cravings
While no one is totally sure why pregnant women experience food cravings, it's estimated that between 50-90 per cent will.
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certainly seem to be increasing. A study carried out in the Sixties, for example, found that only 30 per cent of pregnant women experienced bizarre food cravings, but by 2011, this figure had shot up to in excess of 75 per cent! Researchers believe that hormonal
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changes and potential nutrient deficiencies can be behind many pregnancy cravings, but it's also clear that cultural differences and factors such as where you live also play a role. (One study which was published in the Tanzania Journal of Health Research, found that pregnant women in Tanzania craved mangos, which isn't a typical craving experienced by women in the Western World.) If you take a look online,
you'll also find that there are cravings which are a little more 'off the wall'. A quick internet Google will throw up women, who have developed a passion for, among other items: rice with brown sugar, barbecue sauce and butter; pickles on Oreo cookies; pickles in cream cheese and wrapped with pepperoni... the mind boggles.
16MODERNMUM Summer 2016 And then there's the really weird and
wonderful! Not all cravings experienced by pregnant women are food cravings! Oh no! Tere's also the added fun of non-food items, such as ice, coal, mud, chalk and rubber! Tese cravings are actually a condition called pica and it's generally thought that the craving is probably caused by a desire for the texture or smell of an item, rather than the taste. So, before you find yourself looking
longingly - and lovingly! - at a lump of coal, or are just dying to take a bite out of a rubber glove, take a look at MM's guide to the top foods craved most by pregnant women!
Salt It’s thought that a craving for salt may be – for most women – due to an increase in blood volume, which
can change the dietary need for sodium. For that reason food items like potato crisps are especially popular, but remember that these will exceed your sodium requirements!
Pickles Ah
pickles...for so many years the ‘staple’ craving in pregnancy. Whether you crave their crunchiness, their taste or simply the
vinegar...don’t be too worried about over-indulging in pickles, since they’re low in calories.
Vinegar On occasion, what starts out as a pickle craving can develop into a near addiction to vinegar! In fact, some pregnant women have admitted to drinking it straight from the bottle! If you’re affected by this particular craving, you’ll find that you suffer badly >
craving or raving?
ealth experts still aren’t exactly sure why pregnant women crave certain foods, but the numbers affected
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