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!
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.
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?