Food Carvings May Be Vitamin Deficiency

    The recurrence of food cravings day after day, could be less about your mental state, and more about vitamins.  Most people know that they should be taking a GOOD quality multi- vitamin.  However, very few know that their food cravings are a true signal from their body due to vitamin deficiency.  If you are fighting cravings, then this is the article for you!!! 

IF YOU CRAVE THIS                          Healthy Foods That Have It

                   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, cruiciferous 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

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.

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 (source)

    To cover all you basis; take a muli- vitamin and end the vicious cycle of unnecessary eating!

Adria Ali

(CES, PES, CPT, BS)