The Science Behind All Those Bizarre Pregnancy Cravings

Cravings are real

Just because you’re pregnant doesn’t mean you cease to be a normal human who has regular food cravings, and at times that can be due to anything from dehydration to being a signal from your body that it’s craving specific nutrients. If you’re curious about food cravings in general, check out this guide.

But pregnancy does involve a surge of hormones, and that’s where things start to get weird. “As your body and hormones are shifting and changing during pregnancy—starting for the most part in the first trimester and peaking in the second—though these for the most part can be attributed to increases or at times decreases of appetite and metabolism, not necessarily cravings for a specific food,” says Yael Varnado, MD.

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