We all go nuts trying to keep away from our cravings, but sometimes our bodies are trying to tell us something, and sometimes u just want chocolate :P
For all the other times, here is something useful i found:
If you crave this... | What you really need is... | And here are healthy foods that have it: |
---|---|---|
Chocolate | Magnesium | Raw nuts and seeds, legumes, fruits |
Sweets | Chromium | Broccoli, grapes, cheese, dried beans, calves liver, chicken |
Carbon | Fresh fruits | |
Phosphorus | Chicken, beef, liver, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, nuts, legumes, grains | |
Sulfur | Cranberries, horseradish, cruciferous vegetables, kale, cabbage | |
Tryptophan | Cheese, liver, lamb, raisins, sweet potato, spinach | |
Bread, toast | Nitrogen | High protein foods: fish, meat, nuts, beans |
Oily snacks, fatty foods | Calcium | Mustard and turnip greens, broccoli, kale, legumes, cheese, sesame |
Coffee or tea | Phosphorous | Chicken, beef, liver, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, nuts, legumes |
Sulfur | Egg yolks, red peppers, muscle protein, garlic, onion, cruciferous vegetables | |
NaCl (salt) | Sea salt, apple cider vinegar (on salad) | |
Iron | Meat, fish and poultry, seaweed, greens, black cherries | |
Alcohol, recreational drugs | Protein | Meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, nuts |
Avenin | Granola, oatmeal | |
Calcium | Mustard and turnip greens, broccoli, kale, legumes, cheese, sesame | |
Glutamine | Supplement glutamine powder for withdrawal, raw cabbage juice | |
Potassium | Sun-dried black olives, potato peel broth, seaweed, bitter greens | |
Chewing ice | Iron | Meat, fish, poultry, seaweed, greens, black cherries |
Burned food | Carbon | Fresh fruits |
Soda and other carbonated drinks | Calcium | Mustard and turnip greens, broccoli, kale, legumes, cheese, sesame |
Salty foods | Chloride | Raw goat milk, fish, unrefined sea salt |
Acid foods | Magnesium | Raw nuts and seeds, legumes, fruits |
Preference for liquids rather than solids | Water | Flavor water with lemon or lime. You need 8 to 10 glasses per day. |
Preference for solids rather than liquids | Water | You have been so dehydrated for so long that you have lost your thirst. Flavor water with lemon or lime. You need 8 to 10 glasses per day. |
Cool drinks | Manganese | Walnuts, almonds, pecans, pineapple, blueberries |
Pre-menstrual cravings | Zinc | Red meats (especially organ meats), seafood, leafy vegetables, root vegetables |
General overeating | Silicon | Nuts, seeds; avoid refined starches |
Tryptophan | Cheese, liver, lamb, raisins, sweet potato, spinach | |
Tyrosine | Vitamin C supplements or orange, green, red fruits and vegetables | |
Lack of appetite | Vitamin B1 | Nuts, seeds, beans, liver and other organ meats |
Vitamin B3 | Tuna, halibut, beef, chicken, turkey, pork, seeds and legumes | |
Manganese | Walnuts, almonds, pecans, pineapple, blueberries | |
Chloride | Raw goat milk, unrefined sea salt | |
Tobacco | Silicon | Nuts, seeds; avoid refined starches |
Tyrosine | Vitamin C supplements or orange, green and red fruits and vegetables |
5 comments:
i need to print this out
i just gobbled two cup cakes
thats cool, but where did u get the information from?
eshda3wa: hehhee, i posted one copy in our kitchen :P
z. : its from a book by Dr. Colleen Huber
OH GOD! thanks a lot for the info!! I actually printed the list & keeping it in my handbag! my skinny jeans dont fit! xxx
cool, didnt know that . .
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