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Does your body know what you need and translate that to your mind to create cravings that you then self-consicously desire? For instance, my mom, sister, some friends, and I hiked a 14er yesterday, logging in some 19 miles of hiking and packing. We stopped at IHOP on our way back home from the mountain. As I looked at the menu, the only things that looked REALLY good were French fries and hash browns, food choices that were rather unusal for me. In the meantime, another member of our group started complaining of muscle cramps in his legs, an ailment that happened to be afflicting me as well. "You need to eat some potassium," my mom said. "Oh, like bananas?" we asked. "Or potatoes," my mom replied. I want to know how in the world my body knew that potatoes have potassium in them and translated this into cravings for French fries and hash browns.
Posted by funke at 27.07.05 8:31 | TrackBack | Posted to I Ask Merely for InformationInteresting. I had the same experience when I had jaw surgery back in '02. I couldn't eat for 3 weeks. After 1 1/2 weeks I was craving Big Macs (which I had not eaten in at least 2 years and never EVER craved, until 1 week ago) and I had daydreams of the the hamburgers in the Great Hall (remember that nasty bin that ARA had). I told my sister about it and she was wondering if I was getting enough protein in my liquid diet.
I think that your postulate is correct. Why else would there be comfort foods?
read "blink" by malcom gladwell. it should give you the answers you crave.
Posted by: laura at 28.07.05 8:20