Hi, Phillip.
I've gone through food phases like you described, though not as many or varied. My entire life I've been a vanilla person, but over the last six months, or so, chocolate has begun to interest me.
With the reduction of stomach acid (I've had reflux problems all my life) I am now enjoying spicy foods more; foods that once I would not touch with a 10 foot pole. It's as if my tolerance for spices both in my stomach and on my tongue has increased.
Sweets (other than chocolate) hold little appeal anymore, especially soda pop. Used to drink it with every meal and in between; now it is just awful and repulsive. A couple of weeks ago some cans of Pepsi that had been sitting on top of the fridge since last summer actually blew open.
For a while I thought I was a carb addict because I seemed to crave cookies, crackers, chips, etc. Come to find out, though, meat held the same desire as high carb foods. Figured out that I wasn't craving carbs, just food. It seemed like a carb craving because what I turned to was easy to grab and eat, and most of those are high in carbs.
I've also lost interest in any fast food hamburgers and fries. They turn my stomach, too.
I think what is happening is your body chemistry is changing and your body is craving what it needs at the time. Go with it as it changes, let it guide your diet. I expect it will eventually settle down to normal, although I don't expect normal to be as it was when you smoked.
Shevie
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