Your body knows what nutrient deficiencies you have and craves foods with those nutrients
astronomicals
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Show me the science. Peer reviewed studies.
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Good luck with that one.0
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Well it kinda does. It's just your body doesn't particularly care whether you get 5000 calories or 3 getting those nutrients. There is calcium and fibre in ice cream. Your body doesn't always have smart impulses. It's just an example.0
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Clearly I must be lacking carbs a lot.0
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Are you incapable of researching this on your own?0
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Sounds like someone trying to get out of doing a research paper.0
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I have a wine deficiency?0
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I have a tequila deficiency. ….0
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^^^^^^Well it kinda does. It's just your body doesn't particularly care whether you get 5000 calories or 3 getting those nutrients. There is calcium and fibre in ice cream. Your body doesn't always have smart impulses. It's just an example.
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And let's not forget, our bodies are screaming for us to overeat to better store fat for the upcoming famine that's sure to arrive any day now.
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Not a chance. I'm always low on calcium on my macros but I never crave any calcium rich foods.0
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Blacklance36 wrote: »Not a chance. I'm always low on calcium on my macros but I never crave any calcium rich foods.
Dont lie. You crave pizza. So, it must be a fact.
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astronomicals wrote: »
lol. rar.0 -
^^^^^^Well it kinda does. It's just your body doesn't particularly care whether you get 5000 calories or 3 getting those nutrients. There is calcium and fibre in ice cream. Your body doesn't always have smart impulses. It's just an example.
THIS
And let's not forget, our bodies are screaming for us to overeat to better store fat for the upcoming famine that's sure to arrive any day now.
or the zombie apocalypse0 -
OP - it is also possible to grow two heads..
show me the peer reviewed science on this..
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^^^^^^Well it kinda does. It's just your body doesn't particularly care whether you get 5000 calories or 3 getting those nutrients. There is calcium and fibre in ice cream. Your body doesn't always have smart impulses. It's just an example.
THIS
And let's not forget, our bodies are screaming for us to overeat to better store fat for the upcoming famine that's sure to arrive any day now.
or the zombie apocalypse
Tainted meat?0 -
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Wheelhouse15 wrote: »
^^^^^^Well it kinda does. It's just your body doesn't particularly care whether you get 5000 calories or 3 getting those nutrients. There is calcium and fibre in ice cream. Your body doesn't always have smart impulses. It's just an example.
THIS
And let's not forget, our bodies are screaming for us to overeat to better store fat for the upcoming famine that's sure to arrive any day now.
or the zombie apocalypse
Tainted meat?
bahahahahahaa …
that was an awesome episode last night...0 -
girlviernes wrote: »
So that's one order for a peer review and one order for a meta-analysis... Cars getting full. Oddly enough, there is evidence for pica in certain cultures for iron deficiencies but not for corresponding food cravings in any population. Curious....
ETA I have heard of a recent study on women craving fat for DHA but I haven't been able to locate it yet.0 -
astronomicals wrote: »Show me the science. Peer reviewed studies.
It's true, when I'm sick my body craves bourbon.
Therefore I'm deficient in ethanol, naturally.
I had this reviewed at a local bar, by a table full of chemists, biologists, ecologists, and one freshly minted neuroscientist.0 -
astronomicals wrote: »
I'll show ya, what's your snapchat? junk pics incoming.0 -
Deficient in beer and honey-roasted cashews, apparently.0
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Are Cheez-Its a nutrient?0
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astronomicals wrote: »Show me the science. Peer reviewed studies.
It's true, when I'm sick my body craves bourbon.
Therefore I'm deficient in ethanol, naturally.
I had this reviewed at a local bar, by a table full of chemists, biologists, ecologists, and one freshly minted neuroscientist.
Research brought to you courtesy of a bunch of dead Presidents no doubt!0 -
Wheelhouse15 wrote: »
ETA I have heard of a recent study on women craving fat for DHA but I haven't been able to locate it yet.
I do think it makes sense we would have ability to detect gross deficiencies for very vital nutrients and seek to replace. Not up on the lit though
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girlviernes wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »
ETA I have heard of a recent study on women craving fat for DHA but I haven't been able to locate it yet.
I do think it makes sense we would have ability to detect gross deficiencies for very vital nutrients and seek to replace. Not up on the lit though
No, now that I remember a little more clearly, it was a theory that women are eating more fat to get the same DHA as before because they need to have a certain level of DHA for pregnancy but the percentage of DHA in fats is lower these days so they are gaining weight but the extra fat would have the same amount of DHA content as women decades ago with less body fat. I don't think there has been a formal study on it yet.0 -
I must have a Snickers Bar deficiency at the moment then. LOL0
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No idea on that one. The only thing I'm low on (badly) is vitamin D. I was taking 50000 IU's *prescribed* twice a week on top of D3 5000 IU's twice a day. I never crave fish, eggs etc. It's always something like honey buns and pizza LOL!0
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Wheelhouse15 wrote: »girlviernes wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »
ETA I have heard of a recent study on women craving fat for DHA but I haven't been able to locate it yet.
I do think it makes sense we would have ability to detect gross deficiencies for very vital nutrients and seek to replace. Not up on the lit though
No, now that I remember a little more clearly, it was a theory that women are eating more fat to get the same DHA as before because they need to have a certain level of DHA for pregnancy but the percentage of DHA in fats is lower these days so they are gaining weight but the extra fat would have the same amount of DHA content as women decades ago with less body fat. I don't think there has been a formal study on it yet.
Interesting theory then, but are women actually eating more fat? That is surprising to me.
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