Between kava mellowing me out and getting some other, unrelated health issues taken care of I find I don't really eat emotionally anymore. So yeah, I think it might help.
I decided to do a conscientious experiment tonight, when I started drinking my kava. I keep weird hours which means I woke up at around midnight (work at home, freelance illustrator, so I can do that and actually enjoy the sheer solitude of the middle of the night... although my waking period will roll into the work hours later), and decided that when I woke up, I'd drink my kava on a completely all-night empty stomach. I tried it with orange juice and grenadine tonight since it seemed similar to some of the recipes on the wiki. I got derailed for a few hours before I could do it, talking to my boyfriend on Skype. So I could safely say it was 10 hours or more since the last time I ate anything, and went straight to the orange juice and kava. I'm a little messed up right now, in terms of body coordination. But also, the important thing that my rambling brain is trying to get to: right now, I feel like I don't have to eat. It's not the appetite suppressing qualities, although those are helping, but it's just that I'm in a place emotionally where even if I think about food, I can tell myself I'm going to eat later- when the kava wears off- and I'm fine with that. This is actually a big improvement. Only time will tell if it consistently works, but it seems to be helping tonight. The only conflict I have is the knowledge of how mind-blowingly delicious all the food is when I'm at this peak euphoria. But definitely not suffering from the same COMPULSION to eat right now that I usually do.KavaCat, I think you are on the right track. Kava should help with the "emotional" part and thus you may lose weight my default. If this works, keep us posted. Kava has many, many applications and I love hearing about new ones. Shakas, I wished I could carelessly add butter and cheese to my meals to maintain weight. I watch the scales on a daily basis because it can get away from you in the blink of an eye. A big fat Coconut Cake eye.
I think kava can cause weight loss IF the overweight or obesity is an issue of inflamation. Because kava is a powerful anti-inflammatory it can clean up issues of overweight caused by inflammation, as well as a number of other gut related issues. Or at least, that has been my experience. But I think otherwise kava does not cause weight loss as a primary effect, rather, weight loss is a secondary effect of kava, for example, better sleep, changed eating patterns, less alcohol, better hydration, less stress, all of those can be caused by kava and all of those can lead to weight loss.
yes, kava leads to wanting sausages. I have noticed that! Cannot explain it, but a small amount of sausages seems to go with kava.
