Hello, I am a 28 year old active woman.
For the last 3 days I have been craving
orange juice. I am not pregnant. I have
a history of diabetes in my family, but
other than that there are no medical
problem. What could be the cause of this
odd craving. Help
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Patrick B. Asay
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Posts: 138 Location: Pocatello, ID
Posted: 09-15-03 23:31pm
I think I understand, you see, for a
period of 4 or 5 days i'd wake up in the
middle of the night and crave orange
juice. First off, oj has some of the
most important minerals in abundance.
Your body probably lacks one or two of the
minerals inside of oj, and so your body
sends signals to your taste buds giving
you a craving for that which you need.
Could be a vitamin c deficiency. Maybe
an iron deficiency. Maybe a zinc
deficiency. Thus it varies. I wouldn't
be worried about it.
Patrick
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STLSingleMomma
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 Sep 2003 Posts: 30 Location: St. Louis, MO
Posted: 10-07-03 12:48pm
I go through periods of craving
things....
For a few days all i'll want to eat is
tuna fish and crackers...
For another few days all I want is pasta
and meat sauce.
Another few days i'll want chicken and
rice...
I honestly think it's your body telling
you that you need something.
That's what it meant when I was
pregnant... I'm sure it's probably the
same thing...
Oj is a pretty safe craving, too.
If you were craving chocolate cupcakes and
hershey's kisses and eating them every day
and all night - i'd worry...
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trying2impress
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 28 Location: Australia
Posted: 06-18-06 01:40am
Although at times cravings can be your
body telling you need a certain food
property most of the time it is all in
your mind. Orange juice is perfectly
healthy thing to consume and nothing to
worry about ( as long as thats not all
your consuming). There could be emotional
attachments deep in your subconcious
telling you that oj is something that will
make you happy, it seems like a crazy
theory but is very often the case.
Have fun drinking that orange goodness :d
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Suga
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Nov 2007 Posts: 4 Location: NSW, 2000 Australia
Craving Orange Juice. Posted: 11-06-07 23:52pm
Today I have had 7 glasses of OJ ... I
decided to Google Cravings - Orange Juice
and this is were I ended up... Well good
to see i am not on my own.
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