I have absolutely no idea. Could be your body is lacking something that's in the PB. Be thankful you have a craving for that. My cousin got cravings for coal when she was pregnant. She'd sit there eating chunks of it. These days I'd recommend charcoal tabs.

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Berkshire, UK. Diagnosed RRMSi [5] Feb 4th 2008.

NACi [6] 2400mg. All supps. Doxyi [4] 200mg. Zithi [7] 250mg. Metroi [1] 400mg.
No GP/Neuroi [8] support. Self medicating with help from David Wheldoni [9].
Started CAPi [10] 20th April 2008. First pulse June 2008

Same here with the peanut butter.   I think there is something about the taste and the thickness of the paste that help me cope with the awful taste of Flagyli [1], but there could well be a need for some of its constituents:

 lysine, threonine, methionine, cystine, arginine, tryptophan, tyrosine, protein, oil, fiber, mineral elements,  aspartic acid, serine, glutamic acid, proline and phenylalanine.

I know that porphyrins bind with fatty substances so there may be some of that going on too.   Just guessing really, because I'm definately not a scientist...

 

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Michèle (UK) GFAi [2]: Wheldon CAPi [10] 1st May 2006. Daily Doxyi [4], Azi MWF, metroi [1] pulse. Zoo keeper for Ella, RRMSi [5], At worse EDSSi [11] 9, 3 months later 7 now 5.5 Wheldon CAP 16th March 2006

I experience no bitter taste because of Flagyli [1]. Also the tablets are very lightly coated and taking them is easy. Easier than NACi [6]! I also have cravings during a pulse, well, actually most of the time. Specially for sweet high carb stuff including peanut butter. I try not to give in but.......

 Daniela

 CPn, on monotherapy since Feb08, on Wheldon protocol since April 08. Only the most necessary supplementsi [12].

The crucial question: crunchy or smooth? Does flagyli [1] make you feel a littly nutty? No idea really, but figured there had to be a joke or two in there somewhere.

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CAPi [10] for Cpni [13] 11/04. Dx: 25yrs CFSi [14] & FMSi [15]. Currently: 150mg BID Roxithromycin, Doxycycline 100mg BID, Tinii [16] 1000mg/day pulses; Vit D2000 units, T4 & T3

Because it's a wonderful comfort food, and a pulse is a time when you need comforting.  I'm one of those people who won't keep it around the house, because it disappears too quickly (I'm a PB addict).  Even now, I'm imagining how good it is.

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Joyce~caregiver-advocate in Dallas for Steve J (SPMSi [17]).  CAPi [10] since August 06, Cpni [13], Mpn, B. burgdorferi, systemic candidiasis, EBVi [18], CMV & other herpes family viral infectionsi [19], elevated heavy metals, gluten+casein sensitivity. 

Coal?  Peanut Butter?  Hmmm... how 'bout cheese and pasta with alfredo sauce? 

I try to watch my PB intake mainly because it's tough on the liver, or so I thought from something I read once, a long time ago. 

But I do now know that the fats definitely help me feel better when I get enough in my diet and I always thought it was because it slowed down the digestion of the carbs in the stomach which is only partly right.  Now I know the fat content is also vital for helping absorb those porphyrins. 

I have noticed that I do feel better with less red meat although I can definitely eat fat like olive oil, butter and cheese... oh, and peanut butter.  I think I'll go have some lunch now. 

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NACi [6] 2.4g, Zithi [7] 250mg/MWF, minoi [20] 200mg, Tinii [16] 1g/day pulses, Iodoral 25mg, Supps, CFIDSi [21]/FMSi [15], Hashimoto's, Psoriasis, PA, IBSi [22], Secondary Addisons

Don't believe everything you think!  

I am reading this thread as I am waiting for my toast with PB & peach jam, mmmmmmmm.  I love PB, always have.  This pulse I have horrific nausea which doesn't seem to abate with anything.

I need comfort.  JimK, it is smoooth!!

When I was younger I ate the chunky!

 

peace

r

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CFIDSi [21]/ME 32 yrs, FMSi [15], IBSi [22], EBVi [18], CMV, Cpni [13], chronic insomnia, Lymes, HME, Natural HRT peri-M, NAC 3 gm, 6-07 Doxy 200 mg day pm, Azith 375 mg M/W/Fday, Pulse#15 750 mg X 5 days 11-1-08

Crunchy. 

And until Sunnivara mentioned it, I didn't think about the fact that I eat a lot more peanut butter around the time of a pulse than I do the rest of the month.  I finished a pulse last week and I remember making Peanut Butter and Honey sandwiches on hot dog buns because there wasn't any other kind of bread in the house.   

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CAPi [10] for M.S. since 8/2007. Currently: 100 mg Dox. (2 x day), 250 mg Zithi [7] (3 x week).  Fifteenth pulse metronidazolei [1] + INHi [23] completed 11/22/2008.

And I have benefitted from Louise's advice on how to take abxi [24], including flagyli [1]: Eat the first half of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, take all my pills (doxyi [4], azith if is is that day, and flagyi if pulsing), then eat the other half. Today it was my special cereal: Multi-grain cereal, banana, raisins, strawberries, honey, pecans, and (thanks to Raven) - blueberries with abxi [25] halfway through.

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Rica PPMSi [26] EDSSi [11] 6.7 at beginning - now 2. Began CAPi [10] Sept, 2004 with Rifampin 150 mg 2xd, Doxyi [4] 100 mg 2xd, added regular pulses Jan 2005. Jan 2006 switched to Doxy, Azith, cont. flagyli [1] total 55 pulses LDNi [27] Rifampin 8/08 again NC USA

Yeah, my flagyli [1] pills taste horrid too. Maybe the coat the name brand but I get the generic and they're too cheap to coat it.

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GFAi [2] - asthmai [3], sinusitis/rhinitis, tendonitis, low back pain, hypothyroid. Started azi 1000mg/week Jan 9, '08. Increased azi to 250mg/day, added 20mg Benicar daily Mar 13, '08. First Flagyli [1] pulse started June 30, '08. Added Doxyi [4] 200mg/day Aug 16.

The flagyli [1] taste does not come solely from the taste of the pill as you swallow it, for some of us it has to do with cpni [13] infection in the mouth, tongue, sinuses etc....   At one time when I first started the taste was coming out of my skin.   I was uncertain at the time whether it my imagination or not so I had someone not doing a pulse lick my arm, and they tasted it too...

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Michèle (UK) GFAi [2]: Wheldon CAPi [10] 1st May 2006. Daily Doxyi [4], Azi MWF, metroi [1] pulse. Zoo keeper for Ella, RRMSi [5], At worse EDSSi [11] 9, 3 months later 7 now 5.5 Wheldon CAP 16th March 2006