I don't know the first thing about it, but I'm pretty sure there's something similar going on with zero-sugar energy drinks. Every once in a while I'll get into a long rut where I feel like I can't function without a couple a day, and it takes me forever to kick it and go clean.
Could be a few different things.
They often have b vitamins which can help with energy.
L-carnitine may impact depression symptoms (fatigue, low motivation, etc) if you're not getting enough from your diet.
Vitamin C, caffeine, ginseng...
You could try regularly supplementing methylated b vitamins and see if you feel better. You'll just piss out the extra if you don't need it.
Carnitine is in meat. Your body can make it, but recent evidence suggests maybe not enough in all situations so you need to get some from diet too.
Or maybe you're just addicted to that sweet
pop fizz dopamine hit of cracking open a can and drinking something refreshing.
Who knows man.
Edit: I really don't understand the outrage around limiting what SNAP covers. I definitely understand being cautious so the poor aren't forced to become vegan soyslop consumers against their will, but limiting based off of strict conditions that can't easily be used to do ill if the power shifts is reasonable.
Or do people think that Medicare and Medicaid should cover cosmetic surgery, teeth grills, or other random shit like that so people's freedoms aren't restricted too?
Anything involving tax money will necessarily be limited. It has to be because there's a finite amount of tax money and it's allotted for a specific purpose. You should not be exclusively relying on it if at all humanly possible, and if you are you shouldn't be planning to do so forever. It should also be strict enough to sure it's meeting the intended goal while being as efficient as possible.
That's the trade off of using gibs - you only should be able to use it for what's absolutely necessary that won't cause more problems that taxpayers will have to pay for down the road.
