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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Doesn't happen to me. I usually crave some food category (like fish for example) and that's what i needed.

[–] Dasus 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

If you pretty frequently crave fish, you should probably take a vitamin D supplement.

Basically your body knows that fish oil is rich in vitamin D.

I listened to a lecturer about some research on nutrition from early 20th century and one had kids who were freely offereda wide diet, so they could take whatever they happened to crave for. Some might grab a handul of salt and put it in their mouths but then that would be enough, probably spitting half away at least. Then they continue with fruit and water or something.

One kid had rickets and while the others kids never touched fish oil, this kid craved it and took healthy glugs. For like a few weeks or months I don't remember, then he got cured of the rickets and never wanted fishoil again.

Wanting snacks is like the most basic, it's just basically your body yelling "brainfuel (glucose), now", and that varies way more throughout the day than say deficiencies in micronutrients like vitamin D.

Also the kids never ate like too much salt despite grabbing it by the hand. It was early 20th century but they tested sodium level and whatnot imo.

So yeah eat some vitamin D bro. I take 50ug a day as I live pretty far up North.

[–] JustAnotherKay 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Similarly, craving red meat is often a sign of iron deficiency. It can also just be protein cravings, but if it's something that happens often try some iron pills

[–] Dasus 3 points 6 days ago

Also a sign of anemia (which usually isn't simultaneously a sign of needing protein) is eating ice.

If you recognise yourself as genuinely wanting to aways crush and chew the ice in drinks, checking iron levels might be in order.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

You should probably be taking like 50,000. It is very hard to absorb through the gut.

[–] Dasus 8 points 6 days ago

Please don't.

Vitamin D — unlike vitamin C — is not water-soluble and you can take too much.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D_toxicity

The Finnish authorities often changed their suggested daily amounts, but 10 and 20ug are more common and 50 is already on the higher side.

I tried taking 100ug a few years ago but I then got joint pain and think it was actually too much with my diet.

So I've found 50 to be good for me. I don't get sun. Like it's genuinely been weeks or months when I was in direct sunlight. I can't even recall.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

You're probably thinking of IUs rather than ug but even then 50k is way too much:

"Doses below 10,000 IU/day are not usually associated with toxicity, whereas doses equal to or above 50,000 IU/day for several weeks or months are frequently associated with toxic side effects including documented hyperglycemia."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D

50,000ug is 2,000,000 IUs, in other words way too much!