Guest guest Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 There's an intestinal virus being passed around where I work. It starts with nausea, possibly vomiting, then diarrhea. It's also accompanied by body aches. Some people have had a fever, but not everyone. It lasts about a week. I had hoped to avoid it, given how I eat, but I still came down with a light case of it. I am taking ginger/mint tea (made very strong with fresh ginger) alternating with a slippery elm/hibiscus tea. Between the two of these, I've had neither vomiting nor diarrhea. Overall, I would describe my condition as " not feeling well " rather than " feeling sick. " But what is very puzzing to me is that I am wanting to eat things I don't normally eat like toast (with the " wheat " bread my son eats, NOT the 100% whole grain bread I eat), macaroni and cheese, white rice...yuck. These are things I simply don't eat anymore. I don't like them. Why am I craving them? I'm trying to figure out what my body needs. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 It could be that those items you talked about are more gentle on your digestive system when you are sick. If there is something going around, I would stick with those items anyways to lessen the chance of diarrhea and so forth. Paulanever_again_ <never_again_ wrote: There's an intestinal virus being passed around where I work. It starts with nausea, possibly vomiting, then diarrhea. It's also accompanied by body aches. Some people have had a fever, but not everyone. It lasts about a week.I had hoped to avoid it, given how I eat, but I still came down with a light case of it. I am taking ginger/mint tea (made very strong with fresh ginger) alternating with a slippery elm/hibiscus tea. Between the two of these, I've had neither vomiting nor diarrhea. Overall, I would describe my condition as "not feeling well" rather than "feeling sick."But what is very puzzing to me is that I am wanting to eat things I don't normally eat like toast (with the "wheat" bread my son eats, NOT the 100% whole grain bread I eat), macaroni and cheese, white rice...yuck. These are things I simply don't eat anymore. I don't like them. Why am I craving them? I'm trying to figure out what my body needs. Any ideas? Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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