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Below is a chart of most of the common food cravings, flavor cravings and eating habits you may experiencing, the reason why you may be craving that specific food and the foods you can eat to satisfy your cravings.
Food cravings are just another way for the body to signal what it needs, giving us the chance to fulfill that need. Food cravings are caused by certain foods, lack of certain nutrients, hormonal imbalances, and lifestyle behaviors.
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CRAVINGS: Basic Principles. Giving into cravings only makes them stronger for the next time. When you give in to the craving, you renew the pleasurable memory associated with the substance, making the urge to use even stronger next time. (For example – try to eat just one cookie.
Tracking Tools for Readers. Printable Resources. PDF versions of the tracking tools available in Part V of The Craving Cure: Weekly Mini Questionnaire. After filling out the initial, more elaborate craving type questionnaire and profile at the beginning of the book, click here to track your craving status with the weekly questionnaire.
Extra servings of non-trigger food might create cravings. If we are unsure whether food causes problems for us, we leave it out at first. Later, with abstinence, the correct answer becomes clear. Here are some examples: • comfort foods or junk foods (such as chocolate, name-brand fast foods, cookies, potato chips)
Sniff! Smell a non-food related scent like flowers (jasmine, lilac, etc.) to help reduce a food craving. Chew gum. Chew mint-flavored, sugarless gum to help squelch a food craving. Get your sleep! Get enough rest and you’ll decrease the likelihood that you’ll crave high-calorie, nutrient-poor food. Get up and move!
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Food cravings can often be a sign of certain nutrient needs. If you crave a food in the left column, you may need the nutrient shown in the middle column, which is available from foods in the right column.
