THREE KEY FACTS A 2006 survey found 91% of the female students surveyed at Cornell University craved chocolate. But in other parts of the world, the survey found the number of women who craved chocolate during their period was lower. A 2019 study found the most craved food among Japanese women was rice, not chocolate.
Trisha Pasricha is an instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School There’s a popular belief that period cravings are linked to hormones. But researchers now think these cravings are culturally driven. Q: I crave chocolate around the time of my period.
Why does this happen? And how can I deal with it?.
