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Kitchen Myths
Facts and fiction about food and cooking, by Peter Aitken
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A craving for a specific food is your body’s way of telling you that it needs a nutrient that’s present in that food
Posted by on December 30, 2011
Nice try, but you cannot use this myth to justify your chocolate or ice cream or potato chip attack! The human body just does not work this way. A craving is a psychological phenomenon, although it’s also been suggested that certain foods, such as chocolate, may trigger the release of “satisfaction” signals in the brain. Either way, however, it has nothing to do with nutrition.
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