Do food and drink cravings really mean your body needs those nutrients?

[jennifer_bloom]

Today I have been craving non-alcoholic herbal drinks and I believe my body might want the nutrients in those foods. I have not decided if I should buy it yet because it is not cheap, but I think I should buy it at some point.

[purplepoppy]

No I'm pretty convinced that's an old wives tale.

If you look at so called pregnancy cravings as an example then we see women in the past often craved coal. Which raises 2 questions, why don't women nowadays crave eating coal and how exactly does your body know what nutrients are in coal. Given each generation has it's fashionable cravings we can conclude it's all in the mind.

Truth is even if your body knows it needs a particular vitamin it has no way of remembering whick foods contain it.

I believe cravings are more about emotional connection with your past rather than nutritional value.

[exitseven]

Yes, when i trained for marathons I used to crave these salty pretzels. i craved both the carbs and the salt. When I would do jy 20 mile run on Sunday I would eat a whole bag of them with a few beers.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎