Why Do You Crave Certain Foods?
Have you ever wondered why do you crave certain foods? Do you try really hard to resist but that evil little voice wins out and you give in? Don’t despair, you are not weak. Your body really does crave food!
The only problem is that even though we might be craving foods for a reason, we are craving the wrong foods – what we are really missing out on are the vital vitamins and minerals that our body requires to sustain itself.
In our modern, ‘everything now’ world, even though we are craving nutritious and wholesome foods, our minds tend to lean towards the processed version of what nature has already provided for us.
So to help you, A) Understand why you crave certain foods and B) The natural, healthy option – print out or copy this list below and keep it handy.
IF YOU CRAVE THIS |
WHAT YOU REALLY NEED IS |
HEALTHY FOODS THAT HAVE IT |
| Chocolate | Magnesium | Raw nuts and seeds, legumes, fruits |
| Sweets | Chromium | Broccoli, grapes, cheese, dried beans, calves liver, chicken |
| Sweets | Carbon | Fresh fruits |
| Sweets | Phosphorus | Chicken, beef, liver, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, nuts, legumes, grains |
| Sweets | Sulfur | Cranberries, horseradish, cruciferous vegetables, kale, cabbage |
| Sweets | Tryptophan | Cheese, liver, lamb, raisins, sweet potato, spinach |
| Bread, toast | Nitrogen | High protein foods: fish, mat, nuts, beans |
| Oily snacks,fatty foods | Calcium | Mustard and turnip greens, broccoli, kale, legumes, cheese, sesame |
| Coffee or tea | Phosphorus | Chicken, beef, liver, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, nuts, legumes |
| Coffee or tea | Phosphorus | Egg yolks, red peppers, muscle protein, garlic, onion, cruciferous vegetables |
| Coffee or tea | Sodium Chloride (salt) | Sea salt, apple cider vinegar (on salad) |
| Coffee or tea | Iron | Meat, fish and poultry, seaweed, greens, black cherries |
| Alcohol, recreational drugs | Protein | Meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, nuts |
| Alcohol, recreational drugs | Avenin | Granola, oatmeal |
| Alcohol, recreational drugs | Glutamine | Supplement glutamine powder for withdrawal, raw cabbage juice |
| Alcohol, recreational drugs | Potassium | Sun-dried black olives, potato peel broth, seaweed, bitter greens |
IF YOU CRAVE THIS |
WHAT YOU REALLY NEED IS |
HEALTHY FOODS THAT HAVE IT |
| 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 | Flavour water with lemon or lime. You need 8 to 10 glasses per day |
| Preference for liquids rather than solids | Water | You have been so dehydrated for so long that you have lost your thirst |
| 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 | Nut,seeds; avoid refined starches |
| General overeating | Tryptophan | Cheese, liver, lamb, raisins, sweet potato, spinach |
| General overeating | Tyrosine | Vitamin C supplements or orange, green, red fruits and vegetables |
| Lack of appetite | Vitamin B1 | Nuts, seeds, beans, liver and other organ meats |
| Lack of appetite | Vitamin B3 | Tuna, halibut, beef, chicken, turkey, pork, seeds and legumes |
| Lack of appetite | Manganese | Walnuts, almonds, pecans, pineapple, blueberries |
| Lack of appetite | Chloride | Raw goat milk, unrefined sea salt |
| Tobacco | Silicon | Nuts, seeds; avoid refined starches |
| Tobacco | Tyrosine | Vitamin C supplements or orange, green and red fruits and vegetables |
List courtesy of Pathways to Family Wellness Magazine, by Colleen Huber NMD.
NB: If you are experiencing any abnormal dietary issues, please contact your Health Care Professional
At Empowering theProduct we are able to help you learn the best food for your body.
Consider booking in for a Kinesiology appointment to find out today what your body is really wants for optimum health.
When i frist came upon your blog. I knew why we craved food, but never what we really needed. This list helps alot. Thanks.
This list is awesome. I can’t wait to try substituting some of these healthier foods for those I crave. Thanks for the help!
One of the best posts on health tips; amazing to know about the natural system in our body which compels us to eat a specific thing when we have run short of it, and many of us are always wrong in selecting the right food. Going to save this page , THANKS !!!
It is an amazing thing, the way the body knows exactly what it requires. I guess this is why food manufacturers make so much money, they have obviously researched this and have created foods that mimic what the body really requires. But once you know the real vitamins and minerals your body needs, you can easily eat the right things – thus creating a healthy body, mind and keep that body looking great. 😉
Very interesting site! Found this via “googling” info on why I crave onions lately. I have survived 5.5 decades without eating onions because I don’t like them and they clearly don’t like me! Major gastric distress! So why am I CRAVING them. My brain wants me to eat them like apples; my stomach has threatened to leave me if I do that. Help! What vitamin am I missing that causes this craving?
I have an article on why we crave onions. I will post in the next few days 🙂