Re: What's up with my beer craving....?

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[ ] What's up with my beer craving....?

> Hi all, I figure there might be some nutritionists out there. I was

> driving home from errands today and out of nowhere starting craving

> BEER! I haven't had one in 10 years. Never really liked it even

> then. Honestly, it was like my body wanted one and *now* so I drove

> to 7/11 and got some and it tasted great. What is UP? It wasn't at

> all emotional. It was a very physical craving that just hit me out

> of the blue.

>

> I only drank 1/2 a bottle. What is in beer? Anyone know?

>

> This is just weird. All the way into 7/11 I'm thinking, what am I

> doing, where is this coming from? I can't believe I'm buying beer.

>

> Am I officially healthy? Phhhfff...

>

> Thanks!

> Jen

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Does any know of any karate schools in philadelphia who are good with austic

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Are you stressed out? I get big-time beer and chocolate cravings (seriously)

when I am under pressure or stressed out.

Jane

" , Jen, rarely " <cannesdo@...> wrote:

Hi all, I figure there might be some nutritionists out there. I was

driving home from errands today and out of nowhere starting craving

BEER! I haven't had one in 10 years. Never really liked it even

then. Honestly, it was like my body wanted one and *now* so I drove

to 7/11 and got some and it tasted great. What is UP? It wasn't at

all emotional. It was a very physical craving that just hit me out

of the blue.

I only drank 1/2 a bottle. What is in beer? Anyone know?

This is just weird. All the way into 7/11 I'm thinking, what am I

doing, where is this coming from? I can't believe I'm buying beer.

Am I officially healthy? Phhhfff...

Thanks!

Jen

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Jen,

Have you ever heard of the Framingham Study, that was designed to look at

every single factor which might have something to do with risks of heart

disease? It is still ongoing, but now they are looking at children of the

original set of people, and they were looking at the role of silicon in

reducing risk. From still unpublished tables, they quantified the silicon

in the diet, and found that the chief source of silicon for men was

beer! Next to that was bananas. In women, it was bananas and green

beans. Mom was right. We should have been eating our vegetables!

Silicon may have a lot to do with polymerization of molecules and a wee bit

to do with sulfation. I've put the reference to the Framingham study below.

If you want to see if the craving was silicon, you can go buy some BioSil

made by Jarrow, and see if that satisfies like the beer did.

Am J Clin Nutr. 2002 May;75(5):887-93. Related Articles, Links

[Click here to read]

Dietary silicon intake and absorption.

Jugdaohsingh R, SH, Tucker KL, Elliott H, Kiel DP,

RP, JJ.

Gastrointestinal Laboratory, The Rayne Institute, St ' Hospital,

London, UK. ravin.jugdaohsingh@...

BACKGROUND: Increasing evidence suggests that silicon is important in

bone formation. The main source of silicon for humans is the diet, but the

bioavailability of silicon from solid foods is not well understood.

OBJECTIVE: We estimated the dietary intake of silicon by adults, separately

for men and women and for different age groups. Foods that were major

contributors to silicon intake were identified. We then estimated the

gastrointestinal uptake of silicon from major food sources and studied how

uptake correlated with the silicon contents of the foods. DESIGN: Silicon

intakes were determined in cohorts from the original Framingham Study and

the Framingham Offspring Study by using a 126-item food-frequency

questionnaire. Gastrointestinal uptake of silicon from foods was estimated

in 3-8 healthy subjects by using urinary silicon excretion as a surrogate

measure of silicon uptake. RESULTS: Mean silicon intakes in men (30 and 33

mg/d in the original Framingham and Framingham Offspring cohorts,

respectively) were significantly higher than those in women (24 and 25 mg/d

in the 2 cohorts, respectively; P = 0.0001). Silicon intake decreased with

age (P < 0.001, adjusted for sex). The major food sources were beer and

bananas in men and bananas and string beans in women. Silicon was readily

available from foods; a mean of 41% of the ingested silicon was excreted in

urine. The silicon content of the foods consumed was significantly

correlated with urinary silicon excretion (P = 0.019). CONCLUSIONS: Solid

foods are a major source of available silicon. The association between

dietary silicon intake and bone health should now be investigated.

PMID: 11976163 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

J Bone Miner Res. 2004 Feb;19(2):297-307. Related Articles, Links

Dietary silicon intake is positively associated with bone mineral

density in men and premenopausal women of the Framingham Offspring cohort.

Jugdaohsingh R, Tucker KL, Qiao N, Cupples LA, Kiel DP, JJ.

Gastrointestinal Laboratory, The Rayne Institute, St ' Hospital,

London, United Kingdom. ravin.jugdaohsingh@...

The role of dietary silicon in bone health in humans is not known. In

a cross-sectional, population-based study (2847 participants), associations

between dietary silicon intake and BMD were investigated. Dietary silicon

correlated positively and significantly with BMD at all hip sites in men

and premenopausal women, but not in postmenopausal women, suggesting that

increased silicon intake is associated with increased cortical BMD in these

populations. INTRODUCTION: Osteoporosis is a burgeoning health and economic

issue. Agents that promote bone formation are widely sought. Animal and

cellular data suggest that the orthosilicate anion (i.e., dietary silicon)

is involved in bone formation. The intake of silicon (Si, approximately 30

mg/day) is among the highest for trace elements in humans, but its

contribution to bone health is not known. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a

cross-sectional, population-based study, we examined the association

between silicon intake and bone mineral density (BMD) in 1251 men and 1596

pre- and postmenopausal women in the Framingham Offspring cohort (age,

30-87 years) at four hip sites and lumbar spine, adjusting for all

potential confounding factors known to influence BMD and nutrient intake.

RESULTS: Silicon intake correlated positively with adjusted BMD at four hip

sites in men and premenopausal women, but not in postmenopausal women. No

significant association was observed at the lumbar spine in any group.

Categorical analysis by Si intake, or energy-adjusted Si intake, supported

these findings, and showed large differences in BMD (up to 10%) between the

highest (> 40 mg Si/day) and lowest (< 14 mg Si/day) quintiles of silicon

intake. A significant association at the lumbar spine in men was also

observed. Further analyses indicated that some of the effects seen for

moderate consumption of alcoholic beverages on BMD might be attributed to

Si intake. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that higher dietary silicon

intake in men and younger women may have salutary effects on skeletal

health, especially cortical bone health, that has not been previously

recognized. Confirmation of these results is being sought in a longitudinal

study and by assessment of the influence of silicon intake on bone markers

in this cohort.

PMID: 14969400 [PubMed - in process]

At 06:06 AM 4/8/2004 +0000, you wrote:

>Hi all, I figure there might be some nutritionists out there. I was

>driving home from errands today and out of nowhere starting craving

>BEER! I haven't had one in 10 years. Never really liked it even

>then. Honestly, it was like my body wanted one and *now* so I drove

>to 7/11 and got some and it tasted great. What is UP? It wasn't at

>all emotional. It was a very physical craving that just hit me out

>of the blue.

>

>I only drank 1/2 a bottle. What is in beer? Anyone know?

>

>This is just weird. All the way into 7/11 I'm thinking, what am I

>doing, where is this coming from? I can't believe I'm buying beer.

>

>Am I officially healthy? Phhhfff...

>

>Thanks!

>Jen