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The body has an amazing intelligence, knowing to pump blood, keeping a steady heartbeat, and maintaining homeostasis.
Is this reliable, intelligent bio-computer making a mistake by craving ice cream or a hamburger or chocolate?
Perhaps cravings are not a problem in themselves, but provide critical pieces of information that signal what your body needs.
What is important is to understand why you crave what you crave. Perhaps your diet is too limited, devoid of essential nutrients.
Perhaps you are living a lifestyle that is too stressful. Your body tries to correct the imbalance by sending you a message: a craving.
Your craving for something sweet could mean you need more protein, more exercise, more water, or more love in your life.
Your body knows what you need and is always trying to create balance. However, products like refined foods, sugar, caffeine, alcohol and drugs,
which have little or no nutritional value, are confusing to the body. They throw it off balance and can create serious cravings,
as your body tries to get what it needs to restore internal harmony. The more your food is whole and healthy,
the easier it is for your body to stay in balance, giving you a happier, healthier life.
Of all the relationships in our life, the one with our body is most essential for our health. Taking time to understand
and learn to decipher your body’s cravings, will create a deep lasting level of health and balance.
The next time you have a craving, treat it as a loving message from your body instead of as a weakness.
Try these steps to respond to your body:
- First, have a glass of water and wait ten minutes.
- Eat a healthier version of what you crave. For example, if you crave sweets, try eating more fruit and sweet or root vegetables.
- What is out of balance in you life? Is there something you need to express, something being repressed? What happened in your life just before you had this craving?
- When you eat the food you are craving, enjoy it, taste it, savor it; notice its affects. Then you can be more aware and free to decide if you really want it next time.
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