most recent 30 from http://paleohacks.com 2013-05-23T07:18:06Z http://paleohacks.com/feeds/question/147438 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://paleohacks.com/questions/147438/dealing-with-cravings-of-healthy-food JB Primal 2012-09-05T22:56:18Z 2013-04-11T02:56:44Z

<p>So, many people, myself included, are of the belief that if you crave a food (I mean a good Paleo approved food, mainly fruit or sometimes bacon) that it usually means you are missing something in your diet. A vitamin, mineral, whatever. </p> <p>If that is indeed true, and you're jonesing for some strawberries or raspberries or maybe a big hunk of bacon, shouldn't you just be able to pop a good multivitamin/mineral pill and watch the craving go bye-bye?</p> <p>I'm curious to hear others' experiences with cravings and whether vitamins, etc. help with cravings.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/147438/dealing-with-cravings-of-healthy-food/147445#147445 Dan 2012-09-05T23:23:06Z 2012-09-05T23:23:06Z

<p>A multivitamin or mineral covers very little of what we actually need. Amino acids, fats, trace minerals, antioxidants, electrolytes, and more. </p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/147438/dealing-with-cravings-of-healthy-food/147463#147463 Karma 2012-09-06T01:09:21Z 2012-09-06T01:09:21Z

<p>In addition to Dan's comments (+1, btw) your body does not readily absorb a lot of the vitamins that are in pill form...</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/147438/dealing-with-cravings-of-healthy-food/147470#147470 Crowbar 2012-09-06T01:32:43Z 2012-09-06T01:32:43Z

<p>When my mother was pregnant with me, she craved rubber. She was caught hiding in the garage eating a brand new pair of flip-flops. She asked her doctor what she was missing, and he said, "Brains, nobody eats rubber."</p> <p>Ah, the wonders of Pica.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/147438/dealing-with-cravings-of-healthy-food/147478#147478 Lisanne 2012-09-06T02:01:26Z 2012-09-06T02:01:26Z

<p>Why take a supplement when you could eat real food?</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/147438/dealing-with-cravings-of-healthy-food/190769#190769 PilatesGatekeeper 2013-04-11T02:56:44Z 2013-04-11T02:56:44Z

<p>If you're craving something paleo-approved, by all means go for it! I've had paleo-approved cravings (salmon, lamb, bacon, etc.) and I yeilded to them with no shame. Like what Dan said, pills don't give us amino acids, trace minerals, fats, antioxidants, electrolytes, etc. Craving berries may mean your body needs vitamin C, craving bacon may indicate that you need more riboflavin. There might be something you may very well need from a paleo approved craving, we may not even know what yet. It's just your body telling you you need something. Hey, better (and easier) to get what you need from a clean, wholesome source than a crummy SAD source! All I can say is that there's no shame in having a paleo-approved craving.</p> <p>I have found that calcium/vitamin D suppliments kept my dairy cravings away and magnesium suppliments kept my chocolate cravings away, but they're not foolproof.</p>