Addiction To Pickles and Pickle Juice

[Lasilm69]

I hear so many so its good and bad?
hmm dont know wats true and wats false?
Anywho i love to drink pickle juice.
and eat pickles.

[kmesick]

A related discussion, Pickle and pickle juice addiction was started.

[caregiver222]

The physician Hippocrates was the first to recommend the drinking of viniger (the main component of pickle juice) as a tonic over a thousand years ago. Anecdotally, it is said to help with weight loss and complexion. I have no way to verify those claims. It does sooth insect bites. That I can confirm. I learned that from my mom. At one time in life, when a teenager I developed an intense insatiable craving for pickle juice, which lasted about a year. I'm not sure why, but something in the juice made me want to drink it. The only real problem I could see is that pickle juice contains salt, and if you have high blood pressure, I might contact my physician and get an opinion on whether it is desireable.

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi
Thanks for writing to the forum!
There is no ham in eating pickles and drinking pickle juice as long as you are having a balanced diet and are not suffering from sore throat and sinuses.
Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!