the rest of your cells combined.

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/25201-gut-microbi...

So, it's a team effort :)

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/1/10/team_effort.png

I cannot imagine what it would be like to be able to think normally because I have had gut related medical issues my whole life

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