All this discussion of cravings and pickle juice brings to mind the cravings of a pregnant woman.   

  Shades of Startrek...

Planet: M-113. The last of a vaguely humanoid species sometimes referred to as the "salt vampire" because of its need for salt and its willingness to kill to satiate its own hunger. The creature is now extinct.

  LoL

Hugs,
   Jeanette

Before HRT I didn't use salt for anything, as recommended by the medical establishment.  That caused me to get dehydrated on many occasions and twice drove my heart into arrhythmias.  The second time that happened it took me three days to get it beating the right way again.

I function a lot better with a lot of salt, Spiro or not.  I've also found that my blood pressure itself is pretty independent of my salt intake.  What it does react to is sugar.  If I eat a lot of sugar my blood pressure goes up.  It also goes up and down as my body weight changes.

So bring on the salt!


Conform and be dull. —James Frank Dobie, The Voice of the Coyote

Well for a while it was 3-4 garlic stuffed green olives but now I'm on Kosher Dill Garlic spears. 5 calories each so a whole jar does't last long. Usually the craving starts at 430pm. Yum.

Quote from: laurenb on April 22, 2017, 07:28:57 AM
Well for a while it was 3-4 garlic stuffed green olives but now I'm on Kosher Dill Garlic spears. 5 calories each so a whole jar does't last long. Usually the craving starts at 430pm. Yum.

My cravings come on in the late afternoon as well!  I start fantasizing about salty food almost daily around 5 pm haha

Quote from: Dena on April 21, 2017, 11:12:44 PM
All this discussion of cravings and pickle juice brings to mind the cravings of a pregnant woman.   

That comparison has been made in my general direction before. I think the most common phrases in my life at this point are "Welcome to ***, sir", "Welcome to being a woman", and "You sound like a pregnant chick".

As for salt cravings, I'm having them this morning...might be time to make salty eggs. Yum!

  This talk of pickle and olives made me rethink... I have been eating quite a few green Sicilian and Greek olives of late.
Tortilla chips have been especially good too.

  Hugs,
    Jeanette

Mmmmmmmm,  black olives have become one of my diet staples lately.


Conform and be dull. —James Frank Dobie, The Voice of the Coyote

Boiled peanuts I can't get enough of them.

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The reason pregnant women have these cravings too is due to progesterone levels increasing because similar to spironolactone, progesterone is also a diuretic and a mineralocorticoid antagonist. I get those cravings too with progesterone, I take a high dose and my levels are high because I take it with food. Pickles, olives, chips, nuts, etc.

Herring in Wine Sauce right out of the jar is my favorite with salt cravings go into overdrive.

Oh yes, green olives. I can always eat too many of those.

Quote from: Sydney_NYC on April 23, 2017, 03:00:52 PM


Herring in Wine Sauce right out of the jar is my favorite with salt cravings go into overdrive.

Funny you should mention it. The herring are running right now in my town. We have several fish ladders in town to help them make the climb to their spawning grounds and get around the dam we inconveniently put in their way. 
It's a good looking run this year, they're big and healthy. There's a counter at the top so they know how many enter the pond every year. Ah, going to the fish ladder and watching them climb...that's a Weymouth thing! 

Hugs, Devlyn

Another one for me is V8 juice. The spicy version is my favorite but the regular is good too.

The low sodium version? How dare they? how dare they.

The salt shaker.  I am hoping to end Spiro usage by surgical intervention ASAP.

Quote from: RobynD on April 24, 2017, 12:23:01 PM
Another one for me is V8 juice. The spicy version is my favorite but the regular is good too.

The low sodium version? How dare they? how dare they.

That's a favorite of mine, too. Try it with a squirt of soy sauce either stirred or as a "depth charge." 

All the best,
--AshleyP

Quote from: RobynD on April 24, 2017, 12:23:01 PM
Another one for me is V8 juice. The spicy version is my favorite but the regular is good too.

The low sodium version? How dare they? how dare they.

Oooooo try the spicy version with a lemon squeezed in; that's my favorite

Snap into a Slim Jim!  Delicious!

I swear to god I have to go eat salty things every time I open this thread. It's like "oooh yeah, salt!" nomnomnom.

Cool to know about the progesterone though, I did not know that. I do know that it triggers really annoying nesting impulses, but that's a story for another thread, I suppose.