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September 4, 2017

What Do Your Food Cravings Mean?

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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.

Craving

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


Read this post

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

Read this article

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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12 Comments

  1. Karen

    September 5, 2017 at 11:07 pm

    castor oil packs for the liver, where can i find your info
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      September 6, 2017 at 7:45 am

      Here you go: https://deliciouslyorganic.net/castor-oil-packs-detox/
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  2. Stacey

    September 6, 2017 at 3:25 pm

    Thank you, Carrie. Would you happen to know what an intense craving for cashews means and how it may be resolved by other foods?
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    • Deliciously Organic

      September 11, 2017 at 10:48 am

      That would indicate a need for essential fatty acids. I'd look up at the chart and then add those foods to your daily diet. :)
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  3. Rosemary Schuetzle

    November 3, 2017 at 4:01 pm

    I never got the list for thyroid help.
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    • Deliciously Organic

      November 6, 2017 at 10:52 am

      Hmm...everything is working on our end so I'm not sure what happened. Did you open the confirmation email we sent and approve it? If not, then that might be why it didn't send. If you're still having issues, please email us at: info@deliciouslyorganic.net and we can help you out.
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      • Renee

        January 8, 2020 at 10:18 am

        Hi Carrie, I always have heartburn after I drink coffee, which I really love. It's my comfort drink. My sister and aunt had to quit drinking it because of the same thing. Why does this happen and what can I do about it besides giving up my coffee?
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  4. Sheila Thompson

    January 26, 2020 at 4:39 am

    What does a craving for caviar mean?
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    • Deliciously Organic

      January 29, 2020 at 10:25 am

      Maybe the body is wanting more omega-3s, Vitamin A, D, choline or selenium. Most of these nutrients are also in egg yolks, so it could be worth a try to add in more yolks and see if it satisfies the craving.
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  5. Amymarie

    May 6, 2020 at 3:01 pm

    Do you have that cravings chart as a pdf?
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    • Deliciously Organic

      May 11, 2020 at 12:13 pm

      Not currently. Sorry!
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