If you crave this... | What you really need is... | And here are healthy foods that have it: |
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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 |
Tyrosine Thanks, Naturopathyworks! | Vitamin C supplements or orange, green and red fruits and vegetables |
A blog of helpful tips and techniques for surviving as a Clean Eater in a non Clean Eating world. I'm working towards a clean diet, and want to share what I've learned along the way. I also occasionally write about gun and 2nd Amendment issues, so indulge me. Welcome to my blog!
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Sunday, February 6, 2011
If You Crave...You Might Need...
I found this nifty chart online and thought I'd repost it for my readers. I like the way this chart thinks...though the bit about water is...um...odd.