{"id":2146,"date":"2023-04-16T03:26:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T03:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gizigo.id\/en\/?p=2146"},"modified":"2025-05-21T07:48:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T07:48:41","slug":"food-cravings-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gizigo.id\/en\/food-cravings-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Cravings Chart, Myth or Fact?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you ever had a sudden urge to eat something sweet, salty, or both?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back when I was a medical student, sometimes I suddenly wanted to eat ice cream in the middle of listening to a lecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like, really really wanted it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, let\u2019s just say I had to study extra hard to catch up on what I missed in those classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But aren’t you curious, why can there be a sudden desire to consume certain foods? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The intense desire to consume certain foods is called food cravings. It is usually influenced by hormonal changes, dehydration, emotional and environmental factors, or nutritional deficiencies.1<\/a><\/strong><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many online and social media articles write that craving certain foods is a sign that our body is experiencing a deficiency of certain nutrients. I\u2019ll say this straight to you: Most of those claims aren\u2019t true, or at least haven\u2019t been scientifically proven.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a Registered Dietitian in Gizigo<\/a><\/strong>, I browsed the scientific studies and checked the facts for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which cravings are true? You can see the summary on this table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
CRAVINGS<\/strong><\/th>DEFICIENCY<\/strong><\/th>True or False Information<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Acidic foods<\/strong><\/td>Magnesium<\/td>False<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alcoholic drinks<\/strong><\/td>Vitamin B<\/td>False<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bread \/ toast<\/strong><\/td>Nitrogen<\/td>False<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burned foods<\/strong><\/td>Carbon<\/td>False<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cheese<\/strong><\/td>Vitamin D<\/td>False<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chocolate<\/strong><\/td>Magnesium<\/td>False<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coffee<\/strong><\/td>Sulfur<\/td>False<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ice (chewing)<\/strong><\/td>Iron<\/td>TRUE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oily snacks \/ fatty foods<\/strong><\/td>Calcium<\/td>False<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peanuts<\/strong><\/td>Natrium<\/td>False<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pregnancy cravings<\/strong><\/td>–<\/td>TRUE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Premenstrual cravings<\/strong><\/td>–<\/td>TRUE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Red meats<\/strong><\/td>Iron<\/td>False<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Salty foods<\/strong><\/td>Chloride<\/td>False<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sweets<\/strong><\/td>Zinc, chromium, iron, calcium, magnesium<\/td>False<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tobacco \/ smoking<\/strong><\/td>Micronutrients<\/td>False<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nTable of food cravings chart<\/span>\n\n\n\n

I also provided the full-version infographic of the food cravings chart. Check it by clicking this thumbnail.<\/p>\n\n\n

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For more detailed explanation for each cravings, you can find the information below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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