I was just wonderting if anyone craves salt as bad as I do and what it means? I mean, I salt everything! Including fruit. ha, ha,ha! It's really weird. I've never before salted anything in my life becasue my Mom has high blood pressure so I thought I might get it. Now, I can't get enough of salt . . . what is that? I just have to have my salt and lots and lots of it!

Anyone has any advice or ideas what's up with the salt?

Thank you!

HI:

I don't have salt cravings now but it reminds me of when I was 15 and starting out with my period and all the hormones I had going on back then. I craved salt so bad then and would just eat it out of the salt shaker. I wonder if it has something to do with hormone fluctuations. Anyone know?

Mopsy

I used to enjoy salt in grade school! And I remember a classmate had a younger sister who'd go around with one of those individual Mortons salt salt shakers. My friend said, "my sister eats like a ton of salt a day." The sister was maybe 8.

I craved chocolate during teen years.

Funny, now I don't at all. Although not so long ago I did (meaning a year, say). A lot has happened since. I either just went into peri (I'm 53) or else I had a very long quiet one and now all he's broken loose.

Anyway, no salt cravings since grade school. Chocolate, yes. But now that's gone.

Salt cravings are also a sign of adrenal fatigue.

Erin

What is adrenal fatique?

Debbie

Apparently, because of our bodies, we will crave different things.
I have NEVER craved chocolate, but give me red meat, give me salt, I will be happy.
As with everything else in our lives now, things change.
Just another change!

I have real salt cravings and go mad on chicken with salt, or tomatoes, and any veg!! Try to stop myself but it is difficult, as for the adrenal exhaustion! I have had a number of years where I was under a great deal of stress ......

As Erin said...salt craving is one of the symptoms/signs that your adrenals are exhausted/fatigued. You can check with a saliva test...test your cortisol levels at 4 different times of the day...there are also blood tests.

I just bought the book by Wilson, Adrenal Fatigue..The 21st century stress syndrome. They have a test and some physical tests that you do on yourself to see if your adrenals are tired.

The book is worth every penny...
MarieR

Yup- craving salt is Adrenal Fatigue. I have to carry salt water with me everywhere now I go because my blood pressure can't get above 95/60 without the salt:) It's a sign of Low Aldosterone- a very important adrenal hormone.

And without the salt- I start to go into shock cus my BP and body temp drops so low