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Sugar Cravings When Sick?

cassiegal724
cassiegal724 Posts: 63 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Anyone else crave sugar and carbs when your sick? I've had the flu for the past couple days and have just wanted to eat sugar and carbs. I"ve done pretty well ignoring those cravings (except for the 2 smores poptarts I ate in 2 days), but this happens whenever I am sick...

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  • Sailorwind
    Sailorwind Posts: 158 Member
    You may want to give in to those cravings, as crazy as that sounds.

    Whenever I get an unusual craving and I can't figure out WHY I'm craving that type of food, I just go eat it. It almost always turns out to be my body trying to tell me what it needs to fight off getting sick or an oncoming migraine. The only insanely intense cravings I ignore are the PMS chocolate cravings. This weekend I was craving insane amounts of protein so I ate all sorts of meats and fish all weekend long. Come Monday, I discovered I was coming down with the circulating crud. I think that protein is the reason why it's not as bad for me as for others.
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