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Do people crave what their body needs?

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Mr Pickles

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Aside from the high sugar cravings, when people crave things like chicken does that sometimes mean their body needs protein? Is there some sort of a connection between the cravings and what nutrients you lack?
 
I think it would make sense, though. I don't know. I'm not trying to explain pregnant chicks but gaining a taste for random foods no matter how gross of a combination might mean something? I dont know.
 
People who eat very little iron in their diets are known to sometimes crave red meat. I have a friend that's not technically a vegetarian but eats mostly vegetables. Every now and then he has a beef craving, and at the same time he's usually showing signs of iron deficiency (fatigue when generally he's full of energy).

It's also common for other cravings to occur when a nutrition deficiency is present. Have you ever eaten the same thing for several days in a row and gotten tired of it? There's a few reasons for that. Naturally you're getting bored of the same flavor, but let's say you're adding different spices to change the taste; you'll still grow tired of the particular food and seek out something else. This is a sign of nutrition deficiency; perhaps you lack vitamin C and crave some delicious fruit (although so many things have Vitamin C in them that this seems an unlikely scenario).

Protein is in most dishes, but I suppose you'd crave something high in protein (chicken, beans, etc.) if you were eating nothing but lettuce for a long time.
 
Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
I think there's probably a trend but not a rule.
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No nothing set in stone. But even with sugar, we train our bodies over the years to expect a certain level of a sugar intake and without it we crave it. I'm guessing our daily routine requires a certain amount of differnt types of nutrients we have taught our body to use would cause the same cravings.
 
Yes, but you can't make a general rule of it. Just because the body talks doesn't mean the mind listens.
 
i read a story of a kid how compulsively ate extremely salty foods, and people thought that he had a mental disorder about it. After he died in an metal health facility of some sort not long after going ig, it was realized that he had a problem stroring salts of some such crap and needed to eat that much salt to actually stay alive.
 
Originally posted by: miketheidiot
i read a story of a kid how compulsively ate extremely salty foods, and people thought that he had a mental disorder about it. After he died in an metal health facility of some sort not long after going ig, it was realized that he had a problem stroring salts of some such crap and needed to eat that much salt to actually stay alive.
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I crave better grammar and spelling when I read this.
 
I think it's mental, not physical. Given a choice, I will eat meat at every meal. Steak, sausage, porkchops, burgers, chicken... doesn't matter. But I'm sure my body isn't lacking any nutrient in meat.
 
i have exhibited strong cravings for water, salt, sugar, meat, fat and even fiber.
i found immediate satisfaction and relief (from headache, lethargy, constipation, dehydration) by
water- drinking water (no sweet stuff added)
salt- slim jim, pickles, chips
sugar- soda, but the best satisfaction comes from juice like cranberry juice
meat- burger, chicken, etc
fiber- wheaties, whole grain bread
fat(almost forgot)- ice cream, shakes, burger, fries

i don't eat a lot of food during the day, but when I crave one of these items and go without, i generally start feeling pretty lousy
 
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