OT: Cravings...here's a list that a doctor put together and how to avoid them...

Ok wonderful people of the recipe forum.  It's a serious subject that I know you're passionate about...

Food Porn    Cravings    Head Hunger and all of those things that made us a bit too big for our favorite pair of "britches" a long time ago...

We are all recovering from some form of food addiction....or lack of self control...or something that went haywire that caused us to become part of the "Army of little belly people".

I ran across this article that some Dr. made that might help you kill your head hunger or cravings...

I'm very fortunate that I don't have head hunger.  I olved that issue quickly, but I do have friends who see a "Ruby Tuesday's Restaurant" commerical late at night and wish they could have the decadent chocolate explosion at 11pm....  You guys and gals know exactly what I'm talking about...(damn insensitive restaurant executives....)   Anyway, here's the list!

If you crave this...	What you really need is...	And here are healthy foods that have it:
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, grain
	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, sweat 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	Vitamin C supplements or orange, green and red fruits and vegetables

I can't take credit if this works or not.  So give it a whirl and see if it heps you.  I'm sure the doctor who made this list did it to help the plight of all of us who struggle to get rid of our favorite bad foods from our pasts.

Take Care...

T.

Thanks for the tips!!!

Thanks for this info. But do you have any lo carb chocolate recipes? Chocolate cheese cake or something chocolate? I do eat almonds and legumes, but I would like to have something chocolate.
Thanks,
K

Thanks T.

I was a bit amused by the following:

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.

So, no matter what, you need more water.  LOL
---jan---

Jan, the REALLY funny part to this whole thing, is they are missing a few vital things that men crave....  but then none of it is healthy for the fix of those types of cravings...

Like sex....  if you crave sex, what is the fix for it?  I say, eat some chocolate...  or drink a shot of something, but then that just makes you want sex more....  crazy chart thingy I had to download!  HA!  So maybe there's no real fix....


T.

Do people actually crave Burned food??????? Good heavens! I need a fix for craving hot sauce!
I'm also very sure that the cure for craving sex is to live on an island somewhere.....Is it working yet?
Sher

Silly girl, its not burned food. Its called "BLACKENED FOOD"

Have I ever told you how absolutely awesome you are?!?! Well, you are!! You are always finding great info and recipes for all of us to enjoy. Thank you!!

If you don't mind I will post this list on my blog. That way I can always use it as a reference point, and know exactly where to find it.

Mighty Aphrodite, you are welcome to use anything that can help any person who wants it from my recipes to my odd little tidbits.....  I hope it helps whoever can use them!

See ya!  And hey, thanks for such wonderful, kind words...  I can't tell you how much they mean to me!

T.

I printed it out yesterday and gave it to some of the trianers at my gym to use with their clients.