Vitamin C

[There isnt a Spoon]

I can't stop eating oranges or eating anything with a high concentration of vitamin C... I just ate 3 oranges now. I'm not trying to be health conscience, it is just something I've been craving for a month. Is something wrong with me? Maybe I'm getting into the Carlos Zambrano diet?

 

Oh yeah, I'm a male and not pregnant.

[eanelson4]

Oranges taste good. How else do you need to explain it?

[davego]

Maybe you really hate fruit and want to detroy it?

[Katuluu]

Perhaps you have an unnatural fear of scurvy?

[There isnt a Spoon]

Perhaps you have an unnatural fear of scurvy?

That may be, I've been reading 'The Count of Monte Cristo' lately.

 

[ttsather]

It's possible that you're just craving it a bit - I have always been a big, big citrus eater myself. I'll fly through a bag of oranges/grapefruit/etc. super fast. Anything with lots of acid, basically.

 

I wouldn't worry too much about it, because you're getting your fill of Vitamin C now if you're eating a lot of oranges. Since Vitamin C is a water soluable vitamin, any extra that your body doesn't use just passes through.

[bullox]

I go through about 10 lemons a week, just cutting them up and squeezing them in to water.

[GAME05]

you could very well just have been lacking Vitamin C for a while in your diet, which is why you're craving it now. i've had similar cravings when i hiked and could go a long time without getting a balanced diet. likely you'll keep up your cravings for a little while yet until your body catches up, then it will slowly go away.

[JumpinMacFlash]

I'm with you on this, I love oranges. On the bright side, the citric acid should help combat kidney stones!