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What cravings mean
your body is a pretty cool machine

It used to be impossible to stay on top of your macro and micro nutrients.
Not only was there no way to log what you’re eating, but you had no idea what was in what you were eating.
And yet, humans survived.
They lived.
They were able to eat the right stuff. They knew what to eat if they were deficient in something. They had intuition.
This intuition wasn’t something that they’d gathered through super high intellect though, it was through cravings.
The body has an incredible sense of taste/texture, it’s able to register these sensations as specific nutrients.
In moments when the body is deficient in something, it can signal a craving for that type of food.
This is a large reason humans were able to survive instead of being given an “go get calcium” sort of thought.
So how can this help your diet?
Well for starters you can easily use this mini guide to tell whether or not you’re deficient in something, but on top of that, this will help fix cravings in a tricky diet.
Cravings | Deficiency | Low Cal Swaps |
---|---|---|
Savoury Carbs (Bread/Pasta/Rice) | B2/B3/Protein | Edemame/Chicken Breast |
Chocolate | Magnesium | Spinach |
Salty Foods | Sodium/Chloride | Soup with a salty broth |
Fatty Foods | Calcium/EFAs | Calcium: Skimmed Milk |
Sugary Foods | Chromium/Phosphorus Tryptophan | Chromium/Phosphorus: Broccoli |
Ice | Iron | Red Meat |
Citrus Foods | Vitamin C | Lemon/Grapefruit |
Red Meat | Iron | Red Meat |
Crunchy vegetables | Fibre | Any vegetables! |
Dairy | Calcium | Skimmed Milk |
Coffee | Magnesium | Spinach |
To be honest, this is a bit of a pseudo-science.
At most, there truly is a connection between cravings and deficiencies.
However, if that isn’t true. At least you get an easy swap to remove a craving.
Let me know how it goes.
Your Hypertrophy Hero,
Fletcher
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