Sunday, May 17, 2009

Food Cravings

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

Preference for liquids rather than solids
Water
Flavor water with lemon or lime.
You need 8 to 10 glasses per day.
Preference for solids rather than liquids
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.

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