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Pregnant women often crave pickles that are not fatty. Human gut sensors are unlike mouse gut sensors.

BlargMcLarg 4y ago
They also may have cravings for dairy and red meat. Both food groups known to be high in fat when prepared proper and without intentionally trimming the fat. Peanut butter, too.
- codyb 4y ago
  That's interesting, I wonder if the brain ends up making a map from foods to nutrition profile in order to cause cravings to food that'll satisfy a need. For instance, I've heard of people craving grapes before to get the Vitamin C maybe (just an example), but if a human lived in an area without grapes, presumably they'd crave the closest local equivalent that'd get the vitamin they needed?
- givemeethekeys 4y ago
  They also crave junk food, known for its high transfat and sugar content.
  - BlargMcLarg 4y ago
    I mean, good job discrediting your own comment? It's pretty obvious pregnant women aren't the well-studied population of humans allowing you to discredit a study in mice.
    - givemeethekeys 4y ago
      What I'm trying to say is that craving fats isn't some kind of a revelation. People crava all kinds of things, including fats. That the gut and the brain are somehow linked isn't a big reveal either. I'm just failing to see what the big deal with this research paper is.
      - ceejayoz 4y ago
        They found the nerves that link them for this specific purpose, the cells that send the specific signal, and a drug that blocks it. That combination of findings seems useful. (And demonstrated it not to be a taste-based craving, which is neat too.) Consider the possibility that it’s appearance in the journal Nature means more than a shallow dismissal is called for.
ceejayoz 4y ago
That's likely due to an increased need for sodium as blood volume increases. You're correct that mouse studies aren't perfect, but nor are they worthless. Anecdotally, a family member got a gastric bypass and had the food cravings they'd struggled with for decades go away overnight.
- givemeethekeys 4y ago
  The title, without explicitly saying that the article is about mice implies that the subject matter is about people.
  - ceejayoz 4y ago
    The subtitle starts with "Mouse research", in 36px font. They're not exactly hiding it, and it matches up with other evidence observed in humans who've had stomach revisions.
    - givemeethekeys 4y ago
      Do you think the article ended up on the front page because of the clear subtitle?
      - ceejayoz 4y ago
        I think it ended up on the front page because it's interesting.
gremlinsinc 4y ago
That's probably mineral related as someone else said. My wife's best friend actually craved dirt and wanted to suck on rocks, probably for whatever mineral she could smell or get from those sources. Odd how your body knows where things are that you're lacking. I wonder if that works for sunlight too when D deficient.

They also may have cravings for dairy and red meat. Both food groups known to be high in fat when prepared proper and without intentionally trimming the fat. Peanut butter, too.

codyb 4y ago
That's interesting, I wonder if the brain ends up making a map from foods to nutrition profile in order to cause cravings to food that'll satisfy a need. For instance, I've heard of people craving grapes before to get the Vitamin C maybe (just an example), but if a human lived in an area without grapes, presumably they'd crave the closest local equivalent that'd get the vitamin they needed?
givemeethekeys 4y ago
They also crave junk food, known for its high transfat and sugar content.
- BlargMcLarg 4y ago
  I mean, good job discrediting your own comment? It's pretty obvious pregnant women aren't the well-studied population of humans allowing you to discredit a study in mice.
  - givemeethekeys 4y ago
    What I'm trying to say is that craving fats isn't some kind of a revelation. People crava all kinds of things, including fats. That the gut and the brain are somehow linked isn't a big reveal either. I'm just failing to see what the big deal with this research paper is.
    - ceejayoz 4y ago
      They found the nerves that link them for this specific purpose, the cells that send the specific signal, and a drug that blocks it. That combination of findings seems useful. (And demonstrated it not to be a taste-based craving, which is neat too.) Consider the possibility that it’s appearance in the journal Nature means more than a shallow dismissal is called for.

ceejayoz 4y ago

That's likely due to an increased need for sodium as blood volume increases. You're correct that mouse studies aren't perfect, but nor are they worthless. Anecdotally, a family member got a gastric bypass and had the food cravings they'd struggled with for decades go away overnight.

givemeethekeys 4y ago
The title, without explicitly saying that the article is about mice implies that the subject matter is about people.
- ceejayoz 4y ago
  The subtitle starts with "Mouse research", in 36px font. They're not exactly hiding it, and it matches up with other evidence observed in humans who've had stomach revisions.
  - givemeethekeys 4y ago
    Do you think the article ended up on the front page because of the clear subtitle?
    - ceejayoz 4y ago
      I think it ended up on the front page because it's interesting.

gremlinsinc 4y ago

That's probably mineral related as someone else said. My wife's best friend actually craved dirt and wanted to suck on rocks, probably for whatever mineral she could smell or get from those sources. Odd how your body knows where things are that you're lacking. I wonder if that works for sunlight too when D deficient.