posted on July 26, 2004 02:35:34 PM new
I wonder if food cravings are meaningful?
For two days I have had a terrible craving for black licorice!! So bad.. that I had to drive to the store and buy a bag of black twizzlers this afternoon.. now.. I am not a big candy or sweet eater.. so this seemed bizarre to me..
I read somewhere that cravings may be the body's way of telling you that you are lacking something... like iron..for instance.
I wonder if any of you have had such food cravings.. other than pregnancy related... and if you have any thoughts on the subject..
posted on July 26, 2004 02:40:23 PM new
Licorice is a laxative that cleans out your digestive track. Maybe your body's trying to tell you you need a good purging.
posted on July 26, 2004 02:49:53 PM new
HA! LOL... omg..it's telling me I'm full of sh!t!!!! Thanks Kraft... now I am in trouble as I have eaten half the bag!! see ya..gotta run.. MM
posted on July 26, 2004 03:22:36 PM new
have you had licorise before??The body does remember what it ate.
i am not a milk drinker,but when i fractured my ankle,the first thing i did in the hospital was to drink milk,i kept drinking 3 tall glasses of milk everyday until they removed my cast.
afterwards,i go back to my old habits.
I know women who are on low fat or no fat diet,before their period,they will eat fat and salty food such as spam,ham and pizza.some even have pigfeet.
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posted on July 26, 2004 03:45:24 PM new
Stop.. I have eaten it before when I was a kid.. but haven't had any for years..
Funny because black licorice isn't really sweet.. or especially appealing either..
That's why I thought maybe my body was craving something that it is lacking...
I didn't think about it being a laxative though.. I may be in big trouble.. LOL..mm
posted on July 26, 2004 04:05:23 PM new
MAGGIE, did you ever try black licorice that stores like GNC sells? I can't remember its name but the box has Panda Bears on it. It the real thing tastes like the licorice of old like 50 years ago.
posted on July 26, 2004 04:07:26 PM new
Maggie, I think black licorice reminds you of something... that you feel a need to recapture...and right now! lol. Hows that for amateur psychology? haha.
Or maybe, are you having some anxiety about the democrat convention? Dont sweat it, its gonna be fine!!
Kraft, if it was just LBS - any sweet would do...dont you think?
posted on July 26, 2004 04:08:40 PM new
I get killer cravings for chocolate and pizza. I want chocolate especially after eating spaghetti. They say your body craves what it needs. I'm sooooo glad mine needs chocolate!
Cheryl
. . .if you still try to defend the infamies and horrors perpetrated by that Antichrist- I really believe he is Antichrist- I will have nothing more to do with you and you are no longer my friend.. . - War and Peace, Tolstoy
posted on July 26, 2004 04:35:55 PM new
I love licorice, one of my sore spots:
"Black licorice" is redundant. Licorice is black. There is no reason to call it "black licorice", there isn't any other kind.
A real good licorice is NIBS, little pieces made from real licorice root flavor, not the fake or anise flavored stuff you usually find. Switzer's is another good one.
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posted on July 26, 2004 04:47:42 PM new
You're right, Prof. That red crap is not licorice!
I am lucky to have a Dutch marketnot too far from my house which stocks about 30 different types of licorice. I go there every once in a while and stock up. The one that I am careful about eating too much of is the "triple salty" one. Whoa!
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posted on July 26, 2004 04:56:13 PM new
Well.. I just did a search on licorice and Holy Smokes.. it is known as a complete body tonic... beneficial for everything from athletes foot to ulcers it seems!
Here is just one small paragraph on some of its benefits..
Beneficial for hypoglycemia, bronchitis, colitis, diverticulitis, gastritis, stress, colds, nausea, and inflammation. Cleanses the colon, promotes adrenal gland function, decreases muscle or skeletal spasms, and increases the fluidity of mucus from the lungs and bronchial tubes. Has estrogen-like hormone effects; changes the voice. Studies show licorice root stimulates the production of interferon. Warning: Do not use if you have high blood pressure."
I am surprised that so many like it.. I think it is an acquired taste... Prof.. what do you call the red licorice? Is it really licorice at all? Yes, I prefer the NIBS too.
Bigpeepa.. I am not sure if I have ever seen that kind.. but I remember as a young child.. my grandfather used to eat very strong licorice in the shape of fat cigars..with red candy ends to look like the lit end.. that stuff would grow hair on your chest!!LOL Oh..now you've got me going.. I remember little black babies.. not politically correct for sure but that's what they were called..LOL
And nero and Kraft you both could be right.. I have low blood sugar and low blood pressure and have a type A personality so I stay stressed.. and it seems that licorice is beneficial for these conditions too..
I had better watch it or I will gain weight though...anything that tastes good has to be fattening!
mm
posted on July 26, 2004 06:50:59 PM new
Actually Maggie, licorice is, among all the candies, the least caloric and carbs, if I am not mistaken. So eat, enjoy. Unstress!!
posted on July 26, 2004 07:41:05 PM new
I'm to young to take hormones yet Kraft! LOL
But I don't think that's my problem..hee hee
But a good man is hard to find...or is it a hard man is good to find? mm
posted on July 26, 2004 09:56:12 PM new
Licorice IS good for a lot of problems, but can also have bad side effects if you eat too much of it. It can affect testosterone levels in men, cause premature delivery in pregnant women, cause high blood pressure, water & sodium retention, lethargy, muscle pain, cardiac arrhythmias, low blood potassium, and changes in kidney function.
We're talking REAL licorice candy here, not the artificial stuff that's usually for sale in most stores. Take a look at the ingredients, in most cases even the black licorice is artificial, being made from corn syrup.
And you really have to be socking it away to get these side effects, but I wouldn't just gobble real licorice down asifit were, welll, candy.
edited to replace a "g" with a "d"
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[ edited by bunnicula on Jul 26, 2004 10:21 PM ]
posted on July 27, 2004 05:24:42 AM new
maggie, red "licorice" contains no licorice. If you look on a package of the stuff, it isn't even called red licorice. It'll say red ropes or red twists or twizzlers or something, but not licorice. nasty. yechh...
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posted on July 27, 2004 06:02:54 AM new
Sometimes liquorice just ‘doesn’t cut the mustard’.
Apparently pregnant women have been known to crave for things ‘inedible’, even rubber from tyres. mmmmmm!
I crave for cigarettes(smoke).
I like Dutch liquorice too bunni, but I think it's an aquired taste.
For those that haven't had 'zaltedrops'(sp?)-
at first it seemed to me, to be like liquorice that's been stored in a soiled sock would taste.
