Thursday, February 4, 2010

Unhealthy food cravings, and their healthy antedote

I found the great suggestions for relieving food cravings from a naturopathic medical doctor at naturopathyworks.com/pages/cravings.html. Most of the information makes sense from my training in acupuncture. I've removed reference to meat products and referenced organic products as I normally suggest for my patients. 

If you crave:

Chocolate you need Magnesium  so you should eat  Raw nuts and seeds, legumes, fruits

Sweets you need
1. Chromium so you should eat  Broccoli, grapes, cheese, dried beans 
2. Carbon so you should eat Fresh fruits
3. Phosphorus so you should eat organic eggs and/or dairy, nuts, legumes, grains
4. Sulfur   so you should eat Cranberries, horseradish, cruciferous vegetables, kale, cabbage
5. Tryptophan  so you should eat organic cheese, raisins, sweet potato, spinach

Bread, toast  you need Nitrogen so you should eat High protein foods: nuts, beans, grains such as quinoa

Oily snacks, fatty foods  you need Calcium  so you should eat Mustard and turnip greens, broccoli, kale, legumes, organic cheese, sesame

Coffee or tea  you need
1. Phosphorous  so you should eat organic eggs and/or dairy, nuts, legumes
2. Sulfur so you should eat organic egg yolks, red peppers, garlic, onion, cruciferous vegetables
3.  NaCl (salt) so you should eat Sea salt, apple cider vinegar (on salad)
4. Iron  so you should eat seaweed, greens, black cherries

Alcohol, recreational drugs  you need
1. Protein   so you should eat organic dairy, nuts, quinoa
2. Avenin  so you should eat Granola, oatmeal
3. Calcium  so you should eat Mustard and turnip greens, broccoli, kale, legumes, organic cheese, sesame
4. Glutamine  so you should eat Supplement glutamine powder for withdrawal, raw cabbage juice
5. Potassium  so you should eat Sun-dried black olives, potato peel broth, seaweed, bitter greens

Chewing ice  you need   Iron so you should eat seaweed, greens, black cherries

Burned food  you need Carbon so you should eat Fresh fruits

Carbonated drinks you need Calcium  so you should eat Mustard and turnip greens, broccoli, kale, legumes, organic cheese, sesame

Salty foods  you need   Chloride  so you should eat Raw goat milk, wild caught fish, unrefined sea salt

Acid foods  you need   Magnesium  so you should eat Raw nuts and seeds, legumes, fruits

Liquids rather than solids  you need Flavor water with lemon or lime. You need 8 to 10 glasses per day.

Solids rather than liquids  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   you need Manganese so you should eat Walnuts, almonds, pecans, pineapple, blueberries

Pre-menstrual cravings  you need Zinc so you should eat wild caught seafood, leafy vegetables, root vegetables

General overeating you need
1. Silicon so you should eat Nuts, seeds; avoid refined starches
2. Tryptophan so you should eat organic cheese, raisins, sweet potato, spinach
3. Tyrosine so you should eat Vitamin C supplements or orange, green, red fruits and vegetables

Lack of appetite  you need
1. Vitamin B1  so you should eat Nuts, seeds, beans
2. Vitamin B3 so you should eat wild caught tuna, halibut, seeds and legumes
3.  Manganese so you should eat Walnuts, almonds, pecans, pineapple, blueberries
4. Chloride so you should eat Raw goat milk, unrefined sea salt

Tobacco  you need
1. Silicon so you should eat Nuts, seeds; avoid refined starches
 2. Tyrosine so you should eat Vitamin C supplements or orange, green and red fruits and vegetables

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