On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 22:25:01 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>I don't know why but tonight I was craving cashews. Roasted ones. I must
>say I don't even *like* roasted cashews. In fact I usually really *dislike*
>them. But I bought a container of them, and I ate some. Can't say that I
>really liked them but they weren't bad.
>
>Does anyone know what I might be lacking to have such a craving? It wasn't
>a craving for salt or crunchy foods. Just specifically cashews.
>
>I also noticed that I am back to having fat aversions. Yes, I know there is
>fat in cashews and I think that is why I normally don't like them. They
>seem too fatty.
>
>But on Sunday I had a cheese sandwich and I put soft spread margarine on it.
>I really hated the margarine. I didn't like the sandwich at all and had to
>force it down. I really don't like sandwiches to begin with though. Then
>tonight I had the same kind of sandwich except that I put real butter on it.
>I thought that would make a difference. It wasn't quite as bad but I kept
>thinking how I disliked the butter. And last night I popped some corn in
>oil. I found that I couldn't eat very much of it because I just didn't want
>the oil.
>
>I am thinking this is not a good thing. The diet I would naturally eat by
>choice is very low in fat, to the point of almost being fat free. And I
>know that's not the way to eat. I have to make sure I have fat in my diet.
>The foods I would naturally seek out by choice would be dried beans,
>vegetables, rice, popcorn and maybe some pasta.


I crave cashews too. I love the things. If there is a bowl of
cashews around, I have to force myself to stop. I don't know what it
means.

Evelyn