salt craving

so i read this in Real Simple magazine and had to share....

what you can learn from craving salt

If you crave salt you may need some stress relief. Your constant search for a salt fix could signal that your adrenal glands, which pump adrenaline and other hormones into your blood when you're feeling anxious, have been working so hard that they're temporarily exhausted. "The adrenal glands produce a hormone that holds sodium in your body, so if they're not making enough of that hormone, you may crave salt," says Susan Blum, M.D., the founder and director of the Blum center for Health in Rye Brook, New York. To keep stress in check, try exercise, meditation, or just saying no to yet another PTA request.

Fascinating. Makes a lot of sense now why I craved salt so much my first week home alone with three kids. :)