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Many women notice a significantly increased appetite before menstruation. For some, it can be so strong that it is almost impossible to restrain oneself. At the same time, taste preferences can be the strangest. Therefore, girls often ask, is this normal?

Let's figure out what's happening. Why do you feel hungry before your period? Why are you drawn to a certain type of product? How to survive these days without harming your figure?

Why is table salt needed?

Why does a person need salt? After all, a newborn, for example, gets along just fine without it. Does your body need salt?

Needs. And how. A newborn simply needs the salt contained in mother’s milk. Salt, or sodium chloride, ensures the normal functioning of important systems in the body.

1. Sodium participates in acid-base metabolism (water-salt). With a sufficient amount of this element in the blood, red blood cells regularly deliver oxygen to tissues and organs.

2. Together with potassium, sodium helps glucose and amino acids penetrate cell membranes. This means that it affects the proper nutrition of cells.

3. Sodium is important for normal nerve function. It helps nerve endings receive information from the environment and transmit impulses along nerve and muscle fibers.

4. Sodium ensures complete absorption of nutrients in the small intestine and kidneys.

5. Chlorine is needed for the secretion of gastric juice, normal functioning of the central nervous system, and genital organs. It is a component of inert and muscle tissue, blood, and intercellular fluid.

Salt is important for humans. A lack of it is dangerous (just like an excess). When there is not enough salt in the body, not the most pleasant processes occur:

nerve impulses do not enter the cerebral cortex (people simply become stupid before our eyes);
the effect of electrolytes weakens (a person cannot remember information, he is in a bad mood, and sometimes has inappropriate behavior);
constantly want to sleep;
weakness is felt in all muscles;
coordination is impaired;
water is lost, dehydration and blood thickening occur;
the risk of cardiovascular problems increases.

Fortunately, the constant desire to eat something salty does not always indicate a pathological lack of sodium in the body.

When do you want something salty?

This desire may be pathological (due to diet, unreasonable diet or metabolic disorders). May be temporary. Due to pregnancy, for example. It can be a consequence of habit, profession or lifestyle. Let's talk about all the reasons in detail.

Signs of pathological lack of salt in the body:

a) dry skin, untimely loss of elasticity; b) muscle weakness; c) nausea; d) lack of appetite; e) malfunctions of the kidneys and nervous system; e) tachycardia.

Most often, a person brings himself to this state. Strict diets and poor nutrition cause a lack of sodium in the body and metabolic disorders. Refusing table salt, many also refuse those products that contain this salt (fish, seafood, cheeses, garlic, onions, mineral waters, tomatoes, beans, etc.).

I also want salty foods because of problems in the body:

a) accelerated metabolism; b) lack of certain minerals and trace elements (calcium, potassium, iodine); c) malfunction of the thyroid gland (hence metabolic disorders); d) infections of the genitourinary system.

The reason for the desire to eat something salty can be chronic stress. The life around us, people, work - everything became insipid. The food also seems bland. A person wants to “revive” it, make the taste more intense. That's why it constantly adds salt.

Often craving salty foods during pregnancy. This phenomenon is temporary and normal. It is explained by the following circumstances:

1) The amount of blood in a pregnant woman’s body almost doubles. Accordingly, the volume of water increases. And sodium is necessary for normal water metabolism.

2) A growing child also needs blood. Therefore, it also needs salt.

Of course, the craving for salty foods during pregnancy is completely justified. But there is danger in this desire. The woman eats and eats. Either cucumbers or herring. Eventually, it develops excess salt. Hence – swelling of the legs, fingers, bags under the eyes.

Cravings for salty foods develop due to increased sweating. Along with sweat, the body also loses salt. Excessive sweating occurs:

a) during holidays in hot countries with high humidity; b) during physical activity; c) while working in hot shops

The last two points are the nuances of lifestyle and work performed. To prevent the consequences of sodium deficiency, you need to replenish lost salt in a timely manner. With the help of fruits and vegetables, mineral water. But not with pickled cucumber or over-salted porridge.

Sometimes you crave something salty out of habit. Our taste habits are formed over the years. For example, since childhood we have eaten very salty soups. This has become the norm for us. And in adulthood we will pour salt into our dishes. And we will cease to feel the salt initially contained in the products. So we bring ourselves to the hospital.

Sometimes we are simply overwhelmed with the desire to eat something unusual for ourselves with a bright salty, sweet, sour or other taste. Often this condition harms our good intentions to go on a diet and lose weight. We suffer, we don’t know what to do, we try to ignore the harmful urge of the body or “buy off” it with little blood: small portions or less harmful products with a similar taste.

But we just need to figure out what our desires signal, what microelements our body lacks. After all, different tastes perform certain functions in our body.

In some cases, sudden changes in appetite signal more serious things.

: diseases of some organs, low-grade inflammation, endocrine problems.

Why do you want sweets: what is missing?

1. Review your work schedule

Allow yourself time for unplanned rest. If this is not possible, eat low-calorie sweets: marshmallows, marmalade, halva, grain cookies, etc. Ignoring this need is unnecessary and dangerous, because the body is under real overload and needs additional portions of glucose.

2. Replenish vitamin deficiency

With strict diets, especially low-calorie ones, a lack of vitamins cannot be avoided. Magnesium, nitrogen, B vitamins, polyunsaturated fatty acids, and much more that the body and brain begin to urgently need when we “eat only cabbage” in pursuit of a beautiful figure.

Nuts will help fill the gap

. Almonds, walnuts and peanuts are considered especially healthy. For example, 5 walnuts per day completely meets our needs for omega 3.

Dried fruits:

, raisins will deceive the brain and satiate the psychological need for sweets. Add fruit, but be careful. One large or two medium ones per meal will be enough. But you can eat sweet pumpkin as much as you like. You should also add meat, liver, cabbage and cheese to your diet.

According to some data unconfirmed by extensive research, sweets are also “required” by a fungus that sometimes settles in our body.

What diseases can a craving for sweets signal?

In case of chronic depression, sweets replenish the amount of endorphin - the hormone of happiness. Risks rapid or gradual weight gain. Give preference to dark chocolate (50 g per day)

, which will fill you with magnesium and bananas - potassium and support the cardiovascular system. See your doctor. Depression can be treated quickly if you choose the right medications.

Composition of fish

It is believed that the protein that fish contains is healthier for humans than meat, it is lighter than vegetable protein in legumes and legumes, it is better absorbed and is closer to human DNA. In addition to protein, fish contains a rich set of vitamins and microelements, which are important for the full functioning of the human body:

iron;
phosphorus;
magnesium;
zinc;
cobalt;
potassium;
sodium;
chlorine;
molybdenum;
bromine;
copper;
sulfur;
manganese;
vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, B12, D;
Omega-3, Omega-6 fatty acids.

In a normal diet, a person eats fish and seafood three times a week, but if you want fish more often and more, and several times a day, and not only fresh, but also salted, smoked, in spicy brine, in wine sauce and even raw - this talks about health problems. Thus, a constant desire to eat fish may appear after severe stress. Sometimes immune system disorders are expressed in the desire to eat smoked fish. And sometimes a person wants fish simply because he denies himself protein foods (meat, fish, dairy products) for a long time - for example, while observing religious fasting.

Therefore, it is worth understanding what the body is lacking.

Why does the body require sour foods?

We want something sour in the following cases:

The body is on the verge of a cold and is in dire need of vitamin C.
Stomach acidity is greatly reduced.
Magnesium deficiency.
Pregnancy. Tolerance to sour foods increases greatly in pregnant women. Even those who could not calmly look at lemons begin to eat them whole and without sugar and even sin by eating unripe apples and berries. This indicates a lack of vitamins and iron. There may be problems with hemoglobin.

In neither case should you deny yourself what you want. Lemons, sour berries, sauerkraut, cucumbers or apples will fill the vitamin deficiency and acidify the gastric juice. But still, if it’s only about vitamin C, do not eat such foods on an empty stomach. They are guaranteed to irritate the mucous membranes.

How to get vitamin C for gastritis

What should people do if they have gastritis with high acidity and lack vitamin C? In this case, remember that this vitamin is found in abundance in bell peppers, spinach and other greens that do not contain acid.

Rosehip tea or rosehip syrup in tea will also help.

. And the easiest way is ascorbic acid in permitted doses. But, if you can’t control the impulse, wash down what you eat with milk. It will extinguish the acid in the stomach and the mucous membrane will not be damaged.

Magnesium deficiency can be compensated for by eating nuts and seeds. Fruits and any legumes are also a great option. Don't forget about dark chocolate.

How to deal with overeating

To avoid overeating you should:

Normalize nutrition. Eat more often and little by little, divide portions into small ones.
Get a full night's sleep, avoiding “runs” to the refrigerator.
Chew thoroughly, without haste.
Maintain an appropriate drinking regime. The dose for an adult is 100 ml. for every kilogram of weight. For a woman during her period, increase by 550–1000 ml.
The product “Asparkam”, thanks to its salt compounds, brings the hydrobalance back to normal. The tablets are taken a week before menstruation, but it is advisable to consult a doctor.
Use less mayonnaise and butter.
Drink nettle tea. Dried leaves are poured with a glass of boiling water and left for 10 minutes. Used as tea leaves.
Lead an energetic lifestyle. Sports activities burn calories. For example, team games, cycling, swimming.
Find a replacement for desserts. This could be a pleasant hobby, reading exciting books, caring for a pet or garden plants.
Create peaceful relationships with others, focus on serious matters.
Get pleasant impressions from educational and entertaining activities.
Do acupressure.

Doctors do not have a consensus on how to moderate appetite during menstruation. According to assumptions, acceptable methods will only help girls with strong willpower. Others believe that the right solution is to use oral contraceptives, which balance hormonal levels.

The menstrual cycle brings with it not only renewal to the entire body and a signal about a healthy reproductive system, but also many inconveniences. All of them, one way or another, are connected with the process of menstruation itself. But why do you want to eat a lot before your period? This issue is worth considering in more detail.

What does the body need if it craves salty foods?

The desire to eat salty foods indicates a lack of chlorides and natural minerals. What can cause the body to starve of these substances?

Strong physical activity.
After serious stress.
Pregnancy.
The presence of an inflammatory process in the body. People especially often eat over-salted food if they have problems in the genitourinary system.

Sea and river fish, seafood, meat, nuts, and seeds will help replenish chlorides and natural minerals. Unrefined sea salt will be very useful in this case.

What to do if you want something spicy or bitter

Spicy foods don't just irritate our taste buds. In the body it performs several important functions:

Disinfects food (this quality is widely used in hot countries).
Thins the blood, prevents the formation of blood clots.
Activates peristalsis of the gastrointestinal tract when we have a “lazy” stomach or “lazy” intestines.
Increases appetite.
Starts metabolism.

Therefore, if we want something spicy, we most likely need the help of such products. And you shouldn’t deny yourself them. But you need to be careful and protect the mucous membrane. For example, it is not recommended to eat spicy food on an empty stomach.

Products with live bacteria will be useful, eat more fiber and pumpkin
. Pumpkin contains vitamin T, which regulates metabolic processes. These foods will help solve problems that are signaled by the desire to eat something spicy.

Bitter is a signal of severe intoxication of the body

. Blood, tissues, organs are constantly polluted and, if timely natural cleansing does not occur, we begin to crave bitter food. This is a sign that it settles on the walls of blood vessels, contaminates the tissue, cellulite and kidney stones may appear.

What to do?

Do not deny yourself this desire, but at the same time cleanse the body in all available ways. Antioxidant products will help remove toxins. These are orange vegetables and fruits, beets, avocados, cabbage of all types, and greens.

Green tea and targeted herbal teas will be beneficial

. It wouldn't hurt to have your body examined. You need to look at the veins, blood vessels, kidneys and gall bladder.

How to deceive the body

Many nutritionists advise not to resist natural urges and not to deny yourself the pleasure of eating sweets during menstruation. This will make it easier to endure discomfort and depressive moods. The only thing that worries many women is the possibility of ruining their figure. The risk of gaining weight is really high, since it is very difficult to calm down a raging appetite and resist the desire to eat sweet or salty foods.

The best and most difficult option is to control the feeling of hunger and satiety, create a menu for every day and stick to a meal schedule. Here everything will depend on willpower, but if you take into account that difficulties arise with volitional manifestations before and during menstruation, you will have to use other ways to deceive the body:

Eat regularly and often. Divide portions into several parts without increasing the volume.
When choosing foods, pay attention to vegetables, fruits, lean meat and fish. You don't have to eat chocolate when you have a sweet tooth. An increased amount of glucose is unsafe for the female body. You can eat a banana or enjoy a spoonful of honey. Swap your favorite flour products for breads and cereals, they also contain a lot of fiber. If you want something salty before your period, you don’t have to eat chips and nuts. Cheese, lightly salted cucumbers, sauerkraut or crackers can be a useful substitute.
Increase your fluid intake. This allows you to tame your appetite. Drink a lot, but only water, since coffee and juices, on the contrary, increase the desire to eat something.
Distract yourself from thoughts about food. Walk, do your favorite things, read.
If possible, avoid conflicts and stressful conditions during menstruation. After unpleasant stories and scandals, many people save themselves with their favorite delicacies.

It is very important to improve nutrition during menstruation, so we recommend reading additional information on this issue.

These measures will keep your figure attractive, at least critical deviations can be avoided. If you notice that you have gained weight, do not try to correct the situation.

During your period, it is better to forget about weighing altogether. Even if you starve yourself these days, the extra grams and kilograms will not go away. This is physiology. You'll have to wait and enjoy the results after your period.

Why do you crave fatty foods?

Fat

- an indispensable element of our body and we need it every day, but in reasonable quantities. A sudden need for fat signals that the body needs calcium and we lack fat-soluble vitamins. In addition, these may be the following situations:

The body is cold and needs additional energy to warm itself.
Urgent replenishment of calories is required due to intense physical exertion.
The result of a diet in which fats are very limited.
Before menstruation in women.

What to do?

Calcium is replenished with milk, cheese, cottage cheese, tofu, broccoli, lettuce and other green vegetables

.
Fat-soluble vitamins A, E, D and K
can be found in vegetable oil, liver, sea fish, wheat germ, and carrots.

Thus, if you want fatty foods, eat sea fish, add a salad of green vegetables with any cheese and you will feel relief and satisfy the body’s needs.

Prevention measures

It is worth working on the problem throughout the cycle, and not on specific days. It is important to monitor when the desire to “eat” manifests itself more strongly and suppress nervous behavior without indulging in gluttony after unpleasant situations. It’s one thing to eat within normal limits, another thing to invariably overeat. After all, your critical days will end, but the excess weight will not go away.

Increase physical activity from the first days of the cycle, which will allow you to quickly return to normal well-being. It is also better to suppress food cravings during such periods, then it will be easier to give up excess foods.
Learn to consume water correctly, without confusing the need for food and the feeling of thirst.
Create a special calendar. You need to prepare not during your period, but take into account a couple of days before it. Try not to find too much work, minimizing the feeling of tension.
Choose a gentle diet and exercises for relaxation, yoga is suitable.
Do not focus on the imperfections of your figure, going to extremes when losing weight.

Predilections for specific products

Sometimes we want a specific product. Moreover, you want it so much that all your thoughts wander around the coveted product. And such desires also let us know about the problems and current needs of the body.

Chocolate –

This is, first of all, magnesium. It is its acute shortage that makes us dream of a sweet bar. Magnesium is essential for successful brain function and nervous system health. Scientists have a very positive attitude towards chocolate, recognizing it as a healthy dessert. True, they recommend only black for regular use.

The latest research has shown that 50 grams of dark dark chocolate per day cleanses blood vessels, prevents problems with blood pressure and heart disease.
But there are still other good sources of magnesium.
: seeds, nuts, legumes. Moreover, the desire to eat chocolate can also be explained by a banal addiction to caffeine.

Bananas –

contain a rich complex of vitamins and microelements, but the most valuable thing in them is potassium. If we strongly and constantly want bananas, problems with blood vessels and hearts are possible. It is these organs that suffer most from potassium deficiency.

You may be drinking too much coffee or taking cortisone or diuretics. In addition to bananas, figs, tomatoes and tomato juice, and white beans will help replenish potassium.

Seafood –

need for iodine due to disorders of the thyroid gland. Buy iodized salt.

Olives

- not enough chlorides or also a signal about deficiencies in the hormonal activity of the thyroid gland.

Bread

satisfies the body's need for nitrogen. Protein foods will help replenish it.

Baked goods, cookies, cakes, heavily fried or overcooked –

carbohydrate starvation. Porridge, honey, fruits, dried fruits, juices.

Ice –

need iron. Red meat, fish, greens, and seaweed will help.

Coffee Tea –

deficiency of phosphorus, sodium, sulfur and iron. Phosphorus is available in sufficient quantities in chicken, liver, legumes, eggs, legumes and dairy products. Sulfur – cranberries, horseradish and all types of cabbage. Sodium – sea salt and apple cider vinegar.

All the tastes given to us by nature play their violin in the harmony of the well-being of our body. Normally, we can love one or the other. This is a matter of habit and food culture of our area.

But if our preferences change dramatically or new ones suddenly appear, these are beacon signals that you should definitely pay attention to. Sometimes we need to change our diet, and sometimes we need to undergo a medical examination. It is important not to ignore these “subtle hints” from our body.

Why do you want salty, sweet, sour? Why are we drawn to this or that food? The natural answer is that if you feel cravings, it means there is a large deficiency of this in your body and you need to eat a pickled cucumber or fish.

Not everything is so simple, if a hypertensive patient allows himself a salty product, it will immediately increase, sometimes to serious numbers.

So why is it that from time to time we are drawn to salty foods: fish, chips, herring. Science claims that this is a failure in human systems, in a particular case – a deficiency of calcium and sodium chloride. Salt – 40% chlorides, 60% sodium.

Immediately understand the reasons and eliminate them. Usually there is a craving for harmful foods that are prohibitively high in calories.

Our body must have a constant balance of potassium and sodium. If sodium predominates, your face and body will swell. The kilograms will be perfectly visible to the naked eye.

With a predominance of potassium, excess water will calmly leave your body. The face will take on a normal appearance - without bags and swelling.

The body needs sodium - it transmits nerve impulses and promotes good functioning of our brain.

It has long been established that almost all products contain natural sodium; very little should be added to food.

Food should be added to the table in its finished form. The amount of salt per day for a healthy person is 5 grams (a quarter of a teaspoon). The statistics are inexorable - we exceed the norm by approximately twice (10 grams of salt).

First and foremost, a craving for salty foods indicates hypertension. Salt retains all the fluid in the body, blood pressure rises.
Many hypertensive patients have impaired taste buds on the tongue - they cannot taste salt. Such a patient will add three tablespoons of salt - the food will not seem salty to him
For hypertension, diuretics are prescribed - diuretics to reduce fluid retention. Sodium – salt – also leaves the body with it. If you eat more vegetables for one day, the fluid secretion will increase.
The level of sodium in the body will decrease - the body will want to replenish it. You will want something salty because of the salt content in them.
If you want to avoid taking diuretics, do not add salt to your food, replace salt with seaweed or any seasoning approved for your health. High blood pressure will stop tormenting you.
The most important thing is that the risk of earning money will decrease by a serious percentage.
There is a lot of salt in smoked products, sausages, cheeses, feta cheese, chips, salty ready-made treats, semi-finished products, and canned food.
Typically, sodium deficiency occurs in raw foodists who are dehydrated.
Always watch what you eat - our health directly depends on nutrition.
For other reasons - your chronic infections have worsened, or you have settled for the first time. Pay attention first to the excretory organs - kidneys, bladder. Possible exacerbation of inflammation in them.

Pregnant women often have a desire to eat something salty, spicy, or sour. Why? This is how a change in the hormonal system of a woman preparing for the birth of a baby announces itself. There will definitely be ups and downs in hormone production.
Almost all women before menstruation have a craving for unhealthy foods: cakes, chocolate, smoked, salty, baked goods. Also understandable. The production of the female hormone estrogen decreases. We can’t live without him, we feel bad. Taste preferences, irritability, and weakness appear. When everything passes, it’s as if we are being replaced – we go on a diet and stick to it.
Many patients with malfunctions have a desire to eat a lot of salted herring (it contains a lot of amino acids to strengthen blood vessels and the heart). The desire can be very strong.
You may want to eat salty foods after prolonged physical activity. You sweated, and sodium was removed from your body along with sweat. The body’s natural desire to replenish it.

Causes of obesity before menstruation

From puberty to the end of reproductive age, every woman regularly faces problems associated with the monthly maturation of the egg. This is a cyclical process that is regulated at the hormonal level.

That is, every month the level of different hormones changes, which is why the features of the premenstrual period are associated. Each woman's reaction to hormonal surges is individual. Therefore, PMS can manifest itself in different ways, and in some cases it can occur almost unnoticed by others and herself.

Therefore, I would like to understand its reasons.

There are general trends that most ladies note. Irritability, increased fatigue, and nervousness are noticeable to everyone, but only the fat before menstruation remains a personal observation of every woman. Some people want to cope with it, others simply ignore it, considering the body’s natural need to periodically pamper itself with something tasty or sweet.

Is this need becoming a problem? Much here also depends on individual characteristics. Women with accelerated metabolism, who easily get rid of extra pounds, are more relaxed about such monthly changes.

And for those who constantly monitor their weight, the question of why you want to eat a lot before your period becomes more relevant.

Especially if they easily gain “excess”, and when you want to lose a couple of kilograms, you have to make serious efforts.

In order to eat properly during PMS and not regret the next “breakdown”, you should understand how a woman’s body works at different periods of the menstrual cycle.

Why do you want to eat something all the time, what taste preferences are most often observed a few days before your period? And most importantly, how to cope with these sometimes poorly controlled desires? To find out the answers to these questions, let's take a closer look at how hormone levels change and how they affect appetite.

Causes of increased appetite

Before answering the question of why increased appetite occurs before menstruation, let’s consider the process of egg maturation itself in dynamics.

The average cycle is 24 – 30 days, 28 days is considered ideal, menstruation itself can last from 3 to 5 days.

The whole process is controlled by hormones, therefore, at different periods of the cycle there is a sharp hormonal surge in some and a significant decrease in other hormones. The interconnection of all processes can be traced:

The first days of menstruation: the unfertilized egg is destroyed and excreted from the body. At this moment, the inner layer of the endometrium is rejected, the process is accompanied by bleeding. During the same period, the mechanism of maturation of a new egg is launched, and an increase in the amount of estrogen produced is observed;
Mid-cycle (ovulation): The egg leaves the ovary and moves towards the uterus. It is at this moment that the female body prepares for pregnancy, therefore, estrogen levels will increase to the maximum;
The end of the cycle: there is no fertilization, estrogen begins to decline and the amount of progesterone increases. About a week before your period, it reaches a high concentration, PMS begins, and all the “accompanying reactions” occur, including an increased feeling of hunger. The body is preparing to reject the unfertilized egg along with the endometrium.

This is a rather simplified scheme, since the level of hormones is controlled by the hypothalamus, and an increase in the concentration of one hormone affects the amount of others, and the body as a whole.

The reasons for weight gain before menstruation are quite simple: metabolism slows down, the body is ready for fertilization. In addition, fluid is retained, minor problems with stool (constipation) are observed, and appetite increases as the woman prepares to feed herself and the unborn child. Normally, 1 – 2 kilograms gained quickly go away after the start of menstruation.

With normal metabolism, a little overeating at the end of the cycle will not spoil your figure. All extra pounds disappear after excess fluid is removed, and slight weaknesses in the week before menstruation are compensated by reducing the daily diet in the first days of menstruation, when you don’t feel like eating a lot.

Since each woman’s body is individual, taste preferences can also differ significantly. Some people crave salty foods, some prefer sweets and baked goods, and some are ready to eat everything, just to have more of it all the time.

The last option is the most difficult, and women themselves may not experience hunger as such. They just want to eat something all the time. This difference in taste preferences is also the result of hormonal activity; if you want to eat salty foods before your period, some hormones work more, and if a woman is drawn to sweets, others work more.

Let's consider how the activity of the hormonal system affects the desire to eat during PMS.

Why do you crave sweets and starchy foods before your period?

So, let's figure out which hormone is responsible for bad emotions and an increased desire to eat sweets. Almost everyone knows what endorphins are.

Normally, they are produced by the body itself, and at the time of ovulation, when the concentration of estrogen is highest, the amount of endorphins in women also increases.

The result of an excess of the “pleasure hormone” during the period of ovulation is an elevated mood and good general well-being.

But as soon as the level of estrogen (and, consequently, endorphin) drops, women begin to experience a sharp lack of it. They want sweets (chocolate is the best source), the decline in the “pleasure hormone” provokes irritability and nervousness. That is, all the signs of approaching menstruation appear, PMS begins.

Insulin activity is also associated with estrogen concentration. In response to the activity of endorphin, the amount of glucose in the blood changes, and its regulation is an insulin-dependent process.

The female body tries to compensate for the decrease in glucose levels with “external sources”: she wants to eat, and the emphasis may be on flour products. Since they are a source of quickly digestible starch, the subconscious desire manifests itself in eating baked goods.

It is also quite understandable. For example, a bun with filling, a pastry or a cake will be perceived as both flour and sweet at the same time.

But sometimes potatoes can become a source of starch, and if the potassium level has dropped, then you crave salty foods. That is, a woman not only wants to eat a lot, but craves fried potatoes and herring. And until potassium levels normalize, taste preferences will not change.

Typically, the hormonal decline in estrogen and increased progesterone levels ends with menstruation. After this, a new cycle begins, and these hormones change places again in terms of their quantity in the female body.

This is a natural change in metabolism, the extra 1 - 2 kilograms are lost without problems, and at the beginning of the cycle, ladies do not want to eat something specific or just everything in large quantities.

Why does weight increase

Excess weight is an eternal concern for many representatives of the fair sex. Even 1 kilogram gained can make you want to get rid of it immediately. But let's consider all the reasons that can lead to weight gain before menstruation. And most importantly, we will learn how to react correctly to this process.

There are two main reasons for weight gain:

Natural: fluid retention even with a normal, unchanged diet, and a slowdown in metabolism during ovulation
Pathological: significant overeating due to hormonal imbalance and decreased estrogen levels in the female body.

In the first case, during menstruation (that is, after increased estrogen production) and before ovulation, the extra pounds go away by themselves and without any effort. In the second, everything that was eaten during PMS accumulates in the form of excess body weight.

That is, overeating in excess of the norm and eating quickly absorbed carbons can gradually lead to obesity. What to do for those for whom the period before menstruation is associated with a constant desire to eat, and the diet on such days becomes especially unbearable? First of all, understand the mechanism of accumulation of extra pounds (we have already examined it).

And then act in such a way as not to cause additional inconvenience to your own body during PMS.

Why you constantly crave salty foods, conclusions:

Everything in a person’s body is balanced or should be so that it works without failures. If any blood indicator is elevated, illness begins. With a balanced diet, the risk of causing problems in your body is minimal.

With increased consumption of salty foods, your blood pressure will certainly increase, diarrhea, stomach cramps, and vomiting will appear.
As a result, swelling, heart failure, shortness of breath. There is a high risk of developing angina, and a heart attack is just around the corner.
There will be a lack of calcium (fraught with asthma attacks).
Our stomach does not like salty foods, and even cancer can be provoked by constant consumption of salty foods.
Sodium deficiency in humans is a rare phenomenon; it occurs in athletes and patients with diseases of the genitourinary system. A person feels fatigue, nausea, muscle cramps, weakness, even loss of consciousness. Salt deficiency is especially dangerous for hypotensive people, which can cause them to faint or get hurt.
Dehydration can occur with diarrhea and vomiting. Here you need solutions containing salt.
A healthy person does not need to completely give up salt. It is necessary to maintain the acidic pH level of the blood. Dehydration from sodium deficiency is also dangerous due to blood thickening, blood clots, and poor metabolism. You've probably read more than once that without water, the absorption of nutrients and cleansing of the body are impaired.

Etiology of salt addiction

There are two groups of reasons: physiological and pathological. The first is pregnancy. During this period, a colossal hormonal change occurs in the woman’s body, which is necessary for normal gestation. More progesterone is produced, which relaxes the smooth muscles of all hollow organs, primarily the uterus. In addition, it blocks the action of aldosterone (this is an adrenal hormone that retains sodium and water ions in the human body). As a result of the action of progesterone, a pregnant woman loses salt and fluid more than other people due to an increase in diuresis (daily amount of urine). In this case, sodium deficiency is a physiological factor in the emergence of cravings for salty foods in expectant mothers.

Among the pathological causes, the main ones are:

High blood pressure. Studies have shown that people suffering from hypertension have reduced sensitivity of salt receptors and a reduced number of them on the surface of the tongue. Therefore, such men and women feel that their food is undersalted, and they consume more sodium chloride than healthy people. This leads to water retention, an increase in the volume of blood circulating in the vessels and an increase in pressure in the arteries.
Functional adrenal insufficiency, which occurs in various diseases. In this case, the synthesis of steroid hormones, in particular aldosterone, is disrupted.
Stressful situations. With an increased release of hormones under stress, you also crave salt, since the body tries to block the production of steroids in this way.
Dehydration (diarrhea, vomiting, profuse sweating). The situation leads to loss of fluids and electrolytes, particularly sodium, which leads to cravings for salty foods. If sodium is not supplied, you can die. In such cases, saline solutions are administered intravenously.

Salt addiction is now identified as another reason for the increased craving for sodium chloride. Taste buds are trained from childhood. If a child receives a lot of salty food, he gets used to it, and a feeling of pleasure appears in his brain every time. Such people always salt food without even trying it, and constantly feel its lack in food.

Why do you want salty foods, nutrition, examination:

Eat healthy foods, cook yourself.
Do not buy semi-finished products, canned food, sausages. Always look at the numbers written on the packages. It usually lists the sodium content per 100 grams of product.
Do not replace salt with soy sauce, it contains a large amount of it.
If you have problems, go to the doctor and have your daily urine tested. The amount of sodium in daily urine will be determined. A big loss of it is a disease of the body if you do not take diuretics. Injecting saline solutions into a vein in a hospital setting will help.
Get a CT (computed tomography) scan to examine your kidneys and adrenal glands. The disease – adrenal insufficiency leads to disruption of the synthesis of steroid hormones responsible for the concentration of salt in the body. Cravings for salty foods may indicate this disease

I want something sour. If you want something sour, this may indicate a lack of magnesium. I want something bitter. But if you crave salty foods, this doesn't necessarily mean you're pregnant. I want something fresh. Most often, you crave sweets after experiencing stress. Some women admit that they crave sweets, while others suddenly crave salty foods. Sometimes everyone craves something salty, including men. So what vital substances are missing in the body if there is a desire to eat something salty, peppery or sweet?

The answer is simple - don’t forget your desire, eat what you want - the body will still persistently remind you of this until it gets what you want. Advice: if you have a sweet tooth, don’t get carried away with buns and cakes. You may crave salty, bitter or very spicy foods if you have hyperthyroidism or pregnancy. If you crave salty foods, you shouldn’t uncontrollably eat everything your body requires.

Food cravings as a sign of vitamin deficiency or PMS

One of the possible factors influencing taste needs during menstruation is vitamin deficiency. Vitamin deficiency negatively affects the functioning of the digestive system. Frequent constipation during regular periods or diarrhea, nausea and uncontrolled weight gain are all its symptoms. Another sign is a change in the taste of food. Women may abandon their usual menu and become addicted to foods that they previously avoided. Obsessive desires appear: some people really want sweets, others for some reason are drawn to salty things.

Such manifestations, as in the case of PMS, are temporary. It is enough to replenish the balance of missing vitamins and everything will be restored. But with premenstrual syndrome, the desire to eat sweet or salty foods will return monthly. The reason is a lack of endorphins. Insufficient production of the joy hormone worsens mood, causing depression and despondency.

Your favorite delicacies help correct this condition a few days before your period, and the brain doesn’t care what the source of joy will be - a funny comedy, a beautiful dress or a piece of cake.

Sweets enter the body more often than other foods during the menstrual cycle. But eating chocolate will not solve the problem. Your mood will improve, but you are unlikely to be pleased with the sight of your figure losing its shape. Dealing with food addiction, especially during menstrual periods, is very difficult. Losing excess weight is much more difficult. The choice is yours!

If you want: fish, seafood

A strong desire to eat salty foods may also indicate that there is a source of infection in the body (especially genitourinary pathology). If you eat sweets in moderation, then this will only benefit the body. Once at one of the Forums I was asked a question about the irresistible desire for spicy and salty foods.

What does the body lack? What should you do if you suddenly suddenly want fish or lemon or something else that you eat very rarely and cannot call your favorite product? Often this is how the body gives us a signal that some physiological changes have occurred, and they may not always be positive. Another reason is strict diets and mono-diets with a limited range of products.

Should I worry?

There is an ambiguous attitude towards obesity during menstruation. Some women take this for granted; for some, the desire to eat a lot prevents them. But doctors do not classify this situation as dangerous. In the first days of the cycle, most of the extra pounds disappear with the help of the excretory system. This means that in this case there is no need to worry about your health and figure.

But there is a percentage risk of nervous disorders. The appearance of ovarian dysfunction and polycystic disease is also possible. Changes that occur against the background of increased appetite are sometimes caused by the consequences of past infections, diseases, and injuries.

In addition, if you do not control nutrition before and during menstruation, the consequences of masculinization cannot be excluded:

Excess hair in those areas of the body where it is not typical for a woman to have it;
Acne, loss of elasticity of the epidermis;
Baldness;
Increased muscle mass;
The appearance of roughness under the breasts.

If you want: dairy products

It’s better to eat dark chocolate - it’s healthy, will invigorate you a little, and will curb your cravings for sweets. Possible reason: if you suddenly crave dairy products - it doesn’t matter whether it’s milk or kefir, cottage cheese, fermented baked milk - this is a sure sign of incipient problems with the gastrointestinal tract. When you crave something bitter, this is a symptom of intoxication (poisoning). A large amount of salt retains fluid in the body, swelling may appear and blood pressure will increase.

It’s not only during pregnancy that you crave salty foods. Cravings for salty foods can be caused by an infection (more often this refers to infections of the genitourinary system, for example, inflammation of the reproductive organs), or may be due to increased physical activity.

Acid helps digest food, and the body’s desire to eat sour foods can signal problems with the liver and gall bladder, toxicosis and banal overeating. Psychologists consider sour lovers to be capricious, hot-tempered, and striving for leadership in relationships.

What to do

If a man or a non-pregnant woman has a salt addiction, doctors recommend taking three simple tests to determine the cause of this condition:

Measure blood pressure. It is better to do this dynamically, in a calm home environment. A high sensitivity threshold to salt and cravings for it are most often a sign of hypertension.
Take a 24-hour urine test for sodium content. An increased level of sodium in the urine indicates its loss through the kidneys; if it is retained, the person is dehydrated.
CT scan. It is carried out if adrenal damage is suspected, when other causes of cravings for salty foods are excluded.

Modern medicine considers life without additional salt consumption to be healthy, since it is found in all food products. People who are unable to give up sodium chloride need to be checked to ensure that they do not miss the progression of hypertension, adrenal insufficiency, or die from dehydration. Salt addicts should gradually remove saltiness from their diet. It is better for pregnant women to meet their sodium needs not with salt, but with foods rich in this mineral. These include: celery, tomatoes, sweet peppers, herbs, sea fish, chicken breast.

People's food preferences change at different periods of life. Today we are very drawn to sweets, tomorrow - to sour. There is nothing strange about this. But a strong desire for something is a signal from our body that it lacks something, and this signal is worth listening to. In this way, our body lets us know that it is deficient in one substance or another. What does the body require when we want fish? What products should you supplement your diet with?

Body signals: if you crave salty or sweet...

Perhaps you are overcome by boredom, routine, monotony, and this is how your body reacts to an overly sweet, cloying reality. The body always lets its owner know about some problems in the functioning of internal systems by sending certain body signals. This could be, for example, uncomfortable or painful sensations. Some experts believe that excessive cravings for sweets that occur on the eve of menstruation or during menopause indicate dishormonal disorders and require appropriate correction.

Excessive cravings for sweets often appear in response to emotional dissatisfaction - this is an unconscious desire to give yourself a gift and cheer up. It is during this period that the likelihood of becoming pregnant is highest. The desire to eat bitter foods often occurs when the body is intoxicated. If you've recently begun to eat more fatty foods, your body may crave pepper or garlic to stimulate digestion.

By demanding pasta, potatoes or sweet buns, the body communicates that it urgently needs carbohydrates. Cravings for candy may mean your body has low levels of chromium, which regulates energy levels. Indeed, if there is an irresistible craving for something specific, this may indicate various problems. This may indicate the presence of infections, inflammations, or exacerbations of existing diseases in the body.

Increased appetite before menstruation - normal or pathological?

To understand which state of health is normal and which indicates health problems, it is important to understand what processes occur in the body before menstruation. Therefore, let us recall some features of female physiology.

It is known that during each menstrual cycle the hormonal status in the body changes in a certain way. Each hormone has its own, rather strongly expressed effect. But for our topic, the most important processes are those occurring in connection with the influence of progesterone.

The role of progesterone

The level of this hormone begins to increase after the release of the egg. Its role is to provide ideal conditions for the development of pregnancy.

There are several aspects of how progesterone affects the female body:

Such changes occur in the second half of each menstrual cycle.

Why do you feel hungry before your period?

Everything described above greatly affects appetite. Under the influence of progesterone, the body tries to accumulate nutrients both for the woman so that there are enough of them to bear the pregnancy and for the unborn baby. Therefore, a woman has to eat a lot - “for two.” This explains complaints about eating before menstruation.

This is how the body prepares for motherhood every month. The fact that pregnancy has not occurred will become clear at the end of the cycle, and the body will stop demanding food, the woman will eat as usual. During or after menstruation everything goes away. But after a couple of weeks the cycle repeats and again you have to deal with increased appetite.

To make this struggle as easy as possible, and to avoid eating before your period leading to weight gain, you need to try to eat light foods, exclude fatty, fried, salty foods, alcohol, and drink clean water. If your appetite increases too much before your period and interferes with leading a normal lifestyle, you need to visit a gynecologist and check your hormone levels.

What does the body lack? What is he trying to tell us?

During nervous overstrain, the body requires sugar, which in this case is consumed much faster. This is the first signal that the acidity in the stomach is below normal. It is necessary to urgently contact a gastroenterologist for consultation. In moderate quantities, spicy dishes “clean” blood vessels well and promote the removal of fats. The main thing is not to eat too much of them and it is strictly not recommended to eat them on an empty stomach.

If you want seafood, eat fish too; mussels and shrimp often cause allergies. But you want something spicy if the secretory and evacuation functions of the stomach are impaired. Eat for pleasure, but eat in moderation, and if you really want something, go to the doctor - your body is asking for help. Advice: if you want fish, eat fish, but not fried, but rather steam it or cook it in the oven. Advice: if you want something sour, eat it, but you can’t eat sour on an empty stomach – it will negatively affect the condition of the stomach lining.

Most often, cravings for salty foods occur due to a disorder, but there may be other factors that influence taste preferences.

How does appetite increase during menstruation?

But eating during menstruation is no longer a preparation for procreation. It's just a reaction to stress. The body is accustomed to coping with the difficulties of life with the help of some tasty harmful substance. And when he himself becomes a single stress - due to changes, hormonal surges, pain - he has no choice but to resort to proven and well-known methods.

Appetite increases before and during menstruation because this particular way of dealing with stress seems to be the simplest and most logical. But this is fundamentally wrong. And not even because the kilograms you eat every month can very untimely spoil your figure. But also because this way of dealing with stress is not the best option. And you should learn to deal with this problem before it develops into a pathology. And then, depending on your luck, maybe just weight gain and more intense training, or maybe strokes, heart attacks, diabetes, joint problems and many other troubles directly related to obesity.

Another reason why you suddenly want to eat a lot during your period may be the hormones produced by the body specifically for the process of separation of the egg and the appearance of a new one. The body reacts in its own way - it tries to compensate for the imbalance of habitual hormones with food.

Why do you want salty ^

Many people completely give up salt while following any diet, because... this helps to quickly remove excess fluid from the body, and its excess is the most common cause. However, the importance of sodium for humans should not be underestimated, because it is involved in many processes:

Optimizes the acid-base balance, due to which red blood cells, in normal quantities, deliver oxygen to the tissues;
Together with potassium, it promotes the penetration of glucose into membranes, which is very important for cell nutrition;
Participates in the transmission of nerve impulses along fibers;
Improves nutrient absorption in the kidneys and small intestine;
Participates in the secretion of gastric juice, the functioning of the genital organs and the central nervous system.

Salt is a very important element in the human body, and its deficiency causes the following problems:

The risk of developing cardiovascular diseases increases;
The flow of impulses to the cerebral cortex deteriorates;
There is a possibility of dehydration;
Blood thickening occurs;

Coordination and memory deteriorate, as well as the ability to perceive information;
Muscles weaken;
Worries.

Signs of sodium deficiency

The most common sign of a lack of salt in the body is dehydration and rapid weight loss due to water loss, but other symptoms can be identified:

Deterioration of elasticity and dry skin;
Tachycardia;
Nausea, loss of appetite;
Muscle weakness;
Disturbances in the functioning of the central nervous system and kidneys.

In addition to the above reasons, cravings for salty foods can occur due to too high metabolism, urinary tract infections, thyroid dysfunction, as well as with, and. To find out why you want salty foods, the reasons can be detected through a blood test for microelements, but you must first visit a doctor.

Which salt is the healthiest?

Due to the possible potential dangers of consuming table salt, many people have switched to sea salt, pink Himalayan salt, Celtic salt, or even salt, believing it to be a healthier alternative. Let's look at the main types of salt:

Salt

It goes through a purification process to remove impurities and any other minerals except sodium chloride.
Anti-caking agents are sometimes added to help absorb moisture, and iodine is often added to help prevent deficiency.

Sea salt

Produced by evaporating sea water.
Like table water, it contains mainly sodium chloride. It is also processed, like table food, processed small.
Marine usually contains various trace elements such as potassium, and. However, due to ocean pollution, it may also contain trace amounts of heavy metals such as lead.
It also contains microplastics—microscopic remnants of plastic waste. The health effects of microplastics in food are not yet entirely clear, but some researchers believe the health risks at trace levels are not too serious.

Pink Himalayan salt

It is a pink colored salt obtained from a Himalayan salt mine in Pakistan.
The pink Himalayan salt collected from this mine is believed to have been formed millions of years ago by the evaporation of ancient bodies of water.
The salt is hand-extracted and minimally processed to create an unrefined product that contains no additives and is considered more natural than table salt.
Himalayan salt can contain up to 84 different minerals and trace elements - it is these minerals, especially iron, that give it its characteristic pink color.
Contains common minerals such as potassium and calcium, as well as lesser-known trace elements such as strontium and
However, the amount of minerals in pink Himalayan salt is very small, both beneficial and harmful, by the way (metals, for example).

Celtic salt

Actually, this is also sea salt. It has a grayish color and is mined in France.
Celtic salt offers small amounts of minerals and less sodium than regular table salt, or regular sea salt, or Himalayan salt. The manufacturer claims that it is 33% less than table food.
There are also very few minerals there, so you shouldn’t count on them.
The Celtic Sea is also contaminated with heavy metals such as cadmium and mercury.

So, which salt should you choose? Yes, any, the main thing is not to abuse it.

What substance deficiency causes a desire to eat fish?

If there are disturbances in the functioning of the heart and blood vessels, you need potassium and magnesium, treat yourself to tuna or salmon.
If you experience physical and mental fatigue, nervous exhaustion, your nails are peeling and your hair has become oily, the phosphorus reserves in the body have come to an end, white and lean fish, such as cod or flounder, will help you replenish them.
Joints crack, hair splits, teeth hurt and crumble - vitamins A and D are needed, pay attention to fatty salmon. Usually you want red fish if you have problems with blood vessels clogged with cholesterol.
If you have problems with your eyesight or skin - there is not enough vitamin C, prepare a dish of pike perch with mashed potatoes and lettuce.
Suffering from drowsiness, emotional instability, muscle spasms, decreased brain activity and thyroid function - this also includes regulation of metabolism. A couple of cod liver sandwiches or steamed haddock with tomato and seaweed salad will ease your condition.
Depression has appeared, it is difficult to concentrate, your heart hurts, your sugar levels are high, your skin is itchy, your hair and nails have become brittle - do not rush to pronounce “diabetes” on yourself and give up flour, fruits and vegetables, perhaps this is a lack of Omega-3. Mackerel and herring contain enough healthy fats, and in what form to consume this fish is a matter of taste.
General weakness, problems with hair and nails, bleeding gums, tooth sensitivity, allergies, sinusitis, tonsillitis, cramps in the calf muscles - you need calcium, and Pacific herring, chum salmon caviar and river perch swim to your aid.

I want salty food: what is missing in the body ^

What does the body lack if you want something salty?

If a person constantly craves salty food, this may indicate a lack of several microelements:

Chloride: found in unrefined sea salt;
Fats: if you want herring, you can also eat fatty fish, because... it contains fatty acids;
A lack of sodium salts is indicated by a craving for olives, which can also occur when the thyroid gland is not functioning properly.

What to do if you have a craving for salty foods

Typically, salty foods do not have any nutritional value for the body, and some of them (chips, nuts, seeds) can provoke the development of gastrointestinal diseases. To prevent this from happening, it is recommended to eat healthier foods containing sodium instead:

River and sea fish;
Meat and seafood;
Seeds and nuts (regular, unflavored);

Unrefined sea salt (it can be used instead of regular sea salt when cooking).

How to get rid of cravings for salty foods

It is worth noting that a special love for salty foods does not always indicate the presence of diseases: it can also occur against the background of increased physical activity. People who play sports and sit on food note that even if they previously liked sweets, after a while, thanks to their diet, they become more indifferent to it, and in food they give preference to salty and spicy foods.

If you have a strong craving for pickled cucumbers, tomatoes or any other similar food, and a person cannot overcome it for a long time, this is a signal to visit a doctor. There are several reasons why this problem may occur:

Intoxication;
Hyperfunction of the thyroid gland;
Diseases of the genitourinary system;
Indigestion.

In case of intoxication of the body, accompanied by a constant desire to eat something salty, you should immediately consult a doctor, because food in this case will not improve the situation. To make you feel better, you should drink as much water as possible, and ginger tea helps to stimulate digestive processes.

PMS quirks

If you want sweets - lack of magnesium. chromium picolinate

If you want herring , there is a lack of the right fats (herring and other fatty sea fish contain a lot of healthy Omega 6).

If you want bread - again there is not enough fat (the body knows that you usually spread something on the bread - and it craves: spread it!!).

In the evening, I’m tempted to drink tea with some biscuits - I didn’t get the right carbohydrates during the day (lack of B vitamins, etc.)

I want dried apricots - lack of vitamin A

If you want bananas - lack of potassium. Or you drink a lot of coffee, hence the lack of potassium.

Craving chocolate : Lack of magnesium. Contained in: unroasted nuts and seeds, fruits, legumes and legumes.

I want bread : Lack of nitrogen. Found in: high protein foods (fish, meat, nuts, beans).

I want to bite ice : Lack of iron. Contained in: meat, fish, poultry, seaweed, herbs, cherries.

Craving something sweet : 1. Lack of chromium. Found in: broccoli, grapes, cheese, chicken, veal liver

2. Lack of carbon. Contained in fresh fruits. 3. Lack of phosphorus. Found in: chicken, beef, liver, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy products, nuts, legumes and legumes. 4. Lack of sulfur. Contained in: cranberries, horseradish, cruciferous vegetables (white cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower), kale. 5. Lack of tryptophan (one of the essential amino acids). Contained in: cheese, liver, lamb, raisins, sweet potatoes, spinach.

Craving fatty foods : Lack of calcium. Contained in: broccoli, legumes and legumes, cheese, sesame.

Want coffee or tea : 1. Lack of phosphorus. Found in: chicken, beef, liver, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy products, nuts, legumes and legumes. 2. Lack of sulfur. Contained in: cranberries, horseradish, cruciferous vegetables (white cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower), kale. 3. Lack of sodium (salt). Contained in: sea salt, apple cider vinegar (dress salad with this). 4. Lack of iron. Contained in: red meat, fish, poultry, seaweed, green vegetables, cherries.

Craving burnt food : Lack of carbon. Found in: Fresh fruits.

Craving carbonated drinks: Lack of calcium. Contained in: broccoli, legumes and legumes, cheese, sesame.

I want something salty : Lack of chlorides. Contained in: unboiled goat milk, fish, unrefined sea salt.

Craving something sour : Lack of magnesium. Contained in: unroasted nuts and seeds, fruits, legumes and legumes.

Craving liquid food : Lack of water. Drink 8-10 glasses of water a day, with the addition of lemon or lime juice.

Craving solid food : Lack of water. The body is so dehydrated that it has already lost the ability to feel thirst. Drink 8-10 glasses of water a day, with the addition of lemon or lime juice.

Craving cold drinks: Lack of manganese. Found in: walnuts, almonds, pecans, blueberries

Zhor on the eve of critical days:

Deficiency: zinc.

Contained in: red meat (especially organ meat), seafood, leafy vegetables, root vegetables.

The general invincible zhor attacked:

1. Lack of silicon.

Contained in: nuts, seeds; Avoid refined starchy foods.

2. Lack of tryptophan (one of the essential amino acids).

Contained in: cheese, liver, lamb, raisins, sweet potatoes, spinach.

3. Lack of tyrosine (amino acid).

Found in: Vitamin C supplements or orange, green and red fruits and vegetables.

My appetite is completely gone:

1. Lack of vitamin B1.

Contained in: nuts, seeds, legumes, liver and other internal organs of animals.

2. Lack of vitamin B2.

Found in: tuna, halibut, beef, chicken, turkey, pork, seeds, legumes and legumes

3. Lack of manganese.

Contained in: walnuts, almonds, pecans, blueberries.

I want to smoke:

1.Silicon shortage.

Contained in: nuts, seeds; Avoid refined starchy foods.

2. Lack of tyrosine (amino acid).

Found in: Vitamin C supplements or orange, green and red fruits and vegetables.

I want something...

Peanuts, peanut butter.

The desire to chew peanuts, according to scientists, is inherent primarily in residents of megacities. If you have a passion for peanuts and legumes, it means your body is not receiving enough B vitamins.

Bananas.

If the smell of ripe bananas makes you dizzy, then you need potassium. Banana lovers are usually found among those who take diuretics or cortisone drugs, which “eat up” potassium. A banana contains about 600 mg of potassium, which is a quarter of the daily requirement of an adult. However, these fruits are very high in calories. If you are afraid of gaining weight, replace bananas with tomatoes, white beans or figs.

Bacon.

A passion for bacon and other smoked meats usually overcomes people on a diet. Limiting fat-containing foods leads to a decrease in cholesterol levels in the blood, and smoked meats are precisely the product that contains the most saturated fat. If you don’t want to negate the effect of the diet, don’t give in to temptation.

Melon.

Melons contain a lot of potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, as well as vitamins A and C. People with weak nervous and cardiovascular systems have a special need for them. By the way, half an average melon contains no more than 100 kcal, so you won’t be afraid of extra pounds.

Sour fruits and berries.

Cravings for lemons, cranberries, etc. observed during colds, when a weakened body experiences an increased need for vitamin C and potassium salts. Those who have problems with the liver and gall bladder are also drawn to sour things.

Paints, plaster, earth, chalk.

The desire to chew all this usually occurs in children, teenagers and pregnant women. It indicates a deficiency of calcium and vitamin D, which occurs during the period of intensive growth in children and the formation of the fetal skeletal system during pregnancy. Add dairy products, eggs, butter and fish to your diet - this can easily correct the situation.

Onions, garlic, spices and seasonings.

As a rule, people with respiratory problems experience an urgent need for spices. If a person is craving garlic and onions and spreads mustard on his bread instead of jam, he may have some kind of respiratory disease on his nose. Apparently, in this way - with the help of phytoncides - the body tries to protect itself from infection.

Milk and dairy products.

Lovers of fermented milk products, especially cottage cheese, are most often people in need of calcium. A sudden love for milk can also arise due to a lack of essential amino acids - tryptophan, lysine and leucine.

Ice cream.

Ice cream, like other dairy products, is a good source of calcium. But people with impaired carbohydrate metabolism, suffering from hypoglycemia or diabetes mellitus have a special love for it. Psychologists see love for ice cream as a manifestation of longing for childhood.

Seafood.

A constant craving for seafood, especially mussels and seaweed, is observed with iodine deficiency. such people need to buy iodized salt.

Olives and olives.

The love for olives and olives (as well as pickles and marinades) arises due to a lack of sodium salts. In addition, addiction to salty foods occurs in people with thyroid dysfunction.

Cheese.

It is loved by those who need calcium and phosphorus. Try replacing cheese with cabbage and broccoli - it contains much more of these substances and almost no calories.

Butter.

A craving for it is observed among vegetarians, whose diet is low in fat, and among residents of the North who lack vitamin D.

Sunflower seeds.

The desire to chew the seeds most often arises among smokers who are in dire need of antioxidant vitamins, which sunflower seeds are rich in.

Chocolate.

The love for chocolate is a universal phenomenon. However, caffeine addicts and those whose brains especially need glucose love chocolate more than others.

SWEET. Perhaps you are working your butt off and have already gotten on your nerves. Glucose is actively involved in the production of the stress hormone - adrenaline. Therefore, with nervous and mental overstrain, sugar is consumed faster, and the body constantly requires new portions.

In such a situation, treating yourself to sweets is not a sin. But it’s better not to gobble up pieces of rich cakes (they contain a lot of heavy carbohydrates), but limit yourself to chocolate or marshmallows.

SALT . If you attack pickled cucumbers, tomatoes and herring like a beast, if the food always seems under-salted, we may be talking about an exacerbation of old inflammation or the emergence of a new source of infection in the body.

Practice shows that most often these problems are associated with the genitourinary system - cystitis, prostatitis, inflammation of the appendages, etc.

SOUR. This is often a signal of low stomach acidity. This happens with gastritis with insufficient secretory function, when little gastric juice is produced. This can be checked using gastroscopy.

Also, food with a sour taste has cooling, astringent properties, helps relieve colds and fever, and stimulates appetite.

BITTER . Perhaps this is a signal of intoxication of the body after an untreated disease or slagging of the digestive system.

If you often want something with a bitter taste, it makes sense to arrange fasting days and engage in cleansing procedures.

BURNING . The dish seems bland until you throw half a pepper shaker into it, but your feet lead you to a Mexican restaurant? This may mean that you have a “lazy” stomach; it digests food slowly and needs a stimulus to do so. And hot spices and spices stimulate digestion.

Also, the need for spicy food may signal a violation of lipid metabolism and an increase in the amount of “bad” cholesterol. Spicy food thins the blood, promotes the removal of fats, and “cleanses” blood vessels. But at the same time it irritates the mucous membrane. So don't load up on chili and salsa on an empty stomach.

Astringent . If you suddenly have an unbearable desire to put a handful of bird cherry berries in your mouth or you can’t calmly pass by persimmons, your defenses are weakening and urgently need replenishment.

Products with an astringent taste promote the division of skin cells (help heal wounds) and improve complexion. They help stop bleeding (for example, with fibroids), remove phlegm in case of bronchopulmonary problems.

But astringent foods thicken the blood - this can be dangerous for people with increased blood clotting and a tendency to form blood clots (varicose veins, hypertension, some heart diseases).

FRESH . The need for such food often arises with gastritis or stomach ulcers with high acidity, constipation, as well as problems with the liver and gall bladder.

Fresh food weakens, helps relieve cramping pain, and soothes the stomach.

Chocolate-sweet passion

More often than others, caffeine fans and those whose brains especially need glucose suffer from “chocolate addiction.” This also applies to other sweets. If you eat an unbalanced diet, your body will also need glucose - as the fastest source of energy. Namely, chocolate copes with this task perfectly. But keep in mind that this product contains a lot of fat, the excess of which is dangerous for your blood vessels and figure.

*** Eat more vegetables and cereals - they are rich in complex carbohydrates. And for dessert, choose dried fruits or honey with a small amount of nuts.

Cheese passion

Spicy, salty, with or without spices... You cannot live a day without it, its taste drives you crazy - you are ready to consume kilograms of it (in any case, you eat at least 100 g per day). Nutritionists claim that cheese is loved by those who have an urgent need for calcium and phosphorus. Of course, cheese is the richest source of these much-needed and extremely beneficial substances for the body, but fats...

*** Try replacing cheese with broccoli cabbage - it has a lot of calcium and phosphorus, but almost no calories. If your body accepts milk well, drink 1-2 glasses a day, and eat cheese little by little (no more than 50 g per day) and together with raw vegetables.

Passion sour lemon

Perhaps your diet is dominated by difficult-to-digest foods, and the body is trying to increase the acidity of gastric juice to make its work easier. When you have a cold, you may also be drawn to sour fruits and berries - an excellent source of vitamin C.

*** Choose meals with moderate fat content and do not mix many foods in one sitting. Avoid fried, overly salted and overly spicy foods, as well as those that have undergone excessive heat treatment. If you notice problems with digestion (especially in the liver and gallbladder), be sure to be examined by a gastroenterologist.

Smoked passion

A passion for smoked meats and similar delicacies usually overcomes those who are on an overly strict diet. Long-term restriction of fat-containing foods in the diet leads to a decrease in the level of “good” cholesterol in the blood, and smoked foods contain a sufficient amount of saturated fat.

*** Don't get carried away with low-fat foods - choose one that still contains a little fat. For example, buy yogurt, kefir or fermented baked milk with one or two percent fat content. Eat at least a tablespoon of vegetable oil and a teaspoon of butter per day, even if you are on a strict diet. Scientists have experimentally proven that those who consume a sufficient amount of fat lose weight faster.

Food passions and diseases

• Onions, garlic, spices and seasonings. An urgent need for these foods and spices usually indicates problems with the respiratory system.

• Olives and olives. Such an addiction is possible due to a disorder of the thyroid gland.

• Ice cream. People with carbohydrate metabolism disorders, hypoglycemia or diabetes mellitus have a special love for it.

• Bananas. If the smell of ripe bananas makes you dizzy, pay attention to the state of your heart.

• Sunflower seeds. The desire to chew seeds most often occurs among those who are in dire need of antioxidant vitamins. This means that there are a lot of free radicals in your body - the main provocateurs of premature aging.