Eating Bland Foods: Sugar Cravings Explored

[Bartholomew]

So recently I have been eating bland foods a lot. Whole wheat + peanut butter + water mostly, which is not bad. But I get... sugar cravings. Like now, when I have had no fruit or sugary drink for a few days, I crave sugar--iced tea, lemons, some kind of fruit. Wonder why. Surely there isn't any biological need for sugar.

 

[JasonRox]

You need sugar, so yes there is a biological need.

You needs carbohydrates as well. Your brain needs it.

 

[Moonbear]

Yes, as Jason points out, you do indeed need sugar. Though, you may also be craving fruits for the vitamins you're lacking in the rest of your diet.

 

[JasonRox]

I love fruit and vegetables.

I'd rather have a fruit salad over fast food anyday. So gooooooddddd...

 

[Bartholomew]

Your body can't make sugar from complex carbohydrates?

Vitamins. Poiheps. Haven't had a vitamin pill in a couple days.

 

[Bartholomew]

Personally I also like vegetables and particularly fruits but I eat few of them because they are too low calorie and they bruise too easily.

 

[Moonbear]

Your body can't make sugar from complex carbohydrates?

Vitamins. Poiheps. Haven't had a vitamin pill in a couple days.

It can, but not if you're not eating enough. If you eat a more balanced diet, you don't need vitamin pills.

 

[Bartholomew]

I eat a lot, 3000 Calories many days. I'm not hungry for more complex carbohydrates, I'm hungry for fruit and sugar. I'd like a bottle of lemon juice right now, just to drink in a cup.

 

[Moonbear]

But you also burn a lot of calories in a day with all that biking. Anyway, if you're craving something as bizarre as lemon juice, I don't think it's the sugar you're craving, probably the vitamins. Any vitamin C in that diet of yours? Or are you working on becoming a scurvy pirate?

 

[Bartholomew]

I eat cereal fortified with so many vitamins it's basically a vitamin pill per serving.

 

[Bartholomew]

Now that you mention it, though, I did notice that my lower lip was split and bleeding yesterday morning when eating a sandwich (you see the drops of blood on the bread). Could be connected.

 

[Bartholomew]

Or V8! I want V8 right now.

 

[gerben]

so why don't you take some?