287485 Mon Aug 13 00:57:57 -0700 2001 6 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 1546609 A mention of PMS cravings in another thread made me wonder: am I the only one who craves greens? I like spinach, kale, chard &c. all the time, but at "that time of the month" I *always* find myself reaching for them. I figure it's the iron in them. What special foods do you seek out then? Or on any other cycle (barring the obvious seasonal thing)? Ladies? Gentlemen? Anyone? Mon Aug 13 00:57:57 -0700 2001 0 C. Fox 1 1546614 I am pushed and pulled by cravings, too--but I've never been able to link it to specific cycles of any kind. It's always salt I crave--(Bacon is one of my sinful solutions.) And, along with salt, I often search out very sour tastes--lemons squeezed onto just about everything. Oddly enough, the only time I ever crave something sweet, is if I wake up in the middle of the night, and a half a cookie will take care of that. But when I awaken in the morning, I am not only back to salty--but the thought of sweet can make me feel a bit sick. This has GOT to be chemical, hormonal, etc. Mon Aug 13 10:01:00 -0700 2001 1546609 0 Lynn 1 1546649 A thick slab of prime rib au jus. Medium Rare. Mon Aug 13 18:04:32 -0700 2001 1546609 0 2chez mike 1 1546698 I get the spinach thing too. I also get a major jones for anything in the Oscar Mayer catagory - hot dogs, sausages of any kind, bologna... Does the female body maybe need nitrates at this time?! Tue Aug 14 16:25:19 -0700 2001 1546609 0 Shmingrid 2 1546702 LOL! Looked it up -- those cold cut items don't have all that much iron. Maybe we're losing protein as well? Tue Aug 14 18:40:52 -0700 2001 1546698 0 C. Fox 2 1546706 (g) I don't know, but my roommate had wicked hot dog cravings while she was pregnant. We live walking distance from a Wienerschnitzel, and she was making daily trips (she recently fessed up that the ones that made it home were only the tip of the iceberg). Personally, I crave red meat (rare or even raw) "that time of the month"; I've always assumed it was the iron. Tue Aug 14 20:52:41 -0700 2001 1546698 0 Ruth Lafler 2 1546729 Maybe you've got a salt-and-fat deficiciency at certain times. Wed Aug 15 09:02:35 -0700 2001 1546698 0 ironmom