Food Cravings
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If the food you crave is associated more with pleasure and immediate gratification than it is with pain, it’s going to be hard to stop eating it. So now the question has to be: How does that short-term pleasure stack up against the long-term pain and guilt of eating food that keeps you fatter – and less healthy – than you want to be?
Though many people recommend dealing with cravings by having “just a little” of the food you crave, this is not always a great idea. While it may work for some, this sets up a cascade of biochemical processes in sugar-sensitive people that invariably translates to an overwhelming desire for more of the same. For sugar-sensitive people, one simple bite of a chocolate chip cookie is almost impossible. It’s like an alcoholic having just one drink. Notice, by the way, that it’s nearly impossible to binge on steak or buttered broccoli but relatively easy to binge on sugar or starch.
| If you crave this… | you are lacking… | and these foods can help you balance: |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Phosphorus | Chicken, beef, liver, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, nuts, legumes |
| . | Sulfur | Egg yolks, red peppers, muscle protein, garlic, onion, cruciferous vegetables |
| . | HCl (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 | Oatmeal |
| . | Calcium | Mustard and turnip greens, broccoli, kale, legumes, cheese, sesame |
| . | Glutamine | Glutamic acid, 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 |
| Premenstrual 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)
