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[geminigirl]

I am feeling a great need for chocolate. There is no logical explanation for this craving.

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[haikujaguar.livejournal.com]

Perhaps you are deficient in magnesium, which is a postulated reason for women craving chocolate. We are often magnesium-deficient. :)

That's right, chocolate is a nutritional supplement! Have some now!

[geminigirl]

Sadly I know that already. Which is part of the reason I take a multivitamin with the RDA of magnesium. I also tend to crave chocolate for that reason about a week earlier than this. I'm more inclined to chalk this up to being bored at work than an actual food craving. These are the kind of cravings that go away, and don't hang around.

If it does hang around until this afternoon, I will break out the supply of caramel filled kisses.

[mistdog.livejournal.com]

But that excuse doesn't work for men? Boo.

[haikujaguar.livejournal.com]

I have no idea. It wouldn't surprise me if men were also magnesium-deficient, though, given the typical diet....

More seriously, many of the guys I've talked to have professed not to understand chocolate obsession. They tell me it's a woman thing. I'm not sure if they're right or not, but certainly more men I know are less chocolate-crazed than more women I know. :)

[geminigirl]

It could be largely due to the fact that we bleed about once a month and they don't-men for example don't suffer monthly bouts with anemia as some women do. I know my cravings generally tend to be cyclical-I can fairly accurately predict on what day I'll desire chocolate.

[roosterbear.livejournal.com]

I beg to differ. It's always the right time to be craving chocolate.

[geminigirl]

No, sometimes it's not.

Trust me. I can think of times when it's bad to crave chocolate.

[bitty.livejournal.com]

you need logic to defend a chocolate craving?
piffle.

[geminigirl]

Yes. I'm not much of a chocolate eater in general. Logic is important to my chocolate cravings. If I'd craved sugar cookies or something, I wouldn't question it.

[quillon.livejournal.com]

Its a rare time that I crave chocolate. I'd much rather having something else sweet, like cola or even those über-yummy white cream filled caramels. I think they're called, "Goefetzel's" or something like that.

I can easily eat a lot of those little things.

[geminigirl]

THere were a couple of them in the silver candy dish on my coffee table. They're Goetzes. I love them, but the stickiness prevents overindulgence.

I do have a brownie recipe that uses them though...