Reasons for Cravings

There are many scientific explanations for food craving. Modern medicine explains that when our bodies crave certain foods, we are deficient in certain nutrients. This deficiency is caused by unhealthy eating habits, excessive eating of only one type of food (sandwiches), eating or drinking nutritionally deficient foods like fizzy drinks, maida (white flour), sooji (semolina), corn-flour, biscuits etc. To this list, add day to day stressors - typical of big cities - and the resulting increase in adrenaline, leads to mineral and electrolyte imbalance which causes food cravings.

Ayurveda and Chinese medicine have different explanations on cravings that talk about personalities and food likes and dislikes. According to some ancient medicine texts, it is said that many emotions are directly related to the kind of food cravings a person may develop. For instance, anxiety, stress and a sense of overwork coupled with the feeling that one has no time for oneself can typically lead to a craving for sweets. On the other hand, a feeling of fear and dread of some impending situation creates a craving for salty foods and a feeling of restlessness can make you crave for sour things.

They also talk about how different types of people tend to have different types of cravings. Earthy, affectionate and practical are said to lean towards sweet cravings whereas dynamic, aggressive people prefer salty eats. Temperamental, creative people they say take to sweet and sour foods when they crave. These are not rules per se but more like common observations made by medicine men of the past...

Read the entire article at How to Control Food Cravings?

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