Food Cravings
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If you crave this… | What you really need is… | And here are healthy foods that have it: |
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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 |
- Lectures, Cheryl M. Deroin, NMD, Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, Spring 2003 (healthy food recommendations)
- Bernard Jensen, PhD, The Chemistry of Man B. Jensen Publisher, 1983 (deficiencies linked to specific cravings and some food recommendations)
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