What your body is cravings can tell you something...

I want chocolate.... but my body is really asking for Raw nuts and seeds, fruits and legumes. 

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! 

·         What you Want	What you really need is…	And here are healthy foods that have it:
·         Chocolate	Magnesium	Raw nuts and seeds, legumes, fruits
·         Sweets	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	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	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
·         Preference for liquids rather than solids	Water	Flavor water with lemon or lime. You need 8 to 10 glasses per day.
·         Preference for solids rather than 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	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	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