Sometimes, it is difficult to tell if your body is actively trying to help you or just trying to mess with your head. After I had Salmonella, my metabolism seemed to be completely out of sync. I never knew what reaction I would have to different foods.Sometimes, it would make me sick. Sometimes, it would give me diarrhea. The same foods didn't always react the same way.
Then one day, I got the urge to eat a baked potato with cottage cheese on top. No one advised me to do it. I didn't read about it on Doctor.com. I'd never eaten that combination before. It tasted delicious and it kept tasting delicious. In the next three months, I ate baked potatoes with cottage cheese every day. Lots of baked potatoes and cottage cheese.
When my friend came to visit me from Iowa, she asked what kind of hostess give I'd like to have and I said, "bring me ten pounds of potatoes."
"Are you kidding? We were thinking of a nice bottle of wine."
"Nope" I told her, "potatoes, please."
Eventually my friends knew not to come see me unless they brought a container of cottage cheese with them.
After a couple of months, I added chocolate pudding (not instant - yuck!) for dessert.
By now, my digestive system is back to normal. My taste for other foods has returned.
But why did this happen? Did my body know something I didn't know about getting myself back in order and guide me in that direction? I have no clue. All I know is baked potatoes and cottage cheese were what I craved and kept craving for over three months until I was well.
I guess the moral of this story is that your body and your mind can be a mystery but just maybe they know what they need to heal themselves. Don't fight it. Eat the baked potatoes and cottage cheese (or whatever), just in case.
