Friday, March 29, 2013

What are you really craving?

Hi guys,
My apologize for not getting this up earlier we have had some internet problems. At any event I hope everyone is well and ready for the weekend to begin! This week we are talking about what foods your body needs when you get certain cravings. Let's get started.

When you crave Chocolate, what your body needs is Magnesium.
  • You can get this from raw nuts and seeds, legumes, and fruits. 
  • You can get chromium from Broccoli, grapes, cheese, and liver. 
  • Carbon from fresh fruit. 
  • Phosphorus from beef, liver, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, nuts, legumes, and grains. 
  • Sulfur from cranberries, horseradish, cruciferous vegetables, kale, cabbage. 
  • Tryptophan from cheese, liver, lamb, raisins, sweet potato, and spinach
If you are craving bread or toast you need Nitrogen.

  • Nitrogen can be found in high protein foods such as fish, meat, nuts, beans. 

If you are craving oily snacks or fatty foods you need Calcium.

  • You can get Calcium from mustard and turnip greens, broccoli, kale, legumes, cheese, and sesame. 

Caving Coffee or tea you need Phosphorous, Sulfur, Salt (NaCl), and Iron
  • Phosphorous you can get from chicken, beef, liver, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, nuts, legumes
  • Sulfur is found in egg yolks, red peppers, muscle protein, garlic, onion, cruciferous vegetables
  • Salt (NaCl) is found is obviously sea salt, apple cider vinegar
  • Iron is found in meat, fish and poultry, seaweed, greens, and black cherries
  • Calcium is found in mustard and turnip greens, broccoli, kale, legumes, cheese, sesame
Caving Salty foods, you need Chloride. 

  • Chloride can be found in raw goat milk, fish, unrefined sea salt. 


Hope you enjoyed this weeks information! Until next week have a safe and healthy weekend!

Pistols...Out!
xo

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