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Food Cravings and what to eat.<

Food cravings are an important signal to the body when depleted of certain nutrients and minerals. So no, craving chips and pop doesn't mean that you actually need those food, they may mean you are deficient in a specific nutrient. Here is a useful guide to what those cravings mean, and the healthy foods to target those deficiencies. <<

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, recreational drugs	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
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

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	next time im hungry i will definetly grab some tasty raw goat milk...NAWT!<<	August 20, 2007
	There are so many factors that go into food cravings (ie. psychological factors), that this is probably mostly bull. Also, if's someone is craving recreational drugs, handing them some seaweed is probably not going to cut it.<<	August 21, 2007
	Raw cabbage juice totally helped me get over my heroin addiction. I swear.<<	August 21, 2007
	Meat, Poultry, Seafood, Dairy and Nuts taste nothing like beer.<<	August 21, 2007
Jeff Umeå	I would like to see the science behind this. Call me skeptical.<<	August 22, 2007
	If someone is craving recreational drus, they should get themselves to a rehab centre soon!!!!!!!!!!<<	August 22, 2007
	Because every normal person reaches for raw liver when they want tea or coffee...........whats wrong with tea and coffee anyways???????<<	August 22, 2007
	Sounds good, next time I feel like I really want to get drunk, I think I will stay home and eat loads of granola and seaweed, i think that would also make me vomit.<<	August 22, 2007
DB T-Bay	Who craves chewing ice??<<	August 23, 2007
	This article is supposed to convince me that the tobacco industry could be taken down by nuts and seeds??<<	August 23, 2007
	mmmmmmmmmm.......goat milk.<<	August 24, 2007
OVGuillermo Panama	Thank you for your site. I have found here much useful information. Good site ! ;)<<	August 24, 2007