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If You Crave…

what your food cravings mean

Compiled by Doug Setter of 2nd Wind Body Science
doug@2ndwindbodyscience.com

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, grain

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, sweat 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

This list found at:

http://www.2ndwindbodyscience.com/what%20your%20food.php

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