Food Cravings? Here Is What Your Body Really Wants.
by TAMARA
Something that I found very helpful, because I randomly crave sweets or salty foods but never know why or what I am lacking! Very easy to just go and mess your diet up- but here are healthy alternatives!
| If you crave this… | What you really need is… | And here are healthy foods that have it: |
|---|---|---|
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Magnesium | Raw nuts and seeds, legumes, fruits |
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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 | |
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Nitrogen | High protein foods: fish, meat, nuts, beans |
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Calcium | Mustard and turnip greens, broccoli, kale, legumes, cheese, sesame |
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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 | |
|
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 | |
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Iron | Meat, fish, poultry, seaweed, greens, black cherries |
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Carbon | Fresh fruits |
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Calcium | Mustard and turnip greens, broccoli, kale, legumes, cheese, sesame |
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Chloride | Raw goat milk, fish, unrefined sea salt |
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Magnesium | Raw nuts and seeds, legumes, fruits |
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Water | Flavor water with lemon or lime. You need 8 to 10 glasses per day. |
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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. |
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Manganese | Walnuts, almonds, pecans, pineapple, blueberries |
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Zinc | Red meats (especially organ meats), seafood, leafy vegetables, root vegetables |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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Silicon | Nuts, seeds; avoid refined starches |
| Tyrosine | Vitamin C supplements or orange, green and red fruits and vegetables |
