Do you love to eat ice?
 

I've gone through times when I craved ice cubes and dough like crazy, ever since early adolescence. I love the smell of new carpet, new cars, gasoline, and basements more than the average person.

I used to think that my cravings was just one of the many eccentricities that I have, until I learned that the cravings is a symptom of a mild form of pica...caused by my iron deficiency anemia. Fortunately, when I get anemic I only crave edible stuff, and not non-edible stuff like wood and feces. :eek:

Supposedly, it's somewhat common for women who have IDA (people who have anemia period, but women are more like to be anemic) and pregnant women, to have a mild case of pica. Usually in the form of eating ice cubes. The wikipedia page didn't mention this, but pica sometimes extends to craving certain smells.

There are times that I loooove to eat ice, in fact I make "ice popiscles" which are pretty much ice cubes w/ a wooden stick. It makes it easier for me to eat the ice! lol.

I also love to stand near a car when it's turned on and smell the gasoline fumes coming from the exhuast.

I guess it's because I'm on teh verge of being anemic. I think i'm like 1% away from being anemic.

Hmmm. . . I have to be religious about my iron supplement or I'll be anemic - but I don't like ice.

Ice chips remind me of labour and delivery. Love babies, hate l&d.

i am probably the biggest ice eater i know. i can buy it by the bag and go through it in 3-4 days.

its horrible for the teeth, i know. and i am severely anemic. i'm supposed to take daily iron supplement, but i can never remember to.

it's so weird. the smell of the inside of a freezer, or frozen foods are pavlovian to me. or if i see icicles or snow outside, my mouth waters. and through all these years of ice chewing, i have preferences. ice from White Castle is the win. my old job had an ice machine that dispensed pellet-like cubes (the best, IMO). my office has a mini fridge, and the mini ice tray it comes with is pretty sweet - perfect bite-size, like candy. and... if i'm lucky, i may go to someone's house who owns those old-school metal ice trays with the lever. that's ice payola.

yes, one more thing that makes me a freak. as ive had many ideas to be this obsessive. my coworkers tease me about it all the time. to staff meetings, they bring candy, cookies, etc. and i bring a cup of ice. c'est la vie.

okay I get all fo the cravings mentioned except the smell of gasoline...I guess I'm wondering why exactly that is appealing?

tld, I always used to forget my supplement, but then I got one of those big ol' vitamin cases - one that is divided into am/pm - and I put all my vitamins in there, and take them with my morning coffee and right before I go to bed (you have to be careful what you take with what, especially iron). I feel SO much better now that I am taking my iron on a daily basis - just want to share what worked with me in case it might help you!

My cousin's wife had pica when she was a little girl. She would eat rocks and dirt. By the time she met my cousin in college it had healed, though.

I do not think I have had an ice craving since like 4th or 5th grade. Not anemic at all here.

Different people like different fragrances. I don't know why I like it, but I know that ever since I was little I loved standing next to a car while it was running.


It's just like I know people who use hand sanitizer RELIGIOUSLY because they love to hold their hands up to their nose & inhale (and I mean inhale) the odor of the alcohol.

I LOVE ICE!!!!


I ain't gonna have NO teeth when I'm older. :(

At least you'll still be able to have ice!! lol

When I was younger, like in high school, I heard that Freud said that eating ice was a sign of sexual deprivation...

I've always heard that eating chocolate was a sign of sexual deprivation.

Freud is my homeboy. Brownies and ice for the win.

Sen is my homeboy too, for the obvious.

I love eating crushed ice. Mmm...

www.icechewing.com

I read about it in this article http://www.cracked.com/article_15250...es-on-web.html