11/05/2025
🍫🍟 What Your Cravings Really Mean! 🍰🍕
Ever wondered why you crave certain foods, seemingly out of nowhere? These cravings are often your body's way of communicating specific nutrient needs or imbalances. Let’s decode these signals and understand what your body might truly need:
🧂 Salty: electrolyte imbalance (sodium, potassium, magnesium) or chronic stress. Stress affects your adrenal glands, causing your body to seek out salt to rebalance.
✨ Try: Electrolyte-rich foods (avocado, bananas, leafy greens) or magnesium-rich nuts and seeds.
🍩 Sweet: blood sugar instability, candida overgrowth, or fatigue. Sugar gives quick energy, but often leads to crashes later.
✨ Try: Complex carbs and healthy proteins/fats for sustained energy (e.g., oatmeal, berries, nuts, or Greek yogurt)
🍫 Chocolate: iron or magnesium deficiency. Chocolate (especially dark chocolate) contains magnesium, a nutrient many are deficient in.
✨ Try: Nuts, seeds, spinach, or lentils to boost iron/magnesium levels naturally.
🍞 Carbohydrates: blood sugar instability, fatigue, or low serotonin levels (the feel-good hormone). Carbs temporarily boost serotonin, lifting your mood.
✨ Try: Balanced meals with protein, fiber, and healthy fats to keep serotonin and blood sugar steady (like quinoa salads, salmon, eggs)
🥑 Fried Foods: a need for more healthy fats, calories, or fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K)
✨ Try: Incorporate healthy fats like avocado, olive oil, salmon, or nuts into daily meals.
🥩 Red Meat: iron deficiency or low B12. Red meat is a rich source of these nutrients, essential for energy.
✨ Try: Grass-fed beef occasionally, or plant-based iron sources like lentils, spinach, beans with vitamin C to boost absorption.
Ready to better understand your body, curb cravings, and live a healthier, balanced life?
✨ Connect with me today for personalized nutrition support. Let’s build a plan tailored just for YOU.
