To rebut a couple of comments made on my Kool-Aid post, go to "Ask a Scientist" at the web site for the Cornell Center for Materials Research.
Perhaps since our bodies convert glucose (i.e. blood sugar) into energy, people just assume that a massive intake of sugar equals a massive boost of energy. Of course, they make this assumption without considering how quickly the body reacts to and reduces increased glucose levels.
Did you really just try to tell a hypoglycemic individual that sugar has nothing to do with feeling "high"?
ReplyDeleteToo much sugar yields convulsion-like shaking and jumpy, disconnected thoughts. Every time. Without fail. I'm not sure if it's what you'd call "hyper" [it's not nearly as fun] but it's a BUZZ all the same [see wording in my first comment].
So when I pour five Pixie Sticks into my Kool Aid and start to shake, I AM experiencing a high. My sugar intake exceeded the amount of food-given protein necessary for maintaining composure.
It's not just people with messed-up blood sugar, either. Normal people can go through the same experience, as long as they haven't had the right amount of protein [which most people haven't].
Put that in your Kool Aid and drink it.
Psh. I don't even LIKE Kool Aid.
We're in a silly debate about denotations. We disagree on the meaning of "high" and "buzz."
ReplyDeleteI think of "high" as a euphoria in which the mind enters an altered state. You think that you're "high" when your brain begins to lose function. Do we call someone with a concussion person "high"?
I think of "buzz" as a burst of energy that can be productive and exciting. You think of "buzz" as the loss of muscle control. Do you really think that an epileptic is "buzzing" because he or she goes into a fit of "convulsion-like shaking"?
Your "high" and "buzz" are harbingers of death, not equal to the spirit of the words.
In the end, I think that my definitions carry the proper connotation.
Don't put that in your Kool-Aid and drink it, for you have a medical problem that should not be aggravated. And lay off of the pixie sticks, for God's sake. You have a serious disorder, and I'm not just talking about your inability to grasp the whole meaning of words.
Yes, I see in review that I did not properly edit my previous comment.
ReplyDeleteAlas, I cannot even blame it on Kool-Aid and pixie sticks.
Lol. I love aggravating you. It's so easy. Too easy.
ReplyDeleteYou know that I ramble just to tick you off, right? I know better than half the crap I've commented. As a real hypoglycemic, I really do understand how sugar works with the body. I have to know, for my own survival. So I'm no dummy. You wouldn't consider me as smart as you are... well, according to you, nobody's as intelligent as you are.
If you can figure out who I am, somehow I don't think you'd be surprised. Or you might be. I never really did talk much around you.
But Splenda is still nasty, as is Kool Aid. And I am incredibly curious to learn how you know what musk ox urine tastes like...
And don't worry, I won't play devil's advocate any longer. I wouldn't want to push you over the edge. :]
Hey! I'm hypoglycemic, too! We should start a club, Bradstreet.
ReplyDeleteEw. Kool Aid and Pixie Sticks. That's really gross. Never mind the club idea...
Do continue to play Devil's Advocate--if you dare!
ReplyDeleteIt was fun.
Ehh, that depends on your definition of "fun."
ReplyDeleteProvoking people is more of a reflex, I guess. I can thank my three big brothers for that [especially my twin brother... he's the best person to aggravate. Possibly more fun than you, even].
Still, though, BACKSTREET? Honestly... That's almost immoral.