Naturopathyworks - 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

1. Lectures, Cheryl M. Deroin, NMD, Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, Spring 2003 (healthy food recommendations)
2. Benard Jenson, PhD, The Chemistry of Man B. Jensen Publisher, 1983 (deficiencies linked to specific cravings and some food recommendations)
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