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Last Updated on October 5, 2022 by Carrie Korem, FNTP

Have you ever wondered why you have certain food cravings? They can actually be the body telling you that you need certain nutrients.

What Do Your Food Cravings Mean?

 

Last month, I shared on Instagram about my major craving for raw fish. I ate some raw salmon and hoped that would suffice, but for the next week or so the craving wouldn’t go away. I found myself thinking of wild seafood all day long!

I soon realized my body was probably needing extra iodine. So I added an iodine supplement to my daily consumption of wild seafood and sea vegetables. The cravings finally subsided after about two weeks. My body was obviously going through some kind of shift!

Food cravings often communicate some deficiency our bodies are experiencing. For example, if you’re craving chocolate, that’s usually a sign you need some magnesium.

After my “raw fish” experience, I thought it would be helpful to give you a chart for reference. I received a version of this chart while completing Nutritional Therapy School and added some items to give you a comprehensive list.

*Here’s info about iodine and supplementation.

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What Your Body Really Needs

Foods Containing that Nutrient
Chocolate Magnesium Spinach, Swiss Chard, Soaked Pumpkin Seeds, Almonds or Black Beans, Avocado

Add 1 cup of Epsom salts to your bath and soak for 20 minutes each night.

Sweets Chormium

Carbon

Phosphorus

Sulfur

Thryptophan

Can also indicate low blood sugar or low adrenal function

 Broccoli, Grapes, Garlic, Potatoes

Pastured meats, raw dairy

Soaked Sunflower Seeds or White Beans, Raw Milk, Wild Tuna, Pastured Beef

Garlic and Onions

Pastured Eggs, Spirulina, Wild Seafood, Pastrued Poultry, Raw Dairy

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Bread Nitrogen Pastured Meats, Wild Seafood, Pastured Eggs, Soaked Legumes, Spinach
Oily and Fatty Foods Calcium Raw milk, Cooked Kale, Sardines, Cultured Yogurt, Raw Cheese
Coffee or Tea Phosphorus

Sulphur

Sea Salt

Iron

 Soaked Sunflower Seeds, Raw Milk, Soaked White Beans, Wild Tuna, Pastured Beef

Garlic, Onions

Celtic Sea Salt

Liver, Pastured Beef, Soaked Lentils
Carbohydrates such as: Biscuits, Pasta, Chips, etc. Chromium

Magnesium

Hormone Imbalance, Blood Sugar Handling, or Adrenal Imbalance

 Broccoli, Grapes, Garlic, Potatoes

Spinach, Swiss Chard, Soaked Pumpkin Seeds, Almonds or Black Beans, Avocado

Add 1 cup of Epsom salts to your bath and soak for 20 minutes each night.

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Alcohol Protein

Avenin

Calcium

Glutamine

Potassium

 Pastured beef, Pastured Chicken, Wild Weafood, Soaked Lentils and Black Beans

Soaked Oats or Barley

Raw milk, Cooked Kale, Sardines, Cultured Yogurt, Raw Cheese

Pastured meats, Raw Dairy, Bone Broth, Spirulina, Cottage Cheese, Wild Fish, Asparagus

Soaked White Beans, Avocado, Broccoli, Sweet Potato, Bananas, Wild Salmon and Sardines, Pastured Beef, Raw Milk

Soda Calcium Raw milk, Cooked Kale, Sardines, Cultured Yogurt, Raw Cheese
Salty Foods Chloride 

Adrenal support

 Celtic sea salt

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Acidic Foods Magnesium Spinach, Swiss Chard, Soaked Pumpkin Seeds, Almonds or Black Beans, Avocado

Add 1 cup of Epsom salts to your bath and soak for 20 minutes each night.

Premenstrual Cravings Zinc Pastured Beef, Soaked Pumpkin Seeds, Chickpeas, or Cashews, Kefir

Zinc works synergistically with Hydrochloric Acid, so it’s important make sure your body is producing enough stomach acid.

Lack of appetite when you wake up Hydrochloric Acid Take 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar before each meal or 1 dropper of Digestive Bitters, and read this post.
Cheese Essential Fatty Acids Butter, Ghee, Lard, Tallow, Olive Oil, Coconut Oil
Red Meat Iron Liver, Pastured Beef, Soaked Lentils
Raw Fish Iodine Wild Seafood, Sea Vegetables, Cultured Yogurt, Raw Milk, Pastured Eggs, Soaked Lima Beans, Raw Cheese
Ice Iron Liver, Pastured Beef, Soaked Lentils

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