Eating Flour
I've seen two different patients recently who admitted to eating flour right out of the bag with a spoon. One young lady said that she was consuming two pounds of flour every day, eating little else. That was her chief complaint...."I need help to stop eating flour."
Sometimes it would make her stomach cramp up, but she had no other complaints. She seemed like an otherwise normal person, but she was embarrassed about her addiction.
Some things they don't teach us in medical school or residency. Or if they did, the specifics have been long forgotten by your humble narrator. I remember the pica lecture, of course, but I don't recall the management part. So as with many situations that present to the ER, I found myself shooting from the hip.
Is she in danger from eating flour? Of course not...it's flour. Maybe it could cause a doughy bowel obstruction if she didn't drink enough water, or perhaps some vitamin/mineral deficiencies in the long-term, but it wasn't really an emergency. But since I am the caring, compassionate type of physician who always tries to help patients in need, I came up with the best plan that I could think of.
Her examination, lab tests, and X-rays were normal, so I recommended that she take a vitamin every day and try to taper off the flour (setting aside a limited and greatly decreased amount each day for her pleasure) while trying to introduce a more balanced diet. I recommended that she follow up with a Dietitian and a Psychiatrist.
I suspect this is a more common addiction than we realize, but less harmful than many.
Labels: bad ideas, ER, patients, play-doh poop
posted by scalpel at 11:23 AM
137 Comments:
Hope she rises to the occasion and takes your advice. It must be hard to sift through addictive behaviors. At least she's got a little dough to pay for her visit.
Okay, I'm done now.
I remember pica being caused by iron deficiency anemia.
Maybe she has FICA (flour)
oh wait...that's I pay too much of
Okay you comments made me nearly choke on my tea!!!
PICA is a weird thing.
I worked with the MRDD population, About 15% of individuals with mental retardation have PICA. It is much much higher in individuals with Pervasive Development Disorders (autism). By the way, 25% of kids with autism get schizophrenia.
Anyways, PICA is a DSM-IV-TR diagnosis, when it is consistant.
I don't know...but it sounds delusional. I think a psy consult should be warrented.
And yes..I am not a medical person, but I am social work, behavior health intern. So I may have a tiny bit of a professional opinion here (but just a little one-I am still a baby therapist!)
So, did they say what made them start? Or how long they have been doing it?
The whole pica thing is so strange. In class, we learn about how some folks eat laundry starch. I mean, I didn't even know that it existed and even if I had, I can't imagine developing a taste for it.
My patient went through a box of cornmeal in a week. All tests on blood normal. Even sent her to a hematologist thinking there was something I was missing. He sent her to a shrink.
Hehe, I love how you labeled this "play-doh poop.
How bizarre - I've never heard of such a thing. I tried eating a spoonful of flour once as a kid and found it quite impossible. It just sticks to your mouth and teeth and gets all mucousy and gross. Your patients must know something I don't about how to eat flour right.
I hope she isn't gluten intolerant! Hope she can stop, as it sounds like a recipe for type 2 diabetes to me. Maybe increasing omega 3s would decrease her craving ...
A friend of mine sent me an article from "Gastronomica" a couple years ago about the dirt that is consumed around the world as food. Fascinating. Pictures of dirt cubes of different flavors/colors in African market place. The theory had to do with intestinal absorbtion issues. One example, Andean Indeans who would dip a certain kind of otherwise inedible potato in a mud slurry after boiling it. The mud adsorbed the toxins and allowed for absorbtion of the carbs...
Don't know how this relates to flour....but the dirt as a food thing was fascination...More than just a vitamin deficiency...
I'm glad you used your loaf, Scalpel. I know, beneath your crusty exterior, is a heel-er
Dirt often has bacteria in it which our gut needs to digest our food and build our immune system, in addition to all the minerals in the dirt. Our diet tends to be pretty sterile with everything being pasteurized etc., so we don't get as much bacteria. That has nothing to do with flour though. And i would think Africans don't eat a sterile diet, so who knows why the dirt habit ...
Props Coroner, props.
While seemingly harmless, this flour addiction could lead to a severe case of reverse Piñataism.
Poor girl. But flour? So dry...I am running for the water now! 2lbs-Yikes!
Interesting! And a very good way of handling a very unusual issue!
i have that same problem and evrytime i dont have flour near me i feel better but when i have it in sight i have to eat it and i hate it, but it makes me feel better and it makes me feel good about every thing. ima stop eating flour even if it kills me.
OMG! I thought I was the only one that ate flour. It's the taste of self rising that I craved. I have been eating flour for 25 years. My mom ate flour when she was pregnant with me. One day I saw her eating it so I tried it and it was very calming. Anytime I became stress flour became my solution. All purpose flour has no flavor, so if you tried that yes it's yucky. My mom ate starch too, but I never tried that. We are both anemic so may that has something to do with it. Just talking about makes me crave it. OK got to go!
Wow! I'm glad to see there are others that eat flour like I do. I have been eating self rising flour for about 4 years now. At first it was just an off and on thing, but now, I can't go a day without it. It has become a comfort food for me. I keep telling myself that I'm going to quit eating it, but everytime I try my craving for it seems to get bigger. It's an embarassing addiction to have and I do worry if it will harm me one day. Does anyone know if eating flour can harm your body?
You're a doctor, you called it an addiction and then you said essentially "take the drug out and use a little bit of it everyday?" That's insanity.
It's a processed food, raises the blood sugar, increases serotonin...it's a drug...along w/ sugar, putting millions "asleep" every day.
It's PROSESSED food devoid of anything nutrient and you suggested she do "controlled use?"
Go back to school....please.
If a smoker cuts down from a pack a day to 1/2 pack per day, then we praise him. Last I checked, cigarettes don't have any nutrients either, brainiac.
why do u image ur heart a empty bag of flour and picture how many cups of flour it will take until it will clog ur arties, and if u will there it or not.
I TOO, am a flour addict. I started as a child eating Argo Starch. My mom stopped buying it because she felt I ate it too much. Well, I began to eat her flour (not self-rising, it had a horrible salty taste). I believe it's the texture (the powdery feel in my mouth) that got me. Anyway, I was diagnosed with Pernicious Anemia back in the early 90's, but by then I had stopped eating flour. I didn't pick up the habit again until I lost my dad about 2 years ago. I clearly remember the day when there were a bunch of people at my mom's house paying their respects and I began to have this urge to have a spoonful of flour. I went into the kitchen and did just that - got a spoonful of flour. I've been eating it ever since. Now, you all may think it's disgusting to put a spoonful of flour into my mouth, but you don't eat it by the spoonful, you eat a small amount at a time, or else your mouth will end up pasted together. I've been wondering lately if it is at all dangerous for me to eat, but have been assured by my doctor that it's no more dangerous than eating any grain. I'm just concerned with the fact that I eat it RAW and I crave it. I'm in the process of stopping but - just like others, the less I eat it the more I crave it. I'll pray on it -that should help me kick the habit.
i eat flour every day, have for 23 years( im 26). It's like my mouth waters when i think of it and when i do eat it, it's like a rush! kinda like smoking. I also have iron deficient anemia. gotta go, gonna eat some flour(robin hood flour is the best!) hope i can quit eating it though, i heard somewhere you can get worms! gross.
I too eat flour. I honestly thought I was the only person who couldn't control this awful habit.I have tried to break it and succeeded for a short periods of time. Mine started when my I was pregnant with my first son. Then it cravings stopped after he was born. Then again when my second son was conceived. Like the first, the cravings stopped. Then I had a time of depression and it was like the flour was calling me back. I could walk down the aisle and just the smell of it would consume me. I tried so hard to ignore it but a sick feeling would overcome my body and I'd eventually have to have that spoonful.Now, my thing is I have to have a spoonful after I eat or I feel sick. But, if I don't eat my cravings for flour aren't that strong. It's an embarrassing and nerve wrecking habit but who do you trun to for a cure?
I see that i am not alone, i love eating flour i have been addicted to it for 6 years now. It is a comfort food to me it calms me down and i love the taste of the self rising flour. My mouth water for it all the time i just have to have it i fell alone without it.
I TO EAT FLOUR AND GLAD TO KNOW THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE. I CAN CONSUME 5POUNDS OF FLOUR IN JUST A WEEK AND 2POUNDS IN ABOUT 3DAYS. LIKE MANY I HAVE TRIED TO STOP MY FAMILY TELLS ME ALL THE TIME HOW BAD IT IS AND HEAR THAT BUT I DONT HEAR IT. MY MOUTH WATERS FOR IT AND IT DOES CALM ME DOWN MAYBE TOO MUCH CUZ I AM ALWAYS TIRED AND I HAVE NO ENERGY TO DO ANYTHING. TAHT IS STARTING TO BECOME A PROBLEM IN MY RELATIONSHIP. I CAN EAT IT ALL DAY AND NOT WANT ANYTHING TO EAT AS LONG AS I GOT MY FLOUR I AM OK. NOW WHEN I EAT IT I HAVE TO HIDE FROM EVERYONE WHO WANTS ME TO STOP I KNOW THAT ITS NOT GOOD AND I NEED HELP.
I am 33 years old and I have been eating self rising flour since I was a teenager. I crave it more than food. I do need to stop this but how?
I BEEN EATING FLOUR SINCE I WAS LITTLE I CRAVE IT ALL DAY AS SOON AS THE THOUGHT OF FLOUR COMES TO MIND I NEED IT I LOVE FLOUR THICK CHUNCKS AT A TIME AN THEN I HAVE TO BRUSH MY TEETH!!!
ok i still eat flour and its only been 4 years, but i havent had any lately (i ran out). and i work a store and sometimes i feel like a want to run down the asile and get a bag of flour and salt and eat it like theres no tomorrow!!!!! but wat im tryin to say is that if i can go a few days wtihout eatin flour, well so can u.!!!!!!!!!!!!
power to the people who eat flour. self rising all purpose is the best...i like the off brands. gosh i want to stop eating flour. i guess its like the women who eats ice cream when she's streesed. i literally crave flour...mostly after i eat. i can relate to the mouth water sensation. wow i met one other person in my life time that ate flour when i was in college...we would just buy flour and eat it by the spoonful. i hope there arent any harmful side effects...it does seem like it would clog up something though. until then...i feel so much better, this is somewhat of a shameful habit.
Wow... if I knew there were so many flour eaters in the world I would have committed suicide a long time ago.
That habit is weird. Be it directly or indirectly that's bound to do the body harm. Aren't any of you constipated?
Yeesh!!!
Cut it out. It's ridiculous.
omg i eat flour too!!!! like riht out of the bag. with a spoon.
i seriously want to know if there are any pros or cons of this??
is it basically lots of carbs? is that why i'm not skinny??
Wow! I thought I was alone. I eat flour too. A small bag usually last me for three weeks. I like self-rising hate plain, and enjoy the off brands too. I don't know why I do this but I've been doing it since I was a little girl. I have been able to stop sometimes but later start back up. I am truly addicted to flour. I'm glad to see I'm not alone.
I,too, eat flour! When I was pregnant I would crave cornneal, car dust and flour. I learned that on a car you only swipe the upper part so you wouldn't get grit. Very satisfying. I haven't wanted corn meal for a long time- I try to suppress the car dust thing but the flour...
i read in a newspaper health column that the reason is that it is a lack of either and/or a vitamin/mineral. I thought i could remember which/what is was. Niacin keeps coming to mind but thats probably not right. I prefer the plain kind. Tried a couple cheaper brands-didn't like them ,I prefer the big name brand. Will have to try Robin Hood.
The satisfaction I get out of eating flour is the (musky ?) taste when you first put itin your mouth..just b4 it gets wet.
I have learned not to take deep breathes, bend my head backward, talk or take too big of bites when eating flour. I too, sometimes crave it alot. Mostly when I am not real busy. My mouth will water and I have to run for the flour, I carry a styrofoam cup around w/me.
So I guess I'm not crazy. When I was 16 my mom asked me if I was pregnant b/c I was eating flour. That really hurt my feelings b/c i was a virgin. (laugh if you want) At least now I know I am not crazy or weird (at least I hope not). I am now almost 50 and the urge to consume flour is there with me. Nice to know I am not alone.
i am 16 years old and i have been eating flour 4 about a good 3 years now i use 2 eat thee baking powder bckuz i saw my uncles gurl eat it and it was cool bu tthen we ran out so i ventured 2 flour and havent stopped eatin it since but now its getting really sad like i can go through a whole thing of flour in a little under a week sad rite but i cant help it i really do try 2 stop but its like i cant and im glad 2 noe that im not alone
i am 16 years old and i have been eating flour 4 about a good 3 years now i use 2 eat thee baking powder bckuz i saw my uncles gurl eat it and it was cool bu tthen we ran out so i ventured 2 flour and havent stopped eatin it since but now its getting really sad like i can go through a whole thing of flour in a little under a week sad rite but i cant help it i really do try 2 stop but its like i cant and im glad 2 noe that im not alone
I too am addicted to flour but after reading all of these comments I am convinced it's not just psychological. I believe that there is something in flour which is addictive which keeps all of us hooked on it. I wish someone would do some serious studies on flour addiction until that is done we will all keep going back. We need more information.
Anyone notice how the flour in the picture on this page is yellow, lumpy. It must be plain flour and judging by the lumps there is moisture in it. Doesn't look too tasty.
WOW!!! I didn't know there were a lot of people w/the same addiction.. My addiction started when I was a little girl eating corn starch then my mom caught me eating it. Then I started eating flour as a dare and fell in love w/it. I eat the Pillsbury all-purpose flour. I can't no other brand. I wonder will it cause infertility? my husband and I are planning on starting a family soon and I don't want no interruptions. But it's hard for me to stop.. I go thru a 5lb bag in 3 weeks. I will travel to the store late a night just to get a bag if I run out. I try to buy 2 bags everytime I'm about to run out. I suck mine thru a straw. I also can taste it in my mouth when I'm craving it.. I would rather eat flour than to eat food.. Can someone help me!!!!!
Eating flour does not cause infertility. I have been eating flour for over 20 years and I have 4 children. As far as help, there doesn't seem to be much out there. I never heard of sucking it through a straw I will have to try that.
Thanks for the info. My mom ate starch while she was pregnant w/me and I have a white lamb shaped birth mark on my thigh. Sucking it thru a straw is so much better. I tried it w/a spoon and I got flour all on my clothes. My mouth is watering just thinking about it lol... Let me know what you think about it...
i have been eating flour for about 13 years and i am 30. i used to be really bad and eat about two 16oz cup fulls every day. then i tapered down to a 4 oz cup and then to spoonfuls. i even vowed to stay off of it for a year and i did succeed. however, after that year past i went right back to it. i prefer the plain gold medal brand. i also like for my flour to sit for a while to get "settled", b/c it tastes so good after it sits for about 3 weeks and then eat it. so now i will eat probably 3-5 spoonfuls a day. i want to have kids and didn't know if eating flour causes infertility. i desperately want to have kids and have always been unsuccessful. in the back of my mind i wonder if the flour has anything to do w/ it. and yes i have been anemic since i was a little girl.
Some of these comments are amazing. I just had my third child and told my husband that I knew it sounded strange but I was craving flour, just plain flour. (I've been eating rolled oats because I just can't bring myself to eat plain flour.) I started to just give in and try it tonight but we decided to look it up online to see if it was a symptom of anything because I did not have cravings this strong when I was pregnant. After reading all of these, I am not even going to touch the stuff and will call my doctor tomorrow. It is very strange though. I've never seen anyone eat plain flour and I believe I am a very healthy eater: 5-8 servings of fruits and veggies, 1-3 servings of milk, more than 8 cups of water, and count Weight Watchers points for everything else. I breastfeed this baby, just as I did the other two and I'm still taking prenatal vitamins. So, where does it come from?
I too eat flour. I find that Martha White self-rising flour is the best. I just can't stay away from it. I just love the stuff! If flour was crack I would be hurtin' bad!! I am glad to read that I am NOT alone. I felt like I was carrying around a dirty little secret. So all of you flouring eating people,let raise our flour filled bowls and spoons and eat like we just don't care!!! Party over here!!!
Yes i also eat flour, its the best but, also a bad habit. I am starting to see that people do eat it other than me, I love Southern Busciut self rising flour.
I too am a undercover flour eater. I love the Gold Medal all purpose unbleached flour. I sprinkle salt on it and eat it with a plastic spoon right out of the bag. It's soooo good. I can't stop. I wish i could but once i get that craving i have to have it. After meals and whenever my husband isn't home i find myself pigging out on it. I think they put something in it to make it so irresistible.
I love the white lily self-rising flour, it is the best kind to eat, i buy 4 bags at a time to make sure i won't run out, it is soooo good!!!
I am anemia. And it have gotten worst. I LOVE flour. I started eating flour after my gastric bypass surgery. It's like I'm missing something in my diet. I try not to keep flour in the house because I crave flour badly. I was told you can get worms from flour, I hope this is not true.
Do men eat flour also??
I eat flour;only bleached enriched. My mom started eating it probably after she had her first kid, which then she had me. She would eat clay, corn starch, and flour. I didn't start eating flour habitually until my freshman year in college for about a year and then I stopped for 3 years. I recently began eating it over a year ago, moreso now than ever before. I am anemic and have low blood sugar. I don't know if it is helping my blood sugar since it is starchy and starch quickly turns into sugar, but upon my investigating, it is linked to iron deficiency. I just started taking a multivitamin to see if it will ease the craving, but it seems also that the urge is stress related. I don't know, just a though.
I eat flour too. I have for almost 20 years, I am 37. I have gone stretches at a time where I don't eat it, but the cravings ALWAYS come back at some point. I eat heaping spoonfuls whenever I can, when no one is around at home. I have never had worms (where do people get this info?), I would think you would only get some type of worm if your flour had bugs in it, and you would know if that is the situation. For all you people out there that think it's a joke and ok to make fun of us, it's not. You probably have issues that others would think are weird but are too afraid to put it out there because someone might be a jerk and make fun of YOU.
omg.. i love flour and i too would rather eat flour than food. i have tried numerous of times to get off of the stuff but every return leaves me wanting more. I lost 15lbs with being off of it for 3 wks but i was not as happy as i am with it. Needless to say I am back with my flour eating about 1lb a day. I like it cold out of the freezer and keep a straw in my bag. It eats better that way (with a straw) Warning it takes practice but I love that feel when it first hits my mouth. Noticed that I have less energy and sleep more but those seem to be the only side
effects
flour eating is an iron deficency for me -
i tried B12 and iron tablets and it stopped my craving for flour after about a week.
I tew eat flour muh ma hates dat ii do but iits ay hard habiit tew break ii lubb self-riisiin iits jus sooooo qud yea of course ii hate iit but ii kan't break diis habbiits bt iit really helps tew c dat there are other ppl owt there dat eat iit tew &nd want tew stp bt kan't
im addicted to flour. i haven't had in days because i ran out but i look at the other bag of flour and it's disgusting. all purpose is the best. i feel calm and relaxed after i had 3 to 4 spoon fulls from one time going to the bag. i've been eating flour since i was around four or five years old. my mom ate flour when she was pregnant with me. i think i got it from her. she stopped now and she wants me to take some stanky old pills. flour is my comfort. go flour eaters.
OMG. I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE EATING FLOUR. ITS GOOD TO NO I GOT FRIENDS OUT THERE. I TO HAVE IT BAD FOR FLOUR. I CRAVE FOR IT DAILY. MY MOM USE TO EAT IT WHEN I WAS YOUNGER AND I THOUGHT IT WAS NASTY. THEN WHEN I GOT PREGNANT WITH MY SON IN 1988 I WAS CRAVING FOR IT. AFTER I HAD HIM DIDNT WANT IT NO MORE UNTIL I GOT PREG. AGIAN IN 1992.ATE IT THE WHOLE TIME I WAS PREG. NOW MY SONS ARE 20 AND 17. AND HERE I AM AGAIN EATING IT. BUT I'M NOT PREGNANT.ITS JUST SO GOOD. I WISH THE DOCTORS COULD GIVE ME AN ANSWER OF Y I EAT IT. I EAT PILLSBURY BEST SELF RISING. I TRIED OTHERS BUT IT DON'T TASTE LIKE PB. I EAT 2 2LBS BAGS IN 3 DAYS. I DONT SWALLOW I JUST LIKE THE WAY IT FEELS IN MY MOUTH. I CHEW IT TILL ITS GOOIE AND THEN SPIT IT OUT. SO WE DO NEED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS. AS A MATTER OF FACT I'M EATING ON SOME NOW. I LIKE TO PUT MINE N A SMALL SANDWICH BAG AND SQUEEZE IT TILL ITS LUMPS. THEN CHEW ON THE LUMPS. SO GOOOOOOOOD.PLEASE HELP. AND I WANT EAT NO FOOD IF I DONE HAD IT. CANT WAIT TO GET OFF FROM WORK.
I'm a 22 year old anemic female and like everybody else on here I simply LUV & CRAVE self rising flour. i've been eating it for about 12 years and can't get enough of it. I was actually looking to see if there were any complications with it but came across this. i've been trying to stop for awhile but not because i'm embarassed but because I don't want any harmful effects later. my boyfriend tried it and hates it....so I often find myself hiding it in a jar in my rrom for a midnight snack or taking it in a plastic bag for a snack while I drive to work. ...from the way it looks right now...i probably won't be stopping anytime soon....as a matter of fact I was eating some while posting this....
WoW!! I am completely blown away with all of the flour eaters I too though i was the only person in the world with this crazy craving but after seeing all yall i feel alot better I was 12 when i started eating flour my mother cooked with it so often and i had to clean up the kitchen afterward so one day i was playing with it decided to taste it next thing i new i was eating a little bit at a time and then by the spoonful here it is 28yrs later i find out there are others like me however i only eat 2 maybe 3spoonfuls a day and i too crave for it like a smoker after dinner. i was embrassed by this crazy vice. i am glad to know there are others i have quit before i just noticed one day that i hadn't eaten it all day and from then on i said one day at a time one moment at a time and it helped tremendously. I eat food though flour is not filling unless i eat 3spoonfuls of it then i feel guilty however i do know you can't eat flour then in an hr eat ice cream or drink milk you will have terrible cramps and have to use the bathroom and throw up at the same time.. that has been the only side affect for me and i believe we help each other just by knowing there are others i am scared to try the straw i might then be an addict so i will leave that to you..
I have noticed most people on this board crave it after they eat. I too crave flour after I have eaten. I really really believe there should be some research into this because something is causing us to be addicted to flour. I don't believe it's a deficiency, I believe there is something in the flour that is causing this.
I have been eating flour for 5 years str8 on and off, and the brand name flour that i eat is White Lily A.P.F. and im getting sick and tired of eating it, at 1st it seems great but a few months or years go by and u want to stop but u cant beacuse ur to addicted, so here some advice for the flour ppl stop by the damn flour for 1 or start getting ur family to buy the 2lb bags and only learn how to save it, by eating it a tablespoon a day. To slow ur habit down, or learn how to stay busy or keep ppl in the kitchen or find something more meanful to do other then eating flour like its the only food in the world. GET SOME DAMN HELP YOU JUNKIES!!!!!!!
Finally there's someone that knows what I go through. i am 39 and have been eating flour since a little girl. Like all of you i can not seem to kick this addiction. Others say you need to stop eating that stuff but don't understand I can't just stop. It's breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I want to stop but can't. I have stopped for a while but habit are hard to break. I have bypass the spoon and straw method i just take the bag to the head. Martha white self rise is all I do. Is there any help for us? My fellow flour eaters we have to keep each other in our prayers.
i love eating self rising flour... i am 17 and have been eating flour for a year i need help
I also eat yam flour, ground rice and sand and pumice stone. I cant stop I did it as a child and stopped for several years but last 2 years cant stop I am anemic and have told doctor and consultant but there response was I read about it in med school. I am fat but always was if any one knows cause/cure please post
LOL!!! omg im sitting at wirk reading all of the comments and im laughing because i can relate. i come home from school just thinking abouy flour. i eat spoonfuls of it before i go to bed, especially after i eat. i smell it walking down the store aisles and my mouth starts to water. ive even had chalk that ive ground up and inhaled like it was powder cocaine. lol. its crazy to know that SOOO many people have these cravings. i stopped at one point in time, but now im back on it. and when im away in town, i worry that i will crave it , which i do. and i even used to keep some by my bedside in a styrofoam cup just so i can have it. i used to keep boxes upon BOXES of chalk to eat also. i started taking suome from different classrooms and eat. but ive stopped the chalk thing now. but everytime someone would come in my room and ask why i had flour and chalk i would make up a lie because this disorder is really embarrasing. mannnn im craving it right now. im at work and cant wait to go home. LOL!
by the way, Pillsbury All Purpose is the BEST! Gold Medal is ok. lol
I am 40yrs old and have been eating flour since I was 6. I have 4 healthy kids (been married 20yrs) and I'm in good health so says my doc. I excercise, take a multi-vitamin and luv to eat all-pupose flour daily. No bad effects to note- just happy. I do notice I crave it more if I feel stressed though:0
WOW! I eat flour and I'm like 15 and I saw some ppl like 30 somethin still eating flour and I don't wonna get married and still be eating flour so I have a little bit more motivation to stop. for the record Gold Medal self-rising go hard. (go hard means 'the best'(for you old ppl) lol):)
I think the saying of eating flour is STUPID,,but i cant say too much cause i eat it to. I say im going to stop when i get a new bag, but when it runs out i HAVE to get another bag.I can say i have been eating flour for a long time now. But i STOPED swolling it. I just like the taste of it and after it gets wet i spit it out (SOMETHING LIKE DIP)LOL. Yeah that BEST though is ALL PURPOSE CLOVER VALLEY FLOUR. HAY is off brand from tha DOLLAR STORE but seems to be tha best FOR ME.. WELL GOT TO GO CAUSE IM EATING SOME OF MY GOOD OLE CLOVER VALLEY RIGHT NOW!!!!LOL
Now I don't feel so alone. Ive been eating flour for at last 25 years. Its the taste and texture. Just thinking about it makes my mouth water. When I was pregnant with my twins I ran out of flour and started eating bisquick. I feel in love with that too. I would buy a box just to eat raw. My kids thought I was just making pancakes. I am able to stop for short periods of time. Im also anemic and when I take my iron pills it reduces the cravings.
i'm also glad i'm not the only one that eats flour and it is embrassing because people that dont eat it think its strange.My sister is the only one that knows i eat it. I am 22 and i starting eating flour when i was pregnant with my daughter who is 3. It does cramp your stomach sometimes and it can make you constipated. But it is addictive, i dont know why but it . And for the record Gold Medal Self-Rising is the best. Its like it has flavor or something
Its so hard to give up my flour habit. I love the way the flour feels in my mouth and the taste. I use a method when i eat it where i squeeze the bag to compress the flour so that when i scoop it out with a plastic spoon it forms soft hunks of flour. And then i drop the flour into my mouth and savor the feel and the taste. When it enters my mouth and i bite down on it i get a powdery burst of goodness in my mouth. I can't give up the soft powdery hunks. Flour is a must have for me!
I also eat flour. I read an earlier post similar to my situation. I started eating flour after I had gastric bypass surgery. I let my dr know & he ran tests on me, they showed that I'm anemic and have low blood sugar. I thought I would have high blood sugar b/c I'm thinking high carbs but he says when you digest the flour it turns to sugar, insulin level increases & causes your blood sugar to drop. Pair that with anemia & u get 1 tired girl. I have tried to stop but the cravings r so strong. It's the texture feeling that I love so much. I haven't tried the self rising but I like the Pillsbury Best all purpose.
I am going to be 30 this year and i've been eating flour since I was about 12. It started off with a spoonful here and there, now its escalated into going through a small bag every 2-3 weeks. My mom was very concerned when I was younger. I had to go to great lengths to hide until I got old enough and moved out. It sucks as a habit, its embarrassing, nobody understands it so you can't talk to anyone about it. I am glad to hear that is doesn't cause infertility because that is a major concern of mine. The cravings get worse when I eat meals with alot of carbs or when I drink alcohol-mostly wines and beer. I have 'quit' so many times, just to start up again. I also noticed that it causes recurrent yeast infections and upon further research adn diagnosis, I realized that I've got an extremely high candida level in my system. Its a nightmare, but I just can't stop.
i eat flour alot like almost twenty tablespoons ah day! what would that do to me? plez email me back! i'm doing this for more than 13 years now.
I started out eating baby powder when I was 5. When I go older I changed to starch and then all purpose flour. Now, it's nothing but loty rice flour or la rincente rice flour but alot of places don't carry that one. I find them to be very fine and powdery. I too find the feel in my mouth very comforting. I crave it. I am up to eating about a pound a day. I was able to stop for about 4 months. But, my mom died and I started eating it again. I know it is not good to do because you can't let people see you do it. But, I am having a hard time stopping. I am almost 42years old. But, I see I am not alone.
It really is incredible to see so many people who share the same addiction that I do. I just recently (within the last 2 months) started to have a overwhelming craving for flour. I've been very stressed out lately and I think thats what started it. My mouth waters when I think of it and I too love and I mean love the way it feels in my mouth. I dont swallow it and only have a few tablespoons and once it gets sticky i spit it out. I want to quit before the years start to pass, Im 34 and nobody knows I do it. It's not phychological the flour calms me and makes me feel better. it's like a drug not pica
GLUTEN,Gluten GLUTEN, I finaly figured it out. I too am/was a flour eater, anemic and low blood sugar. Gluten is in the flour and the more gluten your body intakes the more it will tell you, you need it.
Thats where the craving is coming from and after research and eating flour for 15 years i found it. I started eating white or brown rice when i get the craving and the craving for flour went away...well not yet completely but it is alot better and I have started to loose weight.
The weight loss was most important to me as i felt the flour put on extra pounds.
I hate that I can't stop eating flour. I sneak and eat it, and buy more before my husband realizes were out again. I also eat suck mine through a straw, it's easier, and less messy. I need a cure, because it is horrible on my shape!
Anonymous, I never get constipated in fact when I do go to the bathroom it is very smooth. I have started eating flour during a pregnancy and contiued after. The doctors did tell me I need more iron in my diet and I took the vitamins which constipated me yet, I still craved the flour. I love the Gold Medal All purpose brand and I purchase the small 4 cups bag so I don't go over board but I do have to drink plenty of water during and after. Please help!!!
Hello everyone.... I am still eating flour. I commented last year. I realized that we have alot in common, we all have low iron. I really think that has something to do with it. I went to a doctor and he onced asked me did I have any unusual eating habits such as eating detergent, powder etc. I was too embarassed to tell him I ate flour. He put me on some iron pills and the craving for flour left me, It was only after I ran out that I started to carve flour again. I remember trying to eat the flour when I was on the iron pills, it made me sick. i couldn't stop gagging. So now I am back craving flour. I know I need to go back to the doctor for more iron pills. but i hate giving it up. I find myself sneaking eating it all the time. i had to change my brand to Gold Metal. living out here in california, they don't have Martha White self-rising flour. Gols metal will have to do until I drag myself back to the doctor. So is you need a cure....take IRON PILLS!
In spite of the many "confessions" on this subject posted here, I was surprised to come across this video. Click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSA4FSBoSCU
I remember in the 70's my Godmother and Grandmother always having a cup of flour a few times per week. It was some type of diet or so they thought.Now in my 30's, I was interested one day and I wanted to see what the attraction was all about. It was gross but I loved the texture in my mouth! I began to eat flour more and more,even having a brand preference. I would never tell anyone this, it is so weird. I have tapered off greatly after I didn't have a bowel movement for several days. When I finally did it was like two rock hard balls that I couldn't flush. I had to put gloves on and remove them from the toliet bowl. That is not very sexy, so needless to say I laid off of the flour. Every once in a while after a stressful day, I do have a craving for a heaping spoonful but I think back to that day and I forget it.I take the Gin & Tonic instead.
I LOVE FLOUR. ITS LIKE MY DRUG....IT GETS ME THREW THE DAY...MY MOUTH IS WATERING AS WE SPEAK...AS OF NOW I EAT 80 POUNDS A WEEK!!! AIMING AT 100POUNDS WISH ME LUCK
I 2 am a flour eater i love to eat white lily all purpose flour with salt, its so fuckin good, i havent had any lately so how i keep a sane mind is by watch people on youtube. thats how i pass my time
I have been eating white flour since I was around the age of 5. I started out of curiousity because I would see my Grandmother eat big tablespoons of it. I am now 32 and I know use Bisquick which satifies me more than the self rising flour. I can sympathize with drug addicts because I know whats it like to have to have something so bad until it consumes you til you give in to the weakness. Funny thing is I have went years without, but ended right back on it. It completely satisfies me when I'm angry, sad or stressed. It is a serious addiction that I am ashame of. Shock to know that their are so many other people who do the same thing. For me this is a serious matter that I have no control over. :0(
I too am a flour addict. Started when I was about 10 and I'm 27 now. After lots of reading I realize that it's caused by my iron deficiency. I was prescribed Trihemic iron tablets, and after about 2-3 days of taking the pills, flour was the most DISGUSTING taste ever. So instead of continuing to take the tablets, I allowed my love for flour to control me and stopped taking the tablets, now eating flour several times a day. I'm a homemaker so I'm by myself practically all day and ROBIN HOOD flour is my company. My only fear though is that my daughter doesn't get this addiction. I've had some serious bowel issues and wouldn't want her to go through the same thing.
Man i thought iwas the only one to,its like i have to eat flour after i eat a meal,its the only way i feel full,something about the taste,its very addictive,now i notice if i drink milk after eating flour all hell break through,so no milk while eating flour,i love martha white brand,never done it with a straw though i will have to try that.
i also eat flour and i want stop it im 16 yrs and i do it 2 yrs .... i want help to stop it plz help me!!!
I do not believe I thought I was the only one who eats plain flour with spoon. The two have been doing for years and I'm 16. I do not know how he started once tasted chalk and flour after and since then I eat flour directly into cups then. I thought it was bad for the body. My mom said I can get cancer but do not know if it's true. I live in GREECE and do not know if I there are similar people here. now I try to ceases for one week but I've eaten there I've thought about many times. I know that, once I eat I was fat meal can be and I want to ceases because I want to be model. I'm 55 kg and height 171. I think now I eat flour ceases permanently. but tell me if the flour I get cancer. Talk to me.im joanna and write again.
I am so happy to find this! I too an obsessed with flour and eating it. I limit myself because of health but I constantly crave it.
I'm obsessed with in it many ways. I have several different ways of eating it.I love to put it in small bowls, fill it full, lick across the surface of the flour, make trails in it.
I love to tunnel my tongue deep into the bowl.
In eating it I like to gather an amount in a spoon, and take it up into the air and let it fall on my tongue. I also like to get it closer to my tongue with a spoon , then dump it on my tongue quickly.
The other way is I put a spoonful in my mouth and blow some of it out. I like to see it wisp through the air. Then I am seduced by the silky texture and delicious taste as my saliva wets it.
I am addicted in other ways.I love to sprinkle and dust flour onto my skin.It feels so silky and smooth.
My last addiction is sexual.My boyfriend and I use it in bed. We sprinkle it all over each other and lick it off and lay a thick layer of flour down on the bed to lay in, roll around in before we make love.
I got my boyfriend into this and he didn't like it at first, but came to enjoy it a lot. He could do without it if not for me I think.
Is flour sexual for anyone else? I feel like even among flour eaters I am crazy because you never hear of this. It would be good to know that I'm not alone in that e4ven though I prob am.
I can't share any of this with anyone. Only my boyfriend knows so it was a relief to be able to tell other people through this page. I will check back for any responses.
OMG IM NOT THAE ONLY ONE!!!!
So far i have not eating flower for 2 weeks...well until last night when i was preping to fry some porkchops...i saw the bag (brand new bag) and i jus couldnt help myself. i couldn't wait til my boyfriend left out of the kitchen so i can get a spoon full. and when i finally got it, it felt like i was in my own little world. now i just have to have it more. im waiting on my boyfriend to go to work at so i can enjoy more in pease...LOL it sounds like im on drugs! i need a intervention!LOL but seriously i WANT and NEED to stop...But where do i start and HOW!!!
I have been eating self rising flour for the past 25yrs. My mom and grandma did it. I use to also eat argo starch and gave that up years ago as a teen. I have severe anemia but have never told me doctors that I ate flour. On my next visit I will tell my secret. I eat about 6 tablespoons a day and would like to stop.
I love Martha White self-rising
I to also thought that I was the only flour eater in the world. The reason for my discovery of this site was, we were talking about weird eating habits and I was talking about mine. The people in the salon thought I was crazy so I started doing some research and stumbled on this site. Flour to me is like a good drag, it makes everything feel less stressful. I think we all need to go on doctor OZ to see what he says. I know that would be an excellent show. Nice knowing I'm not alone!
Wow what a relief...I totally thought I was weird. My pica is actually dirt, dust, or fine sand, but I thought one day while baking a pie, maybe I should just try it. Low and Behold Dirt doesn't sound as appetizing anymore! Yay! Everyone thinks I am weird though. It's cool, don't dog it till yah try it!
Ive been eating self raising flour for three weeks now. Ive eaten nearly 500 grams of it. I had an iron defiency in August think the flour-eating may have been caused by that, because I have heard about 'pica'. I hate plain flour. Im not sure exactly what the flour is doing to my body. Every day I take pinches of it and let it drop into my mouth, I do this for a while.
I also eat flour, have had cravings since adolescence. I'm in my thirties, now.
I get the feeling that plain white four may not be the best for my body, so I eat enriched whole wheat, instead.
I limit my intake to a small 1 pound bag once a month, as a treat, like a few tablespoons a day, but I also eat normal healthy food. I don't forsake that for flour.
I do think the whole wheat flour keeps me regular. So, that's a definite benefit.
I do wonder if there are more women than men who crave this and if losing iron during your menstrual period might be a factor in the craving.
Also, it is strange that we are all embarrassed by this. People are more open and fine with admitting that they smoked weed than they are about eating a harmless starch.
i thought i had this addiction by myself its so crazy how theres alot of people like me,and yes we do all have alot in common and it anemia,but i wanted to ask everyone a question with this addiction can you still drink alcohol because i can no longer drink alcohol without having a bad allergic reaction it started happening after about of year of being addicted to flour Its so funny how i can be over someone house and try to sneak in someone flour without being caught, i be plotting on the flour, i will get the spoon first and then creep around in the pantry like im looking for something and it get even funnier because when im over my moms house because she no about my addiction she watches me on a sly and when she sees me eating flour she will be like spit it out right now,and she be screaming your going to get diabetes. i eat golden metal flour and need it to be old like its dec and have some with mays date on it.i cant wait til i get off work i run straight to it.its too funny cause one of my boyfriends no about it and one dont,the one who do be like you want some flour when we go to the store and when he sees me chowing down on it he be like its good aint it, the other one be looking confused when he sees flour sprinkles on my table he wont say nothing but the expression on his face is to die for he be looking is that caine or what?its so weird because you dont want to tell nobody about the addiction. and someone on hear said its like a cigarette and it really seems like it cause after i eat i get a real strong craving like it goes hand in hand. i been read you guys comments and i was stunned with my mouth opened like ohhh wee i did not no so many people was out there like me,i knew my comment was going to be long cause i been addicted to flour since 2004,but this is going to have to stop because i am overweight and i would really like yo lose some weight, i have to have surgery and because of my anemia im getting a blood infusion so i hope after this my cravings will go away,i wonder is everybody whos addicted to flour overweight? let me no! and another thing is i hope once i get all this yeast out of me and detox i will be able to drink alcohol again, i would love too be able to sip on something, i was never an acoholic so this disturbs me.i look foward to hearing from you guys
Somethings I think we probably can all agree on:
1. The craving for flour is strongest after having ate a meal.
2. Self-Rising flour tends to be the most consumed.
3. Although there is a desire to stop eating the flour there is a strong addiction which keeps you going back for more. This is the scariest fact. You want to stop but something want let you.
4. There are certain times when you overeat it makes you feel really sick.
5. There is also an addictive "liking" for powdery things. There is something about the dryness of flour in your mouth.
6. Most of us who eat raw flour don't necessarily like "cooked" flour products. We would not like dough itself or go ga-ga over breads. There is something about the raw dry powdery flour.
These are somethings to think about. Has anyone tried taking iron pills or some other mineral pills to see if that decreases your craving?
Somewhere in the world, eating this much plain flour must be socially accepted, because there are mass-produced snacks that are very popular, like Baldies pretzels, which are all flour and some salt (they also come unsalted). I don't know if I am helping or hurting anyone, but for those flour addicts amongst us here is another snack called "shui po biscuits" which you can find in a Chinese grocery store, better if you live near Chinatown. They are shaped like life-savers and made of pure, unadulterated four with a pinch of sugar. They come in a bag and it's very very cheap. I can eat the entire bag in one seating, so beware.
And I thought that I was the only one losing my mind... I too eat flour on occasion. I hide it from my fiancee and my family, but am not sure what eating flour really does to the body... want to stop, but seems like I can't. I need flour rehab lol
I have been eating Gold Medal all purpose flour for 18 years now and the longest I've gone without eating it was 4months. It is cause by low iron. and when I was off the flour was due to recieving an iron infusion but once the body gits low on iron again you will start to crave it contrary to what people think about it is a real addiction and very hard to kick once you started many women in my family ate it and it does contain folic acid that is good for you.and to me when it is room temperture it is a bit sweeet but it has to be room temp or warmer...but if someone want to quit they could start taking two iron pills 3x a day and your cravings will decrease
I am a honest flour eater. i can eat two pounds a day. i crave it like a cigarette even though i have never tried one. once i get a spoonful of flour it just calms me and only makes me want more.i have been eating it for about 15 years. i cant quit even though i too am very anemic.i need a remedy or a patch to quit eating flour
i love flour so much when i dont have it i;m mad but when i do i;m not hungery all the time is flour eatting bad
This is crazy! I never thought anyone else was sneaking around eating flour. I started eating flour around 11 and I am 26 now. I stopped eating flour when i was like 13 because i was scared it was going to make me sick because i was eating so much of it. I just chew flour now, I don't actually swallow it. I can fill up a empty water gallon with chewed up flour within a few hours. I find it conforting and relaxing as well. hmmm strange but true
Google "bleached flour" and you will read many articles on how bad this stuff is for you. It can lead to diabetes. For some people it can cause excessive weight gain. It can cause you to get tired quickly and have low energy. The flour disturbs your insulin levels. It is bad for you in the long term. You probably have Pica and are anemic but only a doctor can tell you for your sure. To kick the habit take 2 iron supplement pills a day with a little citrus or fruit juice, something with Vitamin C in it. This will take a way your cravings for flour.
my goodness, and i thought i was alone. my friends have never seen anything like it. i only know one of my friends that eats it too.
it just soothes me and i've been eating it for so long that i know when it's the right taste and when it's too old or too fresh. white lily self-rising is the BOMB.
thumbs up to all my fellow flour eaters aka FFE!.
:)
Nobody here shares my sexual affection for flour but that is okey dokey.
I believe at least a few others in the world must but we will probably never meet up on the net.
I am now back to share some helpful hints with my fellow flour eaters.
Most flour right out of the bag has too sharp a flavor for my taste. If anyone feels the same, you can do the same thing I do.
Fill a bowl full and put it somewhere where it will stay clean and undisturbed, like a high shelf or the top of a bookcase.Leave it there for one week.
At the end of the week, it should be mellowed to the perfect flavor. Very delicious.
I think it being outside the container in the air is what produces the wonderful taste.
Don't worry. One week is not nearly long enough for it to go stale to harm you in any way.
If you are in a hurry, the same effect can be had by putting it in a MICROWAVE SAFE BOWL ONLY and nuking it for one minute a day for 3 or 4 days, letting it cool each time.
This seems to have the same effect as the method above.
Another hint is that body dusting power can be made with flour!
It's very simple to do.
First spread out a some tin foil or some plastic wrap or a clean towel.
Again, spread this out somewhere where it won't be disturbed for a few days like a dresser.
Dump out a bunch of flour on whatever you are using and smooth it out with a spoon as best you can.I'd say that 2 cups would be more than enough.
Then take your favorite perfume or body spray and wet the flour with it.
Get it thoroughly dampened but not soaking wet.It will of course lump up.
Leave it there for 2 or 3 days.
Go back and with a big spoon again , mash it out as flat as you can.
Then put it into a glass container with a lid and enjoy.
This can be used just like dusting power you buy in a store except its a lot cheaper and lasts longer and doesn't have the chemicals that the store bought powder does.
It really works.
I'd like some feedback on these ideas as I came up with them myself after some trial and error and am eager to share them with other flour lovers.
Eating flour is nothing to poke fun at it is something that the body craves and desires. It is not an issue that warrants a therapist. Although it may not be understood it is real. I wish more studies can take place about the understanding of why the body craves flour. It is not something a person can easily speak of or admit to a doctor. I too am a flour eater, I cannot say I am proud of it but my craves it for the texture and the taste. So for a person to joke about something like this is harsh!!!
notice how everyone on here has anemia..
JUST HAD A BIG GULP OF OUR FAVORITE COMFORT FOOD...I TOO AM A FLOUR(SELF-RISING)ADDICT.I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT 22 YRS AND I RECENTLY HAD A CO-WORKER DO A ECHO ON ME CAUSE WE WERE JOKING AROUND ABOUT MY NEEDLE PIN SIZE HOLE IN MY HEART, ANYWAY TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT SHE STARTED TO QUESTION ME ABOUT SPOTS ON MY KIDNEY AND LIVER.SHE MADE A DISK AND THUS PRESENTED IT TO OUR PHYSICIAN HERE AT THE OFFICE,AND IN DOING THIS IT STARTED TO SCARE ME AND I AM WORRYING IS THIS APART OF MY ADDICTION TO FLOUR?
I been eating flour for about six yrs and I jus can't stop. I only like the white light flour. I think its because of my low iron. Now I'm addicted to eating raw farina are cream of wheat straight from the box.
I'm also a flour eater, I love self risig clover valley, I have tried to stop but I'm so addicted. I got lab work done I was just a little anemic but everything else was fine, its a stress releiver for me I just love the taste of it...
As a physician you should have used your critical thinking skills a little more to realize that of course flour can be a problem. If you patient is diabetic, flour is carbs and can cause your pt to go into DKA....many other things can happen also.
- A nurse.
In reading all of the comments it is really amazing how there are sooo many people out there that eat flour. I have been eating flour since i was around 9yrs old. I quit for a few years and for some reason the cravings came back. I am now 37yrs old and i can go maybe 3days without it. I did notice how several people that commented stated that they were anemic. I wonder if that has anything to do with it because I am also anemic. During the time that I stopped I was taking pills for my anemia. I'm going to have to look into that and see if that could be part of the cravings.
WOOOW! I am not alone after all. For me, the best flour is an old, past the expiration date, bag of Gold Medal All Purpose Flour. It just makes me feel good. Newer or fresher flour makes me very sick, but the old ones have no major side effects for me. I drive around to all kinds of liquor stores because they're most likely to have expired flour.
It really is a disgusting habit though. I have gained so much weight and I know it's because of the flour. I cant' stop though. It makes me feel good when I'm feeling down. I've been eating it regularly for about 12 years now. I am 40. I am really trying to stop now. I haven't had it in about 5 days (though my mouth is watering for it). I'm tired of being fat. Please pray for me.
Wow, I had no clue there were so many flour lovers out there. I have anemia so off and on I've craved corn starch, flour, chalk, uncooked pasta, ice and clay. When my blood count isn't low I don't crave these things but when it low my mouth waters for them.
Anyway it was also cool to learn about unique ways to use flour. I never thought about being able to use it as body powder. Yeah, it sounds like a cheap and fun way to use it. Flour is amazing actually. Just think about it, we can eat it raw, use it to cook with and even turn it into beauty products. I've heard it can be made into a nice face mask too.
Lmao @ the person asking is she fat cause she eats flour...um duh!...eating flour actually made
Me lose weight because I ate flour and no food really ...if you can wolf down a meal then eat flour your well on your way to being a buffalo
Anyway eating flour is a habit now after I made fun of my mom and sister for eating it for years I tried it and it was over ... I often eat it when I get home from work and late at night it makes me itch usually on my chin and arms then I get very sleepy it never fails I'm also anemic which is why it taste so good
As for health risk diabetes type 2 and High blood pressure is a risk since flour turns into sugar ...so for you 2lb eaters be careful
I have been eating flour for about 3 years, I want to know how to stop, I feel like I may be in danger if I don't stop
I CAN RELATE TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE ADDICTED TO EATING FLOUR.I AM A FORTY TWO YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN EATING FLOUR SINCE I WAS A CHILD.I'VE TRULY TRIED TO STOP BUT THE CRAVING IS SO UNBEARABLE.I HAVE TO HIDE FROM MY HUSBAND AND CHILDREN AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS TO EAT IT.AT FIRST I REALLY THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY ,THE DOCTOR SAYS I HAVE AN IRON DEFIENCY AND I HAVE HAD ANEMIA BASICALLY ALL MY LIFE.I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS BUT I CAN'T HELP IT ANY SERIOUS SUGGESTIONS NOT NASTY COMMENTS.
Wow I didn't realize there were others out there like myself. I love to eat White Lily self rising flour. I'm 36 yrs old and have been eating flour since I was 13yrs old. This addiction is very hard for me to stop. I crave flour all day long. I I eat about 2lbs a day. I am anemic also. I try to stop but I crave it especially after I eat. Most of the time id rather eat flour all day. I worried about my health now.
I'm trying to quit smoking and every time I crave one I stick my finger in flour and eat it that way. But I don't eat it everyday nor all day.
I was reading postings about flour eating I want some now its the best taste i have to mine with a fork and put in the side of my mouth and i look for big hunks of it right out of the bag its so good my mouth is droolingright now for it sometimes i try to fight it and if its not in my house i still want it i go to my friend house and get some from her but hers is not self rising and dose not have that taste i like its a little satsfying but i am a flour junky i want to stop but how hellpppp i proably will eat me some in a minute
I eat flour once and awhile. in fact I am right now... I have been since I was at least 4.. I'm 15 right now and it's delicious to me! it actually relieves heart burn sometimes. I have no clue why!!!
I eat flour too it taste even to me after it has set on the shelf for a week or so. I agree that eating with a spoon makes everything messy. My mom ate it while she was pregnant and so did my sister( by now she has latched onto cornstarch). I can not eat self-rising it taste to salty to me. I moved to college about three months ago and I know my room mates think I'm weird, but I like the taste of flour. It's been three days since I've had some.yay! Will try to quit though, it makes you gain weight. I do eat as a relaxer it comforts me and since I am college I do not feel homesick as much when I eat it.
I thought that I was alone, Im trying to stop it's hard. But reading up on flour and what it do to your body, I have to stop. It put parasites in your body, sometimes I can feel the parasite crawling in my back. pray for me HTML tm...
I've been eating flour for 6 years and I LOVE it I don't wanna stop ok yea I do bckuz where ever I stay the night at I go lurking for flour and I find it and freak it up it be all 12 or 1 in the morning I'll be up eating flour but it keeps my weight up and down and it is hell on my teeth it actually weakens the enamel on your teeth my teeth our going thru it bckuz I refuse to give it up but I do wanna get off it before I enlist in the navy or before I get married which ever comes first I would hate for my future husband to find out this crazy habit
I love eating flour the taste and the love for it the only few ppl that know that i eat flour makes fun of me but i dont worry about it i love eating my white lily all purpose flour with salt i cant eat flour with salt...but i will soon kick this bad habit of 7 1/2 years!!!! I love you white lily see u in my food lol
I think I'm addicted to flour. Self rising though. Not that other tasteless crap. It really does calm me down. Whenever I'm overwhelmed, I eat a spoon and it's like nothing else matters. Strange, I know, but it's true. It makes me constipated and gives me bad cramps but that's it. And like many others who commented, I'm also anemic. I'm convinced the flour is the culprit. I've tried to give it up but it's so hard.
I used to be a flour addict. I lived eating it when I felt happy or when I felt nauseous. I stopped eating it though successfully and I think y'all can too. It does make you put on weight and it sticks to your teeth even after you brush them. It may also cause a smell Of the breath. Well knowing these things made me chuck the spoon so I hope this may help you too.
I am addicted 2 flour I love it I Fee'n 4 it at wrk, wen I'm out I just love flour I'm 20 yrs old anemic n have been eatin flour since ii was 8. Never new y ii started but ii just can't put it down..! Wen ii was Lil ii use 2 sneak n the kitchen grab a spoon n pig out wen every1 was asleep den as ii got older ii couldn't wait till every1 was asleep ii soon started filling up cups with flour hidden it under my bed..! I've tried n have been successful with the stop eating of flour several times but ii keep coming bacc ii will spend my last on flour Ugh,, wish ii could stop but truth of da matter is ii no ii probably won't..! I'm ok with that but me n my fiancé r tryn to have kids now will me eating flour make me infertile because I've been eating it so long ive tried not eating flour taking prenatals but still no bby sum1 help me please. I can't stop eating flour but ii do want children..!
Wow didnt know this many people ate flour but I started eating it round bout 12 im 20 now and I must say im glad I found sum that I like cause it started off with chalk then baby powder n now my good ole white lilly self rising flour (best on the market) I go through a 5lbs bag in a week and 2lbs bag in bout 3 days my mom sister nieces n nephews eat it also (guess its a family thing) bit its nice to see we not the only ones lol but im not embaressed I tell people if they come over my house to bring it well nice talking to you flour eaters
I too crave flour. It began when i was around 13 yoa. I am anemic also. In the beginning I would digest the flour, but I learned to just chew it up, then spit it out because I was afraid it was unheathy. I also mixed for and baking powder. But I notice that my iron supplements do subside the urges.
Omg!ive been eating flour for 12yrs. I love Gold Medal brand all purpose flour! Its da smell, texture, n taste! Hopefully one day i can quit but as for now i know i couldnt! Gud luck fellow
flour eaters!
Wow a lot of flour eaters. I started because one day I was cleaning my tub w/ comet(no I didn't eat it) and something about the texture made me want to feel it on my tongue sooooo....YUP FLOUR love the taste and texture but I stopped injesting it and just got my thrill and spit it out my fav Parade brand self-rising just a sprinkle or two(or 50 LOL!) or even with chopsticks yuummm never tried the straw thing interesting I'm sure it's not good for you and may cause health issues I have since turned to oatmeal, uncooked but it has to be the small oats I like Kroger 1 min brand it's healthier no I havent kicked the flour habit completely(my son calls it my lil bowl of crack)but I haven't bought any flour this month and I am striving to keep it that way to avoid the temptation, my sister(fellow flour addict) buys pancake mix to substitute where flour is needed in a recipe so we keep flour out of the house I feel it(quitting) can be done you just have to be determined and disciplined when the needs hits, fill it with some other non-self destructive outlet I hope I succeed as well
I have been eating self rising flour for about 15 years. My Dr. says I'm severely anemic so he prescribed 1000mg((2)500mg) a day. When I take them regularly I Don't crave. I never craved when pregnant. I didn't taste right. I have been hospitalized several times of my blood level being very low below normal. Given 2 pints(bags) of blood. It bothers my stomach if I eat too much a day and my bowel is not regular n when I do have a bowel it's loose. I stay blotted all the time. I can loose 20pdz. when I stop eating. It's not good for my body but it makes me feel so good the moments I do eat it. I have to hide it from my family because they know what it does to my body. It's very hard. HELP PLEASE
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