estrogen commonly makes you crave sodium, and pickles are a very good source of it. it's a common joke in trans circles that transfems eat a lot of pickles due to said craving.
not even transfem, but i do crave pickles a lot. personally i just like the taste.
The most common anti androgen medication used in the United States is a potassium sparing diuretic.
There is a direct medical need for people on diuretics to replace loss of electrolytes.
This is something that is a self reinforcing meme that people use for self validation, yeah
If you're going to speak on the subject though try to be informed because there is actually much to ponder about medical transmisogyny and the ubiquitous nature of spironolactone, but that's an aside
I do want want to make a sidebar and state that thinking that it is simply estrogen cravings is a gentle but pervasive way to reinforce cultural misogyny.
Estrogen doesn’t make you crave salt, a lot of (primarily American) trans women take a T blocker called spironolactone that causes a loss of sodium so they crave it
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u/HeccinFloofOwO 14d ago
estrogen commonly makes you crave sodium, and pickles are a very good source of it. it's a common joke in trans circles that transfems eat a lot of pickles due to said craving.
not even transfem, but i do crave pickles a lot. personally i just like the taste.