# Is it a bad sign if you crave sugar? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 23, 2001, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-bad-sign-if-you-crave-sugar/51446 "2001-01-23T20:00:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jonas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@jonas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonas)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-bad-sign-if-you-crave-sugar/51446/1 "2001-01-23T20:00:14Z")
Now when I say crave I don’t mean “I’m hungry for something sweet”, but sometimes it is an actual physical craving. Sometimes it feels similar to a cigarette craving. People think I’m strange because I eat a lot of sugar. I discovered honey recently and have been eating a lot of it (about a 12oz bottle a week), it tastes better and feels better than a candy bar. Is there somthing wrong with me or do I just have a sweet tooth. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-bad-sign-if-you-crave-sugar/51446/2 "2001-01-23T20:32:02Z")
It’s hard to say without more info, and doubly so since I Am Not A Doctor, but it could just be a preference. It could be hypoglycemia (too much insulin, too little sugar). It could be a compulsion. See a doctor if it’s really trouble, otherwise enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-bad-sign-if-you-crave-sugar/51446/3 "2001-01-24T00:25:07Z")
“12oz bottle a week” Sugar comes in a bottle? Thats news to me. Well, its a vegatable. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-bad-sign-if-you-crave-sugar/51446/4 "2001-01-24T01:33:24Z")
There is the possibility something wrong with your insulin levels, if you feel a physical craving for sweets. I’d still get checked out by your doctor, just in case. Otherwise, it could just be a really big sweet tooth. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-bad-sign-if-you-crave-sugar/51446/5 "2001-01-24T02:26:51Z")
Sugar craving is **not** a symptom of hypoglycemia (just ask diabetics who accidentally take too much insulin, or people who have tumours that produce insulin in excess). Hunger, maybe. But not a hunger for sugar _per se_. No, the symptoms of hypoglycemia are of two types. 1. Those due to lack of sugar in the brain: - hunger, fatigue, blurred vision, confusion, seizures, slurred speech… 1. Those due to the body’s release of adrenalin in response to the hypoglycemia (adrenalin signals the liver to make sugar): - tremor, anxiety, palpitations, sweating ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-bad-sign-if-you-crave-sugar/51446/6 "2001-01-24T07:08:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by handy \* > \*\*“12oz bottle a week” > > Sugar comes in a bottle? Thats news to me. > > Well, its a vegatable. \*\* > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by jonas_ > **I discovered honey recently and have been eating a lot of it (about a 12oz bottle a week), it tastes better and feels better than a candy bar.** FYI, honey comes in bottles. 😉 [sub]There’s a dirty joke in there somewhere…[/sub]