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Salt cravings

Theycallithogging
Theycallithogging Posts: 29
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Does anyone else find that by cutting one food group/ taste sensation, they crank up their desire for another!? The lack of sugars I seem, so far, to be okay with (am limiting fruit mostly to berries) but oh my, the salt cravings!! And I was never even a potato chip kinda gal before. I'm giving in to miso cravings, which I know are not acceptable paleo. Anyone have any good paleo-friendly ideas for satisfying a salt craving? Much appreciated.

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  • IAmABetterMe
    IAmABetterMe Posts: 128 Member
    This probably means that your body is losing more which is why you crave it. I do a nice Broth - really salty... it will cure it =) or salted unroasted nuts.... I do tuna with a little olive oil or coconut oil
  • Theycallithogging
    Theycallithogging Posts: 29
    Thanks! How do you do your broth? And do you add salt to it?
  • MikeFlyMike
    MikeFlyMike Posts: 639 Member
    I buy expensive salt and put it on all kinds of stuff.
    Separately, I will have the occasional dark chocolate with sea salt in it - that is fing amazing.

    I love to salt and pepper my steaks.
    For me my cravings were mostly all psychological like, "something crunchy". Most honestly were texture based. odd.
  • IAmABetterMe
    IAmABetterMe Posts: 128 Member
    Yes I add salt... I add as it is cooking. I do a chicken stock with TONS of veggies...
  • dancingdeer
    dancingdeer Posts: 373 Member
    Here is a good recipe for bone broth - you can use marrow bones, chicken, etc. :wink:

    http://balancedbites.com/2011/04/easy-recipe-mineral-rich-bone-broth.html
  • Theycallithogging
    Theycallithogging Posts: 29
    Fab, thank you all. We buy expensive sea salt so I'll wean myself away from the miso and crank up the broth! Thanks
  • breeanreyes
    breeanreyes Posts: 228 Member
    you can also make kale 'chips' in an oven or dehydrator, you tear the kale into chip sized pieces, put them in olive oil (i add a little vinegar too because I always loved salt and vingegar chips), spread them out on either a baking sheet or dehydrator tray. You bake them I think at 250-300 for 10 min or dehydrate until krispy! Some people claim they're like popcorn, I wouldn't go that far but they are good! and lots of vitamins too :) I also salt a lot of my food with high quality sea salt, that was one thing I wasn't willing to give up!
  • MinimalistShoeAddict
    MinimalistShoeAddict Posts: 1,946 Member
    Does anyone else find that by cutting one food group/ taste sensation, they crank up their desire for another!? The lack of sugars I seem, so far, to be okay with (am limiting fruit mostly to berries) but oh my, the salt cravings!! And I was never even a potato chip kinda gal before. I'm giving in to miso cravings, which I know are not acceptable paleo. Anyone have any good paleo-friendly ideas for satisfying a salt craving? Much appreciated.



    I have had this problem before. When I tried to quit caffeine, I found myself craving more sugar. After I cut back on sugar, my craving for salty foods increased. I never was able to quit caffeine, but I have cut back substantially in both caffeine and sugar intake. Sodium is still a problem area for me.
  • divemunkey
    divemunkey Posts: 288 Member
    Olives and pickles are nice salty things that are ok, too.

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