A strong craving is no weakness, it usually indicates your body is low in a specific nutrient, vitamin or mineral. So what are your cravings really trying to tell you? Here are a few of the most common cravings and the nutrients your body may be lacking.
#1 Chocolate
- What you really need: Magnesium
- Healthier alternatives: Raw nuts and seeds, legumes, fruits
#2 Sugary Foods & Sweets
- What you really need: Chromium
- Healthier alternatives: Broccoli, grapes, cheese, dried beans, calves liver, chicken
- What you really need: Carbon
- Healthier alternatives: Fresh fruits
- What you really need: Phosphorus
- Healthier alternatives: Chicken, beef, liver, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, nuts, legumes, grains
- What you really need: Sulfur
- Healthier alternatives: Cranberries, horseradish, cruciferous, vegetables, kale, cabbage
- What you really need: Tryptophan
- Healthier alternatives: Cheese, liver, lamb, raisins, sweet potato, spinach
#3 Bread, pasta & other carbs
- What you really need: Nitrogen
- Healthier alternatives: High protein foods like fish, meat, nuts, beans
#4 Oily & fatty foods
- What you really need: Calcium
- Healthier alternatives: Mustard, and turnip greens, broccoli, kale, legumes, cheese, sesame
#5 Coffee or tea
- What you really need: Energy
- Healthier alternatives: Green Smoothies (If you still want some caffeine, try Green Tea or Matcha Smoothies)
- What you really need: Phosphorus
- Healthier alternatives: Chicken, beef, liver, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, nuts, legumesWhat you really need: Sulfur
- Healthier alternatives: Egg yolks, red peppers, muscle protein, garlic, onion, cruciferous, vegetables
- What you really need: NaC1 (Salt)
- Healthier alternatives: Sea salt, apple cider vinegar (on salad)
- What you really need: Iron
- Healthier alternatives: Meat, fish and poultry, seaweed, greens, black cherries
#6 Soda and other carbonated drinks
- What you really need: Calcium
- Healthier alternatives: Mustard and turnip greens, broccoli, kale, legumes, cheese, sesame
#7 Salty foods
- What you really need: Water. Probably you’re dehydrated. A craving for salt, which helps your body retain water, could mean you aren’t drinking enough or you are losing water (through sweating, diarrhea, or vomiting) faster than you’re ingesting it.
- What you really need: Chloride
- Healthier alternatives: Raw goat milk, fish, unrefined sea salt
#8 Acid foods
- What you really need: Magnesium
- Healthier alternatives: Raw nuts, and seeds, legumes, fruits
#9 If you have preference for liquids than solids
- What you really need: Water
- Healthier alternatives: Flavoured water with lemon or lime. You will need 8-10 glasses a day
#10 If you have preference for solids than liquids
- What you really need: Water
- Healthier alternatives: You have been so dehydrated for so long that you have lost your thirst. Flavoured water with lemon or lime. You will need 8-10 glasses a day
#11 Cool drinks
- What you really need: Manganese
- Healthier alternatives: Walnuts, almonds, pecans, pineapple, blueberries
#12 If you have pre-menstrual cravings
- What you really need: Zinc
- Healthier alternatives: Red meats (especially organ meats), seafood, leafy vegetables, root vegetables
#13 General overeating
- What you really need: Silicon
- Healthier alternatives: Nuts, seeds; avoid refined starches
- What you really need: Tryptophan
- Healthier alternatives: Cheese, liver, lamb, raisins, sweet potato, spinach
- What you really need: Tyrosine
- Healthier alternatives: Vitamin C supplements or orange, green, red fruits and vegetables
#14 If you lack appetite
- What you really need: Vitamin B1
- Healthier alternatives: Nuts, seeds, beans, liver and other organ meats
- What you really need: Vitamin B3
- Healthier alternatives: Tuna, halibut, beef, chicken, turkey, pork, seeds and legumes
- What you really need: Manganese
- Healthier alternatives: Walnuts, almonds, pecans, pineapple, blueberries
- What you really need: Chloride
- Healthier alternatives: Raw goat milk, unrefined salt
#15 Chewing ice
- What you really need: Iron
- Healthier alternatives: Meat, fish, poultry, seaweed, greens, black cherries
#16 Burnt food
- What you really need: Carbon
- Healthier alternatives: Fresh fruits
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This is so interesting! Thanks for sharing your tips 😊
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Interesting and informative!
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Very informative 🍉
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Great tips, thank you.
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Thanks for the post. Very helpful!
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Thanks for the tips. Glad you included vegetarian options too.
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Reblogging to my sister site, Success Inspirers World
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