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What Your

Food Cravings

Really Mean

Ever had a craving you just can’t shake? Is there only one particular food that can
always pull you out of an emotional rut? Have you ever wondered where the phrase
“Eat your feelings” even comes from?

Of course, you have! You’re only human! Most a while, your body learns this routine and sends
people accept food cravings as a normal part of cravings in order to create a short-term boost of
everyday life without really ever asking “why?” chemical components. By deciphering the real
No two bodies are the same, and therefore no two meaning of your cravings, you can get insight as
reasons behind a specific food craving are the to what’s truly gnawing at you from within.
same. While some may be rooted in nutritional
deficits – others may be a deeper signal from our Having some knowledge about what our

Spirit echoing throughout our bodies. cravings can mean, may help us to reduce
unhealthy habits and poor food choices. The
Your mind, body, and Spirit communicate following are the three most commonly craved
through an intricate language, which isn’t always food flavors, and a starting point for you to
easy to decipher. However, with a little effort, decrypt what your mind, body, and Spirit are
you can translate these signals and create the really trying to tell you.
harmony needed for improved health.
Craving Sweets

For most, we’ve been taught to “overcome” our Physical
bodily cues. For example, when a person has a • Tired or Lack of Energy
headache, they’re taught to reach for the Advil • Dehydration
bottle rather than lying down and drinking lots • Blood Sugar imbalances
of water. However, no matter how much you • Chromium or Magnesium deficiencies
resent, ignore, or overlook your bodily cues – • Fatty Acid deficiency
they’re not going to go away. Emotional
• Sadness
When looking at food cravings specifically,
emotions are one of the most common causes There have been a number of studies that show
of overeating. Our cravings tend to manifest how sugar can affect the same brain regions
themselves when we’re feeling vulnerable. as drugs and alcohol. This is because simple

Rather than expressing our emotions, we tend carbohydrates, such as sugar, are digested
to stuff them down with “comfort foods” that faster than complex carbohydrates and give an
give our bodies a false sense of fulfillment. After immediate energy boost. Chocolate specifically
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