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Food Cravings

http://www.naturopathyworks.com/pages/cravings.php

Just test table
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
    1. Lectures, Cheryl M. Deroin, NMD, Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, Spring 2003 (healthy food recommendations)

 

    1. Bernard Jensen, PhD, The Chemistry of Man B. Jensen Publisher, 1983 (deficiencies linked to specific cravings and some food recommendations)

 

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