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Food Cravings
Chart
| If
you crave... |
Your
body needs... |
Align
your body with these foods.... |
| Chocolate |
Magnesium |
Raw
nuts and seeds, legumes, fruits |
| Sweets
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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
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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
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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 |
| Prefer liquids
to solids |
Water |
Flavor
water with lemon or lime. You need 8 to 10 glasses per day. |
| Prefer solids
to 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
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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
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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 |
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Tyrosine |
Vitamin
C supplements or orange, green and red fruits and vegetables |
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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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