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Since #adhd is so poorly named – the Awfully Described Human Disorder – the meme factories made the alternative name BIMFH: Bees In My Fucking Head!

I like it. Visualizing the distracting thoughts as bees flying around me helps me identify them as "other", an external force, and thus detach from them. And I have to do "beecatching" sometimes: writing thoughts down. It's like catching a bee and putting it in a jar so it quiets down.

When digesting carbs, it triggers a release of Insulin. The total quantity of insulin (insulin load) is the same no matter if they are sugar or complex carbs; in this sense, 200g of complex carbs are 200g of sugar.

Effects of burning carbs for fuel

• releases insulin
• causes Oxidation
• causes Inflammation
• builds Advanced glycation end-products (AGEs)

Hormonal effects of insulin

• Stifles lipid metabolism
• Encourages adipose cells to absorb lipids from bloodstream for storage