Do humans actually crave electrolytes? I feel like I do, jonesing for some icy mineral water atm

A gatorade would not be unwelcome, also

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DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 63d (1 reply)

Brawndo has electrolytes.

dariusj18@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 63d

Plants definitely crave Brondo

schmorpel@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 63d (3 replies)

When it is very hot your body loses said electrolytes through sweating. So yes, they do.

cheese_greater@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 63d (2 replies)

My apartment is cold as shit tho and I'm only slightly more active than a cadaver

new_guy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 63d (1 reply)

It's not just heat and workout. You can get malnourished and crave for some nutrients. Is your diet balanced?

Or maybe you just like the taste idk

cheese_greater@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 63d

I think it reminds me umami in a way. There is a smoothnees and magnet-y-ness to it that is enticing to me

BCsven@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 63d

When I worked on construction sites in the summer, nothing tasted better than a Gatorade at the end of the day.

Although that was the 80s when they only had green (lime?) or orange flavours, and they seemed more like a real taste. Now the product flavours don't seem like anything.

cynar@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 63d (1 reply)

Our bodies often know what they need. Cravings are often how they communicate it. Electrolytes taste amazing when you need them.

Interestingly, our brains seem to contain a fairly good lookup between smell and nutrition. An interesting diet I've seen is to get a good selection of fruit and vegetables. For each meal, sniff them. If any smell particularly good to you, base a meal off of them.

cheese_greater@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 63d

Fasinating, I'll have to share that with a foodie relative

celeste@kbin.earth · 3 pts · 63d

It seems like it to me, whenever I work outside in the summer

Dadifer@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 63d (2 replies)

It's called pika

cheese_greater@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 63d (1 reply)

Isnt that the eating metal thing?

Or something about kids in Africa eating dirt when they're iron deficient?

Dadifer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 62d

It's most commonly iron, and traditionally pregnant women do it the most.