slamjet Posted February 21, 2011 Report Posted February 21, 2011 I had a craving for Ice Cream, but then that may may be to comfort me in the trauma of having a female filled with aliens sleeping next to me Quote
jayanna Posted February 21, 2011 Report Posted February 21, 2011 Cravings are the body's reaction to some missing nutrient. It may sound really wierd craving flour - but there's something in that flour that your body is needing.The thing is - that something missing may be available in something healthier or more "normal" - so you can substitute something else for A-1 sauce or something. The problem though is - we usually don't know what that something missing is...I completely agree. A friend of mine craved tomatoey things, chugged V8, and turns out that is exactly what her body needed.I craved chocolate so bad for a long time, it was outta control. I finally (a long time later) went to a cardiologist who checked my magnesium level, it had bottomed out and they gave me two bags of magnesium in an IV. My chocolate craving was gone, I checked the label of my chocolate, yep contained magnesium which is very important for pulse rate.Could a flour craving possibly be calcium? Or some kind of trace element in the flour?I knew someone that craved dirt, she had the impulse to eat coffee grounds (waitress) but she DID NOT actually eat them, turned out she was extremely low on iron. Quote
Bini Posted February 21, 2011 Report Posted February 21, 2011 Yep, agreed! Eating oddities could be due to lacking a specific nutrient etc etc your body needs. Extreme oddities could also be Pica. Quote
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