Causes of Cravings

What’s Causing Your Cravings?

Heidi JonesHealth & Nutrition Coach

You will learn

• 8 causes of cravings• Identify areas of imbalance in your life

How do you view cravings?

Lack of Primary Food

Is the biggest cause of emotional eating

• Creativity• Finance• Career• Education• Health• Physical Activity

• Home Cooking• Home Environment • Relationships• Social Life• Joy• Spirituality

Water

*Top tipDrink a glass of water as soon as you crave something, if it subsides it means you were actually dehydrated!

YIN-YANG imbalance

Inside Coming Out

Cravings come from foods:

• that we have recently eaten• foods eaten by our ancestors • foods from our childhood

* Top tip: A clever way to satisfy these cravings is to eat a healthier version

Seasonal

Spring cravingsDetoxifying foods Summer cravings

Cooling foodsAutumn cravingsGrounding foods Winter cravings

Hot, warming foods

Cravings can also be

associated with the holidays

Lack of Nutrients

If the body has inadequate nutrients, it will produce cravings.

Overall inadequate nutrition produces cravings for non-nutritional forms of energy, like caffeine.

Hormonal

Fluctuating testosterone and estrogen levels may cause unique cravings.

Self-sabotage syndrome

This often happens from low blood sugar and may result in strong mood swings

Underlining Causes Of Your Cravings

Remember:• Cravings are important messages to assist you

in maintaining balance• Look at the foods, deficits and behaviors in

your life that are the underlying causes of your cravings

• Deconstruct you cravings by asking yourself, what does my body want and why?

Circle of Life