Healthy Craving!!!

The Junk food you have been craving for hours or the Body you have been craving for years???? CHOICE is Yours!!!!

 

Have you ever got up in the middle of the night and had a chocolate or an ice-cream? Closed your packed lunch from home and had a Pizza/Burger? Driven to the other end of the city to have your favourite chaat?

Most of us have been through this and may be still doing this regularly!

The Human body is complex and has the capacity to take what it wants. We feel thirsty when we are dehydrated and sleepy when tired. At different situations our body fulfills its requirement by compelling us and urging us to complete the action. Does that mean craving is a way of our body telling us it needs something that is missing? It has been proved time and again that cravings are directly related to deficiencies. So the next time you crave for Chocolate ask yourself if the craving would be satisfied with just eating a spoon of sugar or you need a chocolate only.Below is a chart which shows craving and the deficiencies related to it and how you can compensate it with healthy food options. This will not only compensate your craving but also let your calorie count be in limits.

Chocolate	Magnesium deficiency	Whole grains, beans, nuts, seeds, greens, fruit
Soda, fizzy drinks	Calcium deficiency	Sesame seeds, broccoli, kale, legumes, mustard and turnip greens
General sweets	Hypoglycaemia   (low blood sugar)	fruit, high fibre foods, Whole Grains
	Tryptophan deficiency	pumpkin/sesame/sunflower seeds, oatmeal, sweet potato, spinach
	Chromium deficiency	Onion, tomato, cinnamon, grapes, apples, sweet potato
	Sulphur deficiency	cabbage,radish, garlic, onion
	Phosphorus deficiency	whole grains,pumpkin seeds, lentils

Cheese	Essential Fatty Acids deficiency	Omega 3’s (EPA and DHA)- Flax seeds, walnuts
	Calcium deficiency	Sesame seeds, broccoli,legumes, mustard and turnip greens
Pasta/white bread/ pastries	Chromium deficiency	Onion, tomato, cinnamon, grapes, apples, sweet potato
Bread/Sandwich/toast	Nitrogen deficiency	Green leafy veggies, nuts, seeds, legumes, grains
Chips/Crisps/Fried food	Chloride deficiency	celery, olives, tomato
	Essential Fatty Acids deficiency	Omega 3’s,Flax Seeds, walnuts

Acid foods	Magnesium deficiency	Whole grains, beans, nuts, seeds, greens, fruit
Salty Foods	Chloride deficiency	celery, olives, tomato
	Stress hormone fluctuations	Meditation, breathing exercises, exercise, leafy greens, vitamin B and C

Now we know what our cravings mean and how we can help ourselves.

PS: Try this and let me know how it worked for you?