Cosmopolitan Hippy January 2015
Eat like a Cosmopolitan Hippy: What your cravings REALLY mean
It’s 3pm, you’re sitting at your desk, and it hits. A craving for food so big, it could slay an elephant.
Most of the time when we crave a certain food, it’s because our body needs something. Problem is, the signals get mixed up and we end up reaching for something that isn’t actually what we need.
A lot of the time we are just dehydrated.
My top tips to combat cravings:
Before you reach for the food, have a nice big glass of water, wait 10 minutes and then re-assess if you really need something to eat.
If you still need to munch on something, give one of these alternatives a go.
| What you’re craving | What you really need | Eat this instead |
| Chocolate | Magnesium | Raw nuts, chia pudding |
| Sweet things | Chromium, Carbon, Phosphorus, Sulfur, Tryptophan | Turkey with a salad with dried unsweetened cranberries, mashed sweet potatoes |
| Starchy carbs (pasta, bread) | Nitrogen | Dark leafy greens topped with nuts, seeds and lots of oil |
| Salty foods | Rest (your adrenals are running on high), B vitamins | Omelette with spinach and mushrooms, salad with hummus, good sea salt. |
| Fatty foods and/or cheese | Essential fatty acids | Oily fish like salmon or sardines, fried in coconut oil served with a salad with lots of olive oil, avocado and almonds |
| Coffee and/or Tea | Sodium chloride (salt) and Iron | Omelette with capsicum, spinach and onions with a side salad dressed with apple cider vinegar and some black cherries |
| Red meat | Iron | Dark leafy greens – like kale or silver-beet topped with almonds and pumpkin seeds, small mount of lamb or kangaroo, or mussels |
An excerpt from Leandra’s latest book, Eat like a Cosmopolitan Hippy, out January 2015, RRP $49.95, available at www.cosmohippy.com.au and at The Chiropractic Place 3/55 Cavenagh Street Darwin, 8981 1778
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