Food Cravings
Food Cravings... |
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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 |
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Carbon |
Fresh fruits |
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Phosphorus |
Chicken, beef, liver, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, nuts, legumes, grains |
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Sulfur |
Cranberries, horseradish, cruciferous vegetables, kale, cabbage |
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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 |
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Sulfur |
Egg yolks, red peppers, muscle protein, garlic, onion, cruciferous vegetables |
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NaCl (salt) |
Sea salt, apple cider vinegar (on salad) |
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Iron |
Meat, fish and poultry, seaweed, greens, black cherries |
Alcohol, recreational drugs |
Protein |
Meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, nuts |
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Avenin |
Granola, oatmeal |
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Calcium |
Mustard and turnip greens, broccoli, kale, legumes, cheese, sesame |
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Glutamine |
Supplement glutamine powder for withdrawal, raw cabbage juice |
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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 |
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Tryptophan |
Cheese, liver, lamb, raisins, sweet potato, spinach |
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Tyrosine |
Vitamin C supplements or orange, green, red fruits and vegetables |
Lack of appetite |
Vitamin B1 |
Nuts, seeds, beans, liver and other organ meats |
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Vitamin B3 |
Tuna, halibut, beef, chicken, turkey, pork, seeds and legumes |
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Manganese |
Walnuts, almonds, pecans, pineapple, blueberries |
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Chloride |
Raw goat milk, unrefined sea salt |
Tobacco |
Silicon |
Nuts, seeds; avoid refined starches |
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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)
- Benard Jenson, PhD, The Chemistry of Man B. Jensen Publisher, 1983 (deficiencies linked to specific cravings and some food recommendations)