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When my wife was pregnant the doc said to let them know if she had any cravings for minerals, clay, or something weird like that. Turns out it can mean a vitami
by wil421 2y ago
When my wife was pregnant the doc said to let them know if she had any cravings for minerals, clay, or something weird like that. Turns out it can mean a vitamin deficiency. Not sure how the mind knows to send out a specific craving besides food and water.
- anigbrowl 2y agoThere's a school of thought that says a lot of thinking happens in the gut, which delegates tasks to the brain, so to speak.
- NoPicklez 2y agoMy gut instinctively knows I need chocolate right after eating dinner
- taneq 2y agoI reckon that's just your tongue in a silly hat with a fake mustache.
- NoPicklez 2y agoMy tongue needs to go further down on the decision making food chain
- scotty79 2y agoI have this after eating a bare steak. I think there's something about eating a lot of something that does not contain carbs that immediately turns on craving for sugar.
- abathur 2y agoI had to ponder this for a minute :) I picked up dark chocolate as a snack in early 2020, which I chose very specifically to avoid carbs. I also use cocoa powder to make low-carb ice cream for the same reason. I guess I've used it this way for long enough now that I've broken my default association between chocolate and sugar.
- barrenko 2y agoDamn, now I absolutely need dark chocolate.
- abathur 2y agoI like this one: https://chocolatebar.com/products/extreme-dark-88-dark-chocolate https://chocolatebar.com/products/extreme-dark-88-dark-choco... I'm a little bitter-sensitive, and it's the most-pleasant 88%+ I've had so far. Still inevitably some carbs in cocoa, so you can do some carb-budget damage if you eat more than a serving--but I feel like it's a good treat for its weight. They call a serving size 1/3 of the bar, with 11g carbs (4g fiber, 3g sugar). I think the bar is 3x5 squares, and I generally just have one at a time. Not sure I've had more than 3 squares in a day. I think that would be around 7g total carbs, a bit under 2g sugar, and about 2.4g fiber (i.e. around 4.6g net carbs.) (edit: i've seen them at cvs and target, at least--though my nearest cvs no longer carries the brand)
- dylan604 2y agoI say this after eating a tomato sauce. Of all foods to cause a craving for a follow up, tomato sauces are the top. Next up is smoked meat (bbq) makes me want banana pudding, but I think that's a trained habit vs a craving like tomato sauces.
- beretguy 2y agoMy gut instinctively knows I need chocolate and then not eat dinner
- b3lvedere 2y agoThere is communication between your gut and brain. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/the-gut-brain-connection https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/the-gut-brain-con... Your gut microbiome also has more living cells than the rest of your cells combined. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/25201-gut-microbiome https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/25201-gut-microbi... So, it's a team effort :) https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/1/10/team_effort.png https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/1/10/team_effort.png
- bingbingbing777 2y agoI cannot imagine what it would be like to be able to think normally because I have had gut related medical issues my whole life
- codethief 2y agoApparently this is called geophagia, see this comment further down: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40242839 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40242839