Cravings

Cravings can be a crazy thing. If you are really listening to your body and eating clean, it will tell you what it needs. You don't crave cheeseburgers but you do crave nutrients. Though deconstructing that and realizing what you need is tricky. For the last 3 weeks I have been craving orange juice. I can not drink enough. Clearly I'm needing vitamin C. Others are harder to deconstruct. My dad always tells me he sometimes has weird cravings for protein bars and he knows he's lacking something and his body tells him he can get it in protein bars. It's also association and where your body thinks it can get what it needs. When I get dehydrated, I crave a Coke. Illogical right. Unless I explain it this way. When I am dehydrated my blood thickens and it makes me feel sleepy. My body knows the caffeine and sugar will jolt it awake. If I just drink some water my craving usually subsides. Our body's are amazing machines.