Your CRAVINGS Digested!

Okay, okay, I know what you are all thinking. Why on earth would I post such a delicious collage of sweet, sugary delights on a blog based on fitness and nutrition?! Well, fact is, we're all humans and every now and then we get cravings for delicious desserts and treats such as these.

Thanks to science, we've learned that cravings are not innate, uncontrollable urges but that they are ways the body uses communicates with us! The body yearns for what it is lacking and thus sends messages to our brains in hopes that we will eventually give it what it wants.

Now I know what you're thinking. You're body, like mine, often craves cookies and cupcakes so it must need cupcakes and we shouldn't get in the way and we should go to the closest bakery to stock up on cupcakes, right?!! WRONG!!
Let's digest what your cravings really mean and what your body really wants...

• If you're craving: sugary foods
• Then you're lacking chromium and can eat broccoli, grapes, cheese and chicken instead
• Then you're lacking carbon and can eat fresh fruits instead
• Then you're lacking phosphorus and can eat chicken, beef, fish, eggs, diary, nuts, veggies and grains instead
• Then you're lacking sulfur and can eat cranberries, horseradish, cabbage and cauliflower instead
• Then you're lacking tryptophan and can eat cheese, raisins, sweet potatoes and spinach instead

• If you're craving: chocolate
• Then you're lacking magnesium and can eat nuts, seeds, veggies and fruits instead

• If you're craving: bread/pasta/heavy carbs
• Then you're lacking nitrogen and can eat meat, fish, nuts, beans and chia seeds instead

• If you're craving: oily foods
• Then you're lacking calcium and can eat organic milk, cheese, kale, mustard and green veggies instead

• If you're craving: salty foods
• Then you're lacking chloride and can eat fish and goat milk instead
• Then you're lacking silicon and can eat nuts-especially cashews and seeds instead

• If you're craving: coffee
• Then you're lacking phosphorus and can eat chicken, fish, eggs, diary, nuts and veggies instead
• Then you're lacking sulfur and can eat egg yolks, red peppers, garlic and onion instead
• Then you're lacking iron and can eat meat, fish, poultry, seaweed, black cherries and green veggies instead

Now these substitutions may not be as yummy as what you originally thought you were craving but they will definitely get rid of all those desires and help you to stay on track and aim for the Fit Flavor of your life!

- xx Kassandra

Information Gathered From: StepIntoMyGreenWorld, TheGirlWhoAteEverything