Cravings

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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?

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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?

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