Crisps
I used to eat one, maybe two kilos of crisps a week.
Mainly Cool Original flavour Doritos, but also Pringles and Hula Hoops. I would crave them all day to the point where they would distract me from working. One day before my third year exams, instead of revising, all I could do was wander around St. Andrews looking for somewhere that would sell me some goddam crisps. If I couldn't find crisps anywhere I'd raid the fridge for capers, or eat marmite.
Never, ever come between me and a bag of Doritos.
A week after my exams I ended up in hospital. They ran some tests on me and I was diagnosed with Addisons disease - it was causing me to have low blood sodium, hence the cravings for salty foods. The crowning moment was when the doctor told me that my crisp addiction was probably what had kept me alive during that semester. So, my fellow B3tans, follow your cravings!
I'm off the crisps now, I just need to find something wholesome to replace them with. At the moment it's herbal ('pink') tea and cup-a-soups.
( Peapod Has returned to the fold on, Fri 19 Dec 2008, 1:34, 3 replies)

Ha ha!
I was typing a reply suggesting you get checked for something causing a sodium deficiency when I figured I'd better read the rest of your post.

It's amazing how the body tells you what you need. Without fail, when I have a fever I crave a Pizza Hut Cheesy Crust Cheese Lover's pizza, as I burn so much energy when feverish that I have lost kilograms in a day in the past.
(Edktstsss, Fri 19 Dec 2008, 4:41, closed)

I absolutely agree - you should always follow your cravings (or at least follow up on why you are craving specific foods).
My tip for anyone who is feeling rotten during illness, after illness, with a hangover, etc, is to simply go to your local supermarket, stroll slowly down the aisles and buy any foodstuffs that take your fancy, even if it's the oddest thing in the world. Then eat it in whichever combinations you prefer, regardless of how strange it might be.

Your body is trying to tell you what it needs - listen and nosh down. :)
( Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Fri 19 Dec 2008, 7:01, closed)

Doritos? Yuk!
They're not crisps, they're some kind of hardened pus.

How dare you sully the category of crisps with the Doritos abomination.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 19 Dec 2008, 7:21, closed)