What’s your craving for food mean???

As we all know that obesity is our leading healthy problem in the world. With that come many problems. The surprising fact is that many are malnourished. Although eating thousands of calories a day, many of these individuals don’t eat the right foods, which their body craves. Lacking in vital nutrients that the body needs.

Most cravings are actually signals from your body telling you are dehydrated and sometimes misinterpret them as hunger pangs. It is estimated about 80% of people are chronically dehydrated, so before you fix you craving with food, take some water and wait half an hour. More often the not, they will disappear.

Below is a list to help you determine what your body is craving.

If you are craving	What you really need	Healthy food that have it.
Sweets	Chromium Carbon Phosphorus Sulphur Tryptophan	Broccoli, grapes, cheese, dried beans, chicken, Fresh Fruit, Chicken, beef, liver, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, nuts, legumes, Cranberries, horseradish, cruciferous vegetables, kale, cabbage, turkey, sweet potato, spinach.
Bread	Nitrogen	High Protein foods: fish, meat, nuts, beans
Fatty snack (chips)	Calcium	Mustard and turnip greens, broccoli, kale, legumes, cheese, sesame
Coffee	Phosphorus Sulphur NaCI (salt) Iron	Chicken, beef, liver, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, nuts, legumes, egg yolks, red peppers, muscle protein, garlic, onion, cruciferous vegetables,  sea salt, apple cider vinegar, seaweed, greens, black cherries
Alcohol	Protein Avenin Calcium Glutamine Potassium	Meat, poultry, seafood, nuts, Granola, oatmeal, Mustard and turnip greens, Broccoli, kale, legumes, cheese, sesame, raw cabbage juice, sun-dried black olives, potato peel broth, seaweed, bitter greens.
Carbonated Drinks	Calcium	Mustard and turnip greens, Broccoli, kale, legumes, cheese, sesame.
Salty foods	Chloride	Raw goat milk, fish, unrefined sea salt.
Lack of appetite	Vitamin B1 Vitamin B3 Manganese Chloride	Nuts, Seeds, beans, Tuna, Halibut, beef, chicken, turkey, seeds, walnuts, almonds, pecans, pineapple, blueberries, Raw Goat milk, unrefined sea salt.
Chocolate	Magnesium	Nuts, seeds, Fish, chicken, eggs, leafy greens. If you must… Dark chocolate with 75% with Cacao or higher.
Red Meat	Iron	Beans, Legumes, Un-sulphured prunes, figs and other dried fruits (high iron)
Cheese	Fatty Acid	Raw walnuts, wild salmon, flaxseed oil and ground flaxseeds

I hope this can give you an understanding of what your body require and not what you feel like.

EB xx