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Why is it that i get sudden food cravings?
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Lot of theories: None are perfect. These stem around complicated hormonal patterns. Other things that may be at play are classical conditioning like you may have heard related to Pavlov's dogs, stress, particular nutritional deficiencies and even physiologic addiction.
Answered 1/13/2015
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