stop chewing ice

I love chewing ice, but I know it’s terrible for me. Its a terrible habit, but it’s at the point now where I can’t stop, anyone have any suggestions of what to chew on instead?

I can stop chewing ice (I have to admit it’s hard, and that’s kinda sad) but I can’t help but suck on it instead.

I wonder if it’s a bad thing. For the moment I’m just glad I’m not chewing on it so much.

If you’re chewing ice…

First go to any Dr. office and have them check your iron levels.

Ice chewing is a side effect of being iron deficient.

When I start chewing ice it’s a definate sign that I need to start taking iron tablets again.

The iron tablets make you feel like you have the flu unless you take them with your meals. The trick is… your body will not absorb the iron and the iron won’t break down unless it’s taken with an acid food such as orange juice.

Within a few days / weeks of taking iron again... the ice chewing and cravings don't exist.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/chewing-ice/AN01278

Otherwise, do a google search for ice chewing

Your organs do not work properly if you’re iron deficient and is dangerous to have long term iron deficiency. Get it checked out. Having too high of iron can also be dangerous… Another way to check it out on your own if you don’t have insurance is… buy a bottle of iron tablets, take it for a month and see if the cravings go away. If you’re super deficient… it may not work in just one month.

Best wishes,
Patty

anyone who was or is an ice chewer, can you please tell me something else i can chew on besides the horribe ice, 3 years of braces are going down the drain bc of this habit, HELP!

For the most part, I didn’t chew any ice since I left work last Wednesday. Usually when I chew ice at work, it’s when I am at the bottom of my soda glass. So today I am trying using a drinking straw with my soda, to see if that keeps me from chewing ice. So far, it is working.

I know it’s bad for my teeth, and to make it worse, I moved from a private office to a cubicle at work, and I know it’s an incredibly annoying habit of mine for my co-workers to put up with.

I don’t even know why, when or how I started this habit, except that it’s been since I came home from Iraq—I only had ice very, very rarely there.

You know I didnt used to do this. It just sort of started about 3 years ago, and yes it will ruin your teeth. I now have a terrible crator in my left molar, which I wont go to the dentist for fear of his chastising me. I KNOW that this is an iron deficiancy because, I have had around that time a gastric bypass, which helped me loose 180 lbs. BUT, I am supposed to take all of these vitamins now FOREVER. do I?? yes actually I do except for the IRON, because it causes. well you know other difficult problems. like horrible constipation. HELP! I really do want to stop. I will try. Ill let you know how it goes.

i do believe i’m done. although i’ve stopped chewing on most ice altogether, i will not give up shaved ice (what are sno cones for, anyway?!)

i think i’m almost done with this one. now, whenever ice finds its way into my mouth, i just kind of press it down with my tongue, ha! i still have trouble trying not to chew sonic’s ice…anyone had that stuff?? it’s addicting!

oh this is so hard. it’s only been the new year for half a day and i’ve already chewed ice (little bits, though!). so perhaps i can completely quit cold turkey…hopefully!