This table of foods we want and foods our bodies really need is super helpful in understanding cravings. And I think part of the reason I have been able to reduce my cravings is because Shakeology has so many vitamins in it that my body isn't crying for much!
Thank goodness! Cravings are the worst!
So here is that chart I'm sure you have seen floating around the internet. I've tired to put it together in an easy to read formatt for you and I hope it helps!
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What you Want
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What you really need is…
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And here are healthy foods that have it:
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Chocolate
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Magnesium
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Raw nuts and seeds, legumes, fruits
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Sweets
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Chromium
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Broccoli, grapes, cheese, dried beans, calves
liver, chicken
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Carbon
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Fresh fruits
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Phosphorus
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Chicken, beef, liver, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy,
nuts, legumes, grains
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Sulfur
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Cranberries, horseradish, cruciferous vegetables,
kale, cabbage
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Tryptophan
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Cheese, liver, lamb, raisins, sweet potato,
spinach
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Bread, toast
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Nitrogen
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High protein foods: fish, meat, nuts, beans
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Oily snacks, fatty foods
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Calcium
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Mustard and turnip greens, broccoli, kale,
legumes, cheese, sesame
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Coffee or tea
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Phosphorous
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Chicken, beef, liver, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy,
nuts, legumes
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Sulfur
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Egg yolks, red peppers, muscle protein, garlic,
onion, cruciferous vegetables
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NaCl (salt)
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Sea salt, apple cider vinegar (on salad)
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Iron
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Meat, fish and poultry, seaweed, greens, black
cherries
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Alcohol, recreational drugs
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Protein
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Meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, nuts
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Avenin
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Granola, oatmeal
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Calcium
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Mustard and turnip greens, broccoli, kale,
legumes, cheese, sesame
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Glutamine
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Supplement glutamine powder for withdrawal, raw
cabbage juice
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Potassium
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Sun-dried black olives, potato peel broth,
seaweed, bitter greens
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Chewing ice
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Iron
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Meat, fish, poultry, seaweed, greens, black
cherries
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Burned food
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Carbon
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Fresh fruits
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Soda and other carbonated drinks
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Calcium
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Mustard and turnip greens, broccoli, kale,
legumes, cheese, sesame
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Salty foods
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Chloride
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Raw goat milk, fish, unrefined sea salt
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Acid foods
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Magnesium
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Raw nuts and seeds, legumes, fruits
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Preference for liquids rather than solids
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Water
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Flavor water with lemon or lime. You need 8 to
10 glasses per day.
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Preference for solids rather than liquids
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Water
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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.
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Cool drinks
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Manganese
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Walnuts, almonds, pecans, pineapple, blueberries
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Pre-menstrual cravings
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Zinc
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Red meats (especially organ meats), seafood,
leafy vegetables, root vegetables
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General overeating
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Silicon
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Nuts, seeds; avoid refined starches
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Tryptophan
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Cheese, liver, lamb, raisins, sweet potato,
spinach
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Tyrosine
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Vitamin C supplements or orange, green, red
fruits and vegetables
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Lack of appetite
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Vitamin B1
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Nuts, seeds, beans, liver and other organ meats
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Vitamin B3
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Tuna, halibut, beef, chicken, turkey, pork, seeds
and legumes
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Manganese
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Walnuts, almonds, pecans, pineapple, blueberries
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Chloride
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Raw goat milk, unrefined sea salt
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Tobacco
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Silicon
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Nuts, seeds; avoid refined starches
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