BABY WANTS a cupcake!
Across cultures, acraving for items not typically desired is often considered a hallmark of pregnancy. Research has shown that pregnancy cravings arise from hormonal fluctuations that affect your sense of smell, taste, and appetite, causing you to yearn for strange flavours, textures and combinations. These hormonal changes can lower dopamine – a feel-good hormone – resulting in a craving for foods that subsequently raise the dopamine level again. Pregnant women are known
