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From: Rod on 30 Jun 2008 13:57
On another Usenet group (thread subject "Hand Care" in uk.d-i-y, since
you ask), someone posted an interesting and new-to-me hypothyroidism
question.

Don't want to bore you with the bits that went before (some about apple
cider vinegar and things), so, cutting to the chase, here it is:

"Out of interest, do you know if those who suffer from
hypothyroidism get cravings for things the body know would help (much
like when women are pregnant)?

I ask because my mother suffers from it and, as often happens, it
was undiagnosed for some time. However, she has always been a vinegar
fiend - will polish off a bowl of home made mint sauce (basically mint
leaves in vinegar with a touch of sugar), slooshes it on chips and can't
stand mayonnaise as it doesn't contain it but laps up the salad
cream....not literally, we broke her of that habit, using a big stick."

Anyone able to answer or add anything to this?

--
Rod

Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious
onset.
Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed.
<www.thyromind.info> <www.thyroiduk.org> <www.altsupportthyroid.org>
From: Elizabeth on 6 Jul 2008 21:13
"Rod" <polygonum(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:6csl4qF3ak2teU1(a)mid.individual.net...
> On another Usenet group (thread subject "Hand Care" in uk.d-i-y, since you
> ask), someone posted an interesting and new-to-me hypothyroidism question.
>
> Don't want to bore you with the bits that went before (some about apple
> cider vinegar and things), so, cutting to the chase, here it is:
>
> "Out of interest, do you know if those who suffer from hypothyroidism
> get cravings for things the body know would help (much like when women are
> pregnant)?
>
> I ask because my mother suffers from it and, as often happens, it was
> undiagnosed for some time. However, she has always been a vinegar fiend -
> will polish off a bowl of home made mint sauce (basically mint leaves in
> vinegar with a touch of sugar), slooshes it on chips and can't stand
> mayonnaise as it doesn't contain it but laps up the salad cream....not
> literally, we broke her of that habit, using a big stick."
>
> Anyone able to answer or add anything to this?
>
> --
> Rod
>
> Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious
> onset.
> Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed.
> <www.thyromind.info> <www.thyroiduk.org> <www.altsupportthyroid.org>

Rod,

I do like vinegar very much too and sometimes crave it.

Elizabeth


From: Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries on 6 Jul 2008 22:08
Rod wrote:
> On another Usenet group (thread subject "Hand Care" in uk.d-i-y, since
> you ask), someone posted an interesting and new-to-me hypothyroidism
> question.
>
> Don't want to bore you with the bits that went before (some about
> apple cider vinegar and things), so, cutting to the chase, here it is:
>
> "Out of interest, do you know if those who suffer from
> hypothyroidism get cravings for things the body know would help (much
> like when women are pregnant)?
>
> I ask because my mother suffers from it and, as often happens, it
> was undiagnosed for some time. However, she has always been a vinegar
> fiend - will polish off a bowl of home made mint sauce (basically mint
> leaves in vinegar with a touch of sugar), slooshes it on chips and
> can't stand mayonnaise as it doesn't contain it but laps up the salad
> cream....not literally, we broke her of that habit, using a big
> stick."
> Anyone able to answer or add anything to this?

Not vinegar. Licorice. It has to be the real thing--preferably salt
(ammonium chloride) licorice. Also butter. There are several other food
items, but these are the two most worthy of note, because when I'm
properly medicated, the cravings for them go away.

--
Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries

If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will
scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will
refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something
which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he
will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is
explained in this way. - Bertrand Russell


From: Jerry on 7 Jul 2008 20:25
Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries wrote:
>
> Not vinegar. Licorice. It has to be the real thing--preferably salt
> (ammonium chloride) licorice.

Hi, Rhonda. I guess you know that real licorice is one of the few substances
that will make you retain water. (The glycyrrhizin makes the body retain
sodium.) Often, blood pressure goes up.

> Also butter. There are several other food
> items, but these are the two most worthy of note, because when I'm
> properly medicated, the cravings for them go away.
>
From: Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries on 8 Jul 2008 02:03
Jerry wrote:
> Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries wrote:
>>
>> Not vinegar. Licorice. It has to be the real thing--preferably salt
>> (ammonium chloride) licorice.
>
> Hi, Rhonda. I guess you know that real licorice is one of the few
> substances that will make you retain water. (The glycyrrhizin makes
> the body retain sodium.) Often, blood pressure goes up.

Yep.

By mid-afternoon, my normal blood pressure is about 90 systolic/50-60
diastolic or so. Sometimes I get light-headed, but less so if I'm eating
licorice.

I still haven't figured out what the butter is doing for me. I do not
normally eat a high-fat diet, but when the craving strikes, it's with a
vengence. My triglycerides are low normal, as is my cholesterol (it was
150 or 160 when tested three weeks ago), so it doesn't seem to hurt me
in that regard, but I don't much like it anyway.

>> Also butter. There are several other food
>> items, but these are the two most worthy of note, because when I'm
>> properly medicated, the cravings for them go away.

--
Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries

If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will
scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will
refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something
which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he
will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is
explained in this way. - Bertrand Russell


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