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Food Cravings

by Naturopathyworks.com

 

Food Cravings...

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

 


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