{"id":23151,"date":"2017-03-24T02:30:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T23:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifeadvancer.com\/?p=23151"},"modified":"2020-08-24T14:36:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T14:36:27","slug":"food-cravings-essential-nutrients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeadvancer.com\/food-cravings-essential-nutrients\/","title":{"rendered":"These Common Food Cravings Could Mean You Have Nutrient Deficiencies"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are many times when cravings just appear, unexpectedly, and there is no actual hunger.<\/p>\n

What are the causes of these sudden food cravings?<\/h2>\n

These are the most common types:<\/p>\n

1. Classical conditioning<\/h4>\n

Places and people can trigger off cravings for certain types of food. We are all victims of this category of cravings. Like craving pizza on movie nights at a certain time, out of habit.<\/p>\n

Once you are aware of the habit, it can be easy to steer away from it. Once you figure out exactly what triggers of these cravings you can combat it. Figure out timings of the food cravings and if it is a pattern. Determine the types of foods craved<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Are there any life experiences you can think have linked to this kind of food? Are there any emotions conjured to this food connection? Do you feel happy or sad, anxious or afraid?<\/p>\n

Once you detect the whys of the cravings, you can begin the battle against them. Keep reminding yourself that your body does not need this type of food in its system. Like you conditioned yourself to the craving, condition yourself out of it.<\/p>\n

2. Physiological Craving<\/h4>\n

You should get tested and analyze which minerals or vitamins you might be deficient in that cause certain cravings.<\/p>\n