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So what do you REALLY want?
If you Crave: Chocolate
You may need: Magnesium
Try: Nut & seeds like sesame & pumpkin; berries.
If you Crave: Bread
You may need: Nitrogen
Try: Protein! Fish, meat, poultry
If you Crave: Coffee (irrationally)
You may need: salt
Try: A pinch of sea salt
If you Crave: Burned or very well-done food
You may need: Carbon
Try: Fresh fruit
If you Crave: Soda or carbonated drinks
You may need: Calcium
Try: Leafy greens, broccoli, raw milk cheese
If you Crave: Anything PMS-related
You may need: Zinc
Try: Organ meats (hide some liver in a chili or meatballs), seafood, leafy greens, root veggies
If you Crave: Ice-Cold drinks
You may need: Manganese
Try: Almonds, pineapple, blueberries
Source: Jenson, Bernard; The Chemistry of Man.
Eason, Cathy, NTP
Deroin, Cheryl, NMD
So what do you REALLY want?
If you Crave: Chocolate
You may need: Magnesium
Try: Nut & seeds like sesame & pumpkin; berries.
If you Crave: Bread
You may need: Nitrogen
Try: Protein! Fish, meat, poultry
If you Crave: Coffee (irrationally)
You may need: salt
Try: A pinch of sea salt
If you Crave: Burned or very well-done food
You may need: Carbon
Try: Fresh fruit
If you Crave: Soda or carbonated drinks
You may need: Calcium
Try: Leafy greens, broccoli, raw milk cheese
If you Crave: Anything PMS-related
You may need: Zinc
Try: Organ meats (hide some liver in a chili or meatballs), seafood, leafy greens, root veggies
If you Crave: Ice-Cold drinks
You may need: Manganese
Try: Almonds, pineapple, blueberries
Source: Jenson, Bernard; The Chemistry of Man.
Eason, Cathy, NTP
Deroin, Cheryl, NMD
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