This is really helpful. Thanks for sharing!

My pre-men cravings were AWFUL the last few days.

Actually, nutrition research has not found any correlation between food cravings and nutrition needs. A lot of people come up with ideas like this, but food cravings actually have nothing to do with your body's true needs and more to do with cultural norms, triggers, your own thoughts, etc. I think you can tell by looking at the list that it doesn't make any sense. If your body NEEDED calcium, why would you crave foods without it (fat, oil)? From an evolutionary standpoint, that's nonsense.

Usually if I crave foods, it's because I'm stressed.

Crave foods/drinks mentioned above that is

That was really interesting and helpful! Thanks! Now where is the kale when you need it??

I hate baroccoli and kale ....... always crave fatty foods!

That's really neat. But does anyone ever _crave_ ice? I never have. Actually, wait...just thinking about it makes me crave it for the first time ever...hmmm. I guess thinking about ice reduces my iron... I think in concept this is a very interesting idea. Maybe the details still need to be hashed out by fancy scientists.

Nikolem2, I agree with you! I think cravings are often psychological. It is a nice idea to try to substitute unhealthy foods with better options. There is something to be said for "listening" to your body, but most of the time it's not any deficiency, but just a glass of water we need. Especially if you're craving sweets, you may just be dehydrated. Anytime you crave something, just drink a glass of aqua and see how you feel after 10 minutes.

Neat list! I will have to try it out and see if it works for me. Thought from what Nikolem says, it won't! Either way, I always thought my chocolate craving was because I wanted sweet and yummy. ^^

In med school we learned people with an iron deficiency can develop pica where they crave non nutritional items such as ice, dirt, etc. that do not contain iron. This craving usually lasts for a month or longer to be considered pica, so just wanting to eat ice doesn't mean you're lacking iron.

thanks! this is helpful

Cooooooool, maybe I can get rid of my cravings for unhealthy foods by eating the healthier alternatives.

P.S. I did crave laundry detergent when I was pregnant (don't worry, I didn't eat any!), and the doctor said it was because I was iron deficient. Which made sense becuase I have a tendency to be anemic and it was worse during pregnancy.

sounds interesting enough but from a science background I'm a not so sure

Interesting article Fit! I'll have to try some of these tips since I'm always craving one of the foods listed above.

Here's a great free article on using EFT to handle your cravings.