Cravings for certain foods are nothing unusual nowadays. Everyone now and then has a craving for sweet or salty foods which isn ́t something bad unless cravings become part of your everyday life and have a negative impact on your health and wellbeing.
If you want to live a healthy lifestyle understanding your cravings is an essential part of it.
Cravings are seen as something negative, something we should suppress and are fighting against as much as possible – until we gave in and binge on whatever we are craving.
But actually, cravings are something positive. It ́s your body or your mind telling you it needs something. The key to understand cravings is to listen to yourself and find out if your body is lacking certain nutrients or if it ́s just your mind.
Instead of suppressing your cravings find out what the source of them is. It can be due to lack of nutrients, especially minerals and vitamins or sometimes because of bad food choices like fast food or processed foods which aren ́t nutritious and make our bodies crave more and more to get the nutrition it needs.
Cravings can also occur if you are not happy. You don ́t have to be physically hungry, you can also be emotionally hungry. The cause of certain cravings can be a bad relationship, not enough love, stress, depression, exhaustion or dissatisfaction.
Finding out what is the source of your food cravings is the first step of reducing them and helping you to find a healthy balance.