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Xeyla
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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
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
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

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

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


I found this website about healthy eating, and saw this Food Cravings table. I thought it would be nice to share it with anybody who wants to eat healthy. I get odd cravings sometimes, and this chart explains what I should be eating, instead of what I want to eat. Usually if i get a craving for sweets, I break out a snickers. Seems that's the wrong way to satisfy that craving happy.gif

Do you satisfy a craving the healthy way?
Holder
There's some nice tips in there, gonna have to try some of those. Some on the other hand aren't so appealing, like ''Salty foods:
Chloride: Raw goat milk, fish, unrefined sea salt''

Erm think I'll just stick with something salty instead thanks tongue.gif
Redd
Thanks Xeyla! I really needed this, even though I didn't exactly know it yet...
Printing it off right now! Thanks so much smile.gif
Xeyla
I agree with you Holder, I would eat some salted pretzels instead of raw goat milk.
@Redd: Glad I could help. smile.gif
amerk
Yes, I agree with other views. While certain cravings can be met with healthier alternatives, sometimes there is nothing more than the real thing. Chocolate, for example. I love the way a hershey's melts in your mouth. Same with the "Eat this not that" site. Sure, there are better options, but when I'm craving a Double Bacon Deluxe from Wendy's, I don't want a baked potato with chili instead.

But definitely a few things to consider for healthier alternatives, some of which I may try myself.
Redd
Why, just yesterday I had a total lack of appetite, and the nuts totally brought it back smile.gif

There you have it RRR, a real testimonial.
Xeyla
I wonder if a Vitamin B pill would have the same effect? Since all you're eating are things containing Vitamin B.
Sparrowsmith
QUOTE (Xeyla @ Jun 1 2011, 03:21 AM) *
I wonder if a Vitamin B pill would have the same effect? Since all you're eating are things containing Vitamin B.


I'm not entirely sure of the truth in it, but I've heard supplements like pills are rarely absorbed into the body as well as actual food, because the body is not built to digest them. They can work in upping your dose a bit, but a large margin of any supplement goes to waste, no matter how many you take.
Again, just something I've heard, but it does make sense.
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