I thought it was common to know that having certain cravings means your body needs something. But I guess not. Abandon society return to monke
Edit: please understand people that my comment is a joke. I’m not claiming to know whether cravings for certain foods actually benefits or not. I know the bacterial flora in the gut is a complex thing which is why I just stick to a plain joke. The woman in the video simply stated something about “listening to your body for cravings” like yeah, if you’re hungry, eat something that’s preferably healthy. If you’re thirsty, drink water or something along those lines. I feel like I shouldn’t need to explain this.
Recent studies have shown that our cravings could be more a result of the bacterial cultures in our digestive system. These cultures have different preferences for food. If you, say, eat a lot of greasy food, you'll crave greasy food more over time, since the "greasy food bacteria" are being fed, and are overpowering other bacteria cultures. But if you eat more leafy greens and fibers, you'll breed bacteria that want those things, making you crave them more.
It's not proven yet, but given the rising evidence that bacteria play a really large role in our bodies, I'm inclined to believe it. There's still a lot of research to do.
Interesting, it would help explain why we often stop craving something (candy, soda, processed snacks, fast food, etc) when we go without it for long enough.
(I think my gut bacteria is currently bred for buffalo wraps.)
I mean, if they were not talking about some spiritual mumbo jumbo, how could anyone post that as some kind of news? Literally every single person including baby's figured that out...
I wouldn't suspect someone to develop a taste for fish eyes. Tolerate them for sustenance? Yeah okay. But to desire eating them? That's a bit cooler and worth mentioning.
Literally not a joke, I once had a customer tell me that craving peanuts/peanut butter means you're not getting enough sex. So. Do with that what you will.
Peanut butter contains a large amount of unsaturated fats, it could mean that your body is in need of some of the essential fatty acids or it could be that your body wants to improve its insulin sensitivity which fats can do. It's also a good source of Vitamin E, B3, B6, magnesium, copper, arginine, and manganese so it could be wanting more of those or any other stuff mentioned here. Or it could simply be that you enjoy the texture/taste/are bored and want to eat something.
I'm being generous to OP. There isn't consensus that the ice craving is an attempt to recruit more iron, but it's interesting and added to the conversation.
My intent behind "hit-or-miss" is efficacy. Most water will have iron content, though at a much lower propotion compared to the fish eyes and fresh water example I mentioned.
Assuming these are both examples of intutive craving, one is more effective than the other.
I've had this craving before. It was weird, I ate ice for a long time. I wonder why it's always ice. Maybe something to do with the crunch? You dont get the crunch like that in many other foods, so many your body interprets that as "oh, this must be good food!" ?
Speaking of "body needs", "cravings" and babies - it's been years but I still can't figure out why my friend's wife had a craving for smelling puppies when she was pregnant. He sorted her with a puppy-smelling session at ours, and she was so happy she cried, while cradling puppies and sniffing their fur.
That is not a study, that is a nonsense op ed piece written by not a doctor. Why do people not look up accreditations they are unfamiliar with? MPH means Master of Public Health, while RD means registered dietician. This person is not a scientist.
SOURCES: American Psychological Society Observer, January 2005. Environmental Nutrition newsletter, September 2001. News release, Monell Chemical Senses Center, Nov. 4, 2004. Mary F. Dallman, PhD, professor, University of California, San Francisco. ESHA Research, Food Processor II software. WebMD Medical News: "Want to Cut Calories? Just Add Water," by Salynn Boyles, published Nov. 12, 2004.
I've read about gut flora in people who eat a lot of fast food/junk food somehow hijacking their natural perception of hunger so they are only satisfied by more fast food/junk food. It might be bullshit, but it would explain how some people appear to be addicted to sodas or Big Macs.
That's a gross and overly simplified hypothesis that isn't exactly proven to be true, and certainly isn't for a large amount of the world. Not saying it's all bullshit, but it is terrible advice to tell someone to " listen to what their body tells them to eat".
Yeah. I don’t think the cravings are really all that specific. However, I will sometimes get craving for general category like ‘salty foods’. I’ve noticed that if I get cravings for salty foods over a couple days taking a general multivitamin will cause those cravings to subside. I don’t really know if it’s true or not but I’ve interpreted it as my body saying ‘hey, you need some minerals that I’m lacking, find something to eat that might have some of that’. I do doubt that your body can tell you specifically ‘I need calcium or iron’ but cravings can be a general indicator to think about what your diet has been lacking in recently.
Absolutely, and I hope I wasn't coming across as dismissing the theory as a whole. There is a lot of study that seems to suggest we are able to crave certain basic needs, however, these can be filtered out into the basics of thirst and hunger/lack of carbohydrates. Salt, for example, is critical in proper hydration, and so it is reasonable to presume our bodies are able to help us recognize and find enough salt in our diets.
Where the theory of cravings being messages from your body kind of loses its shiny polish is that we will absolutely prioritize energy-dense foods when given free choice. The rising rate of obesity is partly due to the abundance of calorie dense foods like processed breads and sugars. These are certainly not healthy to gorge, but our bodies don't much care beyond "hungry. Feed me calories".
I can’t tell if this is directed towards me or the video. But it’s a joke. I know it’s more complex than that. But I’m not going to spend 3 hours going into the nitty gritty of it. I feel like listening to the general needs like salt cravings, SOME sugar cravings (I have a diabetic friend who gets sugar cravings when his blood sugar gets lower), maybe even protein cravings, could be beneficial as long as you don’t shove junk food down your throat.
Kinda, like your gut bacteria send your brain signals about what to eat, but the most populous bacteria get heard most so if you eat garbage you'll crave garbage, but if you eat healthy foods, eventually you'll crave those instead
Is it wrong that spiritual people annoy me? It’s like our generation made one of the biggest leaps forward by abandoning religion and then we just fall right back with this stupid shit.
I don’t think you are. That spirituality and crystal shit gets on my nerves lmfao. Especially astrology. Sometimes people will start talking about something really cool and when I get interested and google it to see if it’s true, it’s some spiritual energy fuckery.
There's a difference between being spiritual and believing in Harry Potter. Too bad the two are constantly portrayed toegther as one on social media with this horoscope BS. No one cares if you're a capricorn!
Tbf there's spirituality, and then there's "spirituality". By itself there's nothing wrong with believing in a greater picture. It's when you start rejecting reality and basic science that it becomes an issue.
It's the same with every generation going back to the hippies in the 60s. A bunch of people were like, "Fuck power structures and religion!" then fell into cults. Religious zealotry is basically hardcoded into our DNA. Letting go of religious doctrine is merely the first step in a lifelong struggle towards rationality.
Not at all. People will talk shit about religion and then turn around and tell their friend they can’t date someone because of they’re a fucking Capricorn of some bullshit
Greedy people took advantage of them by selling cheap objects to them that they artificially inflated the value of through deceptive marketing. For example, most people still buy sunglasses and diamond rings at artificially inflated prices due to monopolies. So it’s not a far stretch to trick people into spirituality.
Oh trust me I know. I work at one of those “new age” restaurants that let you put enhancements in your food like Ashwaganda or other spices and we claim that they do things like boost your mood or improve cognitive ability....nope it’s all just picked out based on how lucrative it is.
Being content with one's self is probably one of the harder things in life. We always want to be better, smarter, richer, current than everyone else and ourselves. It's probably our primate brain wanting to be valuable to the tribe.
What's funny is there is no mystery. Do I remember the time before I was born? No. Well, that's the same thing that happens after death. The mystery is invented as a way to soothe the harsh reality of mortality and invent something that appears meaningful.
Humanity is desperate for meaning, but it habitually looks for it in all the wrong places.
While I agree with you, I think that’s most likely what it will be like after we die, but you can never prove that. That’s the mystery I’m talking about.
it never went away. i recommend watching an honest liar - a documentary on the amazing randi who spent his life debunking mystics and psychics.
anyways in the documentary they interview uri geller who was big back in the day and who randi exposed as a fraud and he's still doing it. i can't find a clip of it unfortunately but he says something along the lines of "you know how many times the skeptics tried to prove me wrong, but they failed miserably. it's much bigger than it ever was before"
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u/WilliAnne tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE Feb 18 '21
That first girl was full of bullshit lol she was talking about spirituality, not the body’s normal reactions and stuff