hi all
the recent messages about sweets and cravings
sent me digging in the archives muttering
'been there, heard that'
a search on 'ice cream' turned up 219 messages
a search on 'chocolate' turned up 277 messages
here are a couple of my sweet old messages:
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Date: 10/08/97 13:36
From: janet paterson
Subj: sweets/cravings/ice cream
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hi margie
you said:
> The ice cream craving is interesting to me, too.
> At one point the subject of craving ice cream somehow
> came up in our support group. It turned out the
> craving for ice cream was so nearly so universal
> among the PWP in the group that we jokingly declared
> it the newest way to test for PD.
when i first started taking simemet
i had major problems with stomach pains and nausea
the situation was complicated by an anti-inflammatory med
[i believe] that i was also on at the same time to treat tendonitis
the short version of this story
is that my appetite was messed up for many months
to the point where i could only tolerate one or two bites of any food
before losing all interest in eating
however, during this period
a craving for ice cream and other sweets developed
i described it to my sister
as the only thing that my 'sour' stomach could tolerate
and the only thing that would make it feel half-way normal
she related this nausea and 'sour stomach' sensation
to the nausea she felt with 'morning sickness' when she was pregnant
the only thing she could tolerate then
[particularly on an empty stomach]
was a chocolate milkshake
since so many of our meds
play havoc with our digestive systems
i wonder if there is a physiological basis
for this [apparently quite specific] type of craving?
the fat?
the sugar?
the calcium?
the temperature?
hmmm ...
i think it's time for some grocery shopping ...
with love from your syber sis in cravings
janet
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Date: 16/12/97 06:42
From: janet paterson
Subj: pd and sugar
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hi all
the topic of parkies craving sweets has come up several times
many of us are 'addicted' to ice cream
and/or chocolate
and/or both
personally, i have a much stronger 'sweet tooth' than pre-pd
i have wondered whether it is related to the slight hint of nausea
that sinemet causes to lurk around in the background [for me, anyway]
the issue of sugar 'helping' the absorption of sinemet
has come up before as well
many of us take our meds with sweet drinks for better 'absorption'
since pubmed wasn't available then
i decided to do a quick search and came up with very little
i have just posted three abstracts that are related to sugar
the german one is the only one i found
that refers to sugar helping the absorption of l-dopa
but, interestingly, it mentions the blood-brain barrier
not the digestive system
it seems odd that no other studies have been done
[or at least none that i can find]
your sweet syber syblyng
janet
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