36 Cravings Q & A - How to Listen To Your Body & Give it What it Needs

The Cravings Whisperer Podcast with Alexandra JamiesonYes.... Spring is finally here!Do you love this time of the year? Do you love gardening?Well I love both and I'm so excited about planting, growing and cooking my own food.Today I answer the questions many of you have been asking. How do we control our PMS cravings. Why we crave what we crave, and what you can do for your body to feel balanced during this stress induced time of the month.We dive into salty cravings and the top 5 most common nutrient deficiencies. I also share with you lots of delicious food recommendations.I’m equally excited to share with you my sponsor, Perfect Supplements. I use their Cordyceps, Natural Calm Magnesium and Rhodiola all the time – and am thrilled to partner with them to bring you the show.As a special offer to my “clan of the crave bears” and listeners, Perfect Supplements is offering 10% off your order when you use the discount code CRAVE10 at check out! Click here to get your goodies!So do yourself a favor, listen to this episode then get outside and check out what's growing. It's time to create beautiful food for a healthy body.

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"Your brain is the number one consumer of glucose in the body." (Click to Tweet)

Show Notes:

  • What can I do about PMS cravings
  • How do hormones work
  • What are the effects of birth control pills?
  • The correlation between will power and blood sugar
  • The importance of focusing on clean and lean proteins
  • How to deal with stress

"Focus on clean and lean proteins." (Click to Tweet)

  • How to get a balance of protein, fats and sugars
  • Why you should eat the best quality dark chocolate
  • How to replace sugar…. Hint: With pleasure!
  • Concerned about your health? Then go and have a check up!
  • How to support the people you love

"Make sure you're doing things in your life that bring you pleasure and joy." (Click to Tweet)

The 5 Most Common Nutrient Deficiencies & What You Can Do about Them:

    1. Iodine - The crucial ingredient in thyroid hormone
      • What to eat more of: Fish, shellfish, seafood, crustaceans, seaweed, sea vegetables, kelp, kombu, pasteurised egg yolks, nascent iodine supplement
    2. Selenium - Another important thyroid ingredient
      • What to eat more of: Brazil nuts, wild salmon, shiitake mushrooms, lamb, turkey, shrimp, cod, halibut, egg yolks
    3. Magnesium - Highly rampant through depletion in soil and modern water
      • What to eat more of: Dark chocolate, leafy greens, swiss chard, spinach, bok choy, kale, seeds, nuts, halibut mineral water, natural calm supplement
    4. Vitamin K2 - We need to eat more K2 foods
      • What to eat more of: Egg yolks, grass fed butter, fish eggs, fermented soy beans, miso soup, K2 supplement
    5. Vitamin B12 - Very common and it's extra tough to get on a vegetarian or vegan diet
      • What to eat more of: Mostly animal foods - Liver, sardines, salmon, a really absorbable B12 supplement

"Cravings are your bodies way of telling you it needs something." (Click to Tweet)

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"Your salty cravings might be for particular minerals." (Click to Tweet)

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