Food Cravings: The Secrets Behind It

[mskay]

Now, c'mon! Don't deny that you've never had food cravings. We have all experienced food cravings before – be it something sweet, something salty, or even something creamy. It's just something you MUST have. But here's the thing : Your food cravings tells you something about your body which you don't know.

So, what are your food cravings actually trying to convey to you? Below are some most common cravings and the nutrients your body might be lacking of.

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1. Chocolates

If you're craving for chocolate, what you actually need is magnesium. Try to switch to raw nuts, fruits and legumes instead.

2. Sweets

If you're craving for sweets instead, what you really need is chromium, carbon, phosphorus, sulfur and tryptophan. For chromium, you can go for broccolis, grapes, cheese, dried beans and chicken. For carbon, fresh fruits will do. As for phosphorus, eggs, chicken, fish, dairy products and nuts will do (there's plenty of other options too - legumes, grains etc). If it's sulphur, vegetables and cranberries! Sweet potato, spinach and lamb is good if you're lacking of tryptophan.

3. Bread

If you're always craving for bread, chances are your body is lack of nitrogen. Eat high protein food such as fish, meat and beans.

4. Coffee

Coffee is love, ain't it? 💙 Anyways, you might be lacking of phosphorus, sulfur, sodium chloride (salt) and iron if you find yourself always craving for coffee. Kindly refer to SWEETS for phosphorus. If it's sulfur, red peppers, garlic and onion is a good option! For NaCl (salt), obviously, it'd be sea salt. Seaweed and black cherries are good to replenish the iron in you!

5. Salty food

You're lacking of chloride if you often crave for salty food. Raw goat milk and unrefined sea salt will help you!

6. PMS

PMS cravings! Well, if you're like me and have cravings while you're having pms, you lack of zinc. Eat seafood, leafy and root vegetables to help with the lack of zinc in your body.

7. Lack of appetite

Someone's lacking of vitamin B1 and B3, manganese and chloride eh? Nuts, beans and liver will suffice for vitamin B1, as for B3, tuna, turkey and pork is good! Walnuts, almonds, pecans, pineapple and blueberries will help for manganese. Kindly refer to SALTY FOOD for chloride.

8. Overeating

Silicon, tryptophan and tyrosine is what you're lacking of! Avoid refined starches for silicon. Kindly refer to SWEETS for tryptophan. Vitamin C supplements or orange, red fruits and vegetables will help if you're lacking of tyrosine.

Stay healthy peeps! ♡

[RJGraveyTrain]

I think another part of it is the emotional connection people have to food: from day one, food is used as a treat, a reward, and a celebration, so we associate food with higher levels of happiness, and inevitably form addictions to them.

But this was very interesting and informative.

[mskay]

Yeah, food like chocolates and sweets make me happy instantly (of course, if it's only a small matter)..

Thank you (:

[RJGraveyTrain]

Not a problem.

[BertMacklinFBI]

you really did your research. nice

[mskay]

I had to do a presentation on Food so I thought why not post it here as well. Thank you ahah

[Paris13]

@mskay, such a Beautiful Take and such an amazing job here, dear.
Congrats on the Editor job, I know you will be One of the Best, like @zombiebabe, and I can see you even as a Nutritionist.
Good luck and I am so proud of you. xxoo

[zombiebabe]

thanks man

[Paris13]

@zombiebabe oh, so welcome, @zombiebabe, keep up the good work, dude. lolxxoo

[mskay]

Thank you so much Paris 💙

[Paris13]

Thank you for the upvote, @mskay. xxoo

[Paris13]

Oh, so welcome, @mskay, I am looking forward to more of your Great Takes. xxoo

[mskay]

I've written quite a few in the past, feel free to check it out if you're interested (:

[Paris13]

I believe I did see that and I will be sure to check these out, sweetie.. Yes, Nutritionlist could be your destiny in life, follow through. xxoo

[mskay]

Oh thank you so much Paris 💙

[Paris13]

Oh, so welcome, and happy you may have found your Good eating nitch in life. xxoo

[Possible_Mate]

cool take! i will try to remember this when i all up an get cravings for stuff. makes sense though that your body seemingly desires to eat one particular thing is because it's lacking in the essential chemicals it needs to function

[mskay]

Yup! I'm always craving for chocolates ahah

[Possible_Mate]

:P i love me my sodium chloride lol :)

[mskay]

Ahah I used to be a coffee addict!

[Jxpxtxr]

This is so great to find healthier alternatives!
I would usually just go for it when I feel like eating something haha, it doesn't happen too often fortunately! 😅

[mskay]

Unfortunately it happens often for me ahahah 😅
So I tried looking for healthier alternatives..

[Complicated-Soul]

Wow, awesome Take.

:)
I don't crave sweets but I always crave chicken for some reason. :D

Great Take.👍

[mskay]

Thank you (:
And welcome back ahah 💙

[Complicated-Soul]

Welcome :) ❤

[Jager66]

This is an awesome take, I have been wondering for a long time if there was anything behind cravings and always seem to forget to look it up or can;t find anything good on the subject.

[mskay]

Thank you so much! (:
Hope it benefitted you.

[Jager66]

It did for sure, thanks.

[DaniaMQ]

I must admit that your MyTake is really interesting !! 😄 I really like it, thanks for the new info 😌❤❤

[mskay]

Glad you learned something new ahaha xD

[DaniaMQ]

Hahahah thanks to you I did XD

[nalaa]

I don't know it seems bizzarre to me that when you crave sweets you recommend people eat savory foods.
Cravings are supposed to tell you what your body needs. So when you crave sweets, have banana or 5.
And when you crave bread have some starches like potatoes, brown rice squash, beets...

And when you're overeating it's because you don't enough nutrient dense foods.

[nalaa]

chloride by the way IS a salt and it's found in many vegetables and grains, most notably seaweed and olives. But also most green vegetables, tomatoes and others.

[AleDeEurope]

So I'm craving some sweets and you recommend me some broccoli? What's wrong with you, woman! >:(

Nice take, really interesting :)

[mskay]

There's cheese, chicken and grapes to substitute that horrible broccoli tho! 🙊

Thank you (:

[ChocoLada]

Oh, I have something sweet for you ;)

[AleDeEurope]

@ChocoLada Hahaha nice! ;)

[Prof_Don]

Definitely gotta archive this MyTake for reference! :)

[mskay]

Thank you (:

[LeviValentine]

Woah! Since when have you been an editor? I can see why they gave you that title though ;) It's a pleasant read.

[mskay]

Thank you! 😊
Just few weeks ago ahah

[KRUGEN]

Woow! Rhis somethin i never knew i like your take its so cool

[mskay]

Thank you so much (:

[NatashaJ]

I want to add that foods with processive sugars are extremely addictive (study show that rats got more addicitve to sugar water then water with cocaine) so maybe that's why you crave for sugarly foods?

[MrsyQ]

This is an absolutely awesome and healthy take haha

[mskay]

ahahah thank youuu

[kenG21]

Woah this is quite helpful too! I love your takes, they're all so helpful.

[mskay]

Thank you! (:

[Athena13]

SWEETS! I love sweets!!! I'm always craving for them hahaha oh and isn't sulfur spelled as sulphur? 😂

[mskay]

ahahah yeah, it's spelled as sulphur, must've spelled it wrongly 😅

[mrklvn]

Nice take, interesting. Really informative as well.

[mskay]

Thank you (:

[COCOCHANEL]

wow ! amazing ! loved it !

[mskay]

Ahah thank you (:

[totallycrushed]

Or you just eat what you crave bc you only live once and taste is a part of the experience.. oh no let's all just be miserable fitness freaks instead and die having wasted all the opportunities to enjoy a delicious piece of chocolate

[gunny007]

Nobody can deny a good sweet and a chocolate with it..! Nice take @mskay!!

[mskay]

Thank you (:

[Prettygurl12]

Will refer to again when in need of cupcakes :p

[mskay]

Ahaha I always refer to this list too. To help keep me fit xD