eli5: Why do women get the most obscure pregnancy cravings?

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eli5: Why do women get the most obscure pregnancy cravings?

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From Glamour magazine:

New York City-based neuropsychologist Sanam Hafeez, Psy.D., chalks some of it up to cultural expectations—we’ve all heard that weird cravings are normal during pregnancy, so we feel OK actually embracing and indulging in them. But, she says hormones can also throw things out of whack. “A lot of it may be that nausea and hormones shut down the usual appetite pathways, leaving room open to peculiar cravings,” she says.