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Posted 10/24/2013 11:51 AM (GMT 0)
Just thought I would share some information I recently found out. Over the past week or so, I have been having cravings for chocolate. This is not normal for me. Even when I was younger during PMS, I never craved chocolate. I do have a sweet tooth but never craved chocolate specifically.

After about a week of this chocolate craving every day, I decided to do a little research. I have always heard that unnatural cravings could be your body letting you know there is something that it needs. So, I Googled it and low and behold, chocolate cravings can be a sign of low magnesium. Can you believe it? I think it's amazing that our bodies can tell us exactly what it needs. It's just learning the language.

Needless to say, I have ordered magnesium malate online and once I start taking it, hopefully these cravings will stop.
Posted 10/26/2013 6:14 AM (GMT 0)
Hi diznyfrk. Thanks for sharing this info. For those of us who simply enjoy chocolate, I will add that eating chocolate releases endorphins. At least we get a rush while eating our delight. I like dark chocolate more than I should.

Thanks again diznyfrk. Love, Butterflake

Posted 10/26/2013 4:23 PM (GMT 0)
Great phrase: "I love dark chocolate more than I should."

I may love lots of things "more than I should".

My father read something about dark chocolate being good for you, so now he eats 4-5 dark chocolate chips with his evening meal every day. Just enough to be really annoying when that is all he'll serve you if you eat with him: 4-5. Gotta' go buy your own if you want more. Crazy man!
Posted 10/28/2013 4:25 PM (GMT 0)
When I mentioned the chocolate cravings, I was referring to cravings that are not normal. For me, I have never craved chocolate. I do have sweet cravings but it is for foods such as donuts, pastries and things along that line. Never chocolate. And the chocolate cravings went on for 2 weeks. It never went away even after eating chocolate.

I started on the magnesium Friday and I have to say that I have noticed a huge difference in the pain that I have been having. And I no longer have the chocolate cravings at all. The magnesium has also helped with the nerve pain. I am a firm believer now.
Posted 10/28/2013 4:34 PM (GMT 0)
That is very interesting, disnyfrk/Sharon.

I knew about the connection between chocolate & magnesium, but this is the first I've heard of the magnesium curing your unusual cravings. So glad that it's helping your pain as well!!!

Can you do us a favor, Sharon? If you edit the line in your signature so it's shorter, the threads where you post won't have the irregularities in formatting. For instance, see above where your posts are not like everyone elses - they are wider and run off the left side of the page? Not a big deal, of course. Thanks!
Posted 11/4/2013 11:16 PM (GMT 0)
I have been having a lot of chocolate cravings lately... dark chocolate seems to hit the spot the best. It makes a whole lot of sense since my naturopath prescribed magnesium supplements for me. She said it was because of muscle spasms that I was complaining about. It is definitely interesting to read about other ss people with the craving.. I always assumed it was hormonal. Now I'm starting to think otherwise.
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