vendredi 31 mai 2013

Eliminate Cravings For Better Health

By Frances Keith


Imagine if too much of one's life is taken up by wanting or even dreaming about a certain thing. Or if one craves a thing too much for one's own good. When this happens someone will likely want to eliminate cravings.

A craving is a forceful impulse or need that can come at strange times. They can also be aimed at strange things a person does not normally want. Or they can be directed at things that other people find unusual.

Everyday life can be adversely affected by having a craving. A craving can come at bad times: while in a deep sleep or hard at work during the day. Or even at more difficult moments such as in a crisis or while under a deadline.

Cravings are known to occur during pregnancy. Pregnant mothers can experience them. Often these are for odd things such as pickles, turnips, or salad dressing. Often for pregnant mothers they come in combinations such as pickles with ice cream or tacos and pancakes. The odd, sudden needs of pregnant mothers can sound strange, but they sometimes indicate invisible nutritional needs. For example, a craving for pickles may indicate a need for nitrogen or sodium. A sudden taste for ice cream might indicate a need for sugar or calcium. These desires are temporary and usually disappear when the invisible temporary nutritional requirement is met.

Some individuals are affected by desires that are unhealthy. For example, a man may begin spending too much time at a tanning parlor because he desires the feeling that comes from the UV radiation. Sunlight typically stimulates a production of hormones that he may crave. Or he may need the effect the UV rays have on his circadian rhythm and biological clock. A woman may crave alcohol is she is an alcoholic. She may seek to drink booze at social functions due to stress or because of insecurity. A woman may choose to drink by herself because she is lonely and intends to experience feelings of freedom. In any case, an individual may wish to abolish his or her cravings if the cost of them starts to overshadow their benefits. If an impulse produces problems with health or financial issues, one may wish to eliminate those cravings.

Usually, a craving has a physical or a psychological cause. Physical causes include malnutrition, too much stress, even disease. Psychological causes include mental illness, depression, and other problems. Eliminating an undesired urge will vary according to whether the urge has its basis in a physical or psychological cause.

A physical craving can be managed by handling its physical cause. If someone eats a deficient diet, repairing that diet can manage the unwanted urge or desire. When someone suffers from a disease or disorder, then treating that disease or disorder can produce an easing of symptoms when it comes to the unwanted urge. If a person suffers from stress, reducing the stress can surprisingly result in the removal of the urge.

Cravings of the psychological sort can be handled by finding the psychological cause. If someone desires a certain food in order to feel comfort, finding other ways to get the same comfort can eliminate the craving. If an individual is suffering from depression and as result craves an unhealthy food or behavior, getting treatment for that depression by way of therapy or medicine can eliminate cravings.




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