How Nutritional Deficiencies Lead to Snacking

Are you malnourished?  Chances are that, if you’re having food cravings and snacking incessantly, your body is not getting the nourishment it needs.  Your body is sending you hunger signals and, no matter how much you eat, you just can’t satisfy the cravings.  This is because you need to learn the signals your body is sending you.  Let’s have a simplified crash course on nutrition.

There are macronutrients and micronutrients in food.  Macros and micros, respectively, for short.  Macros are the proteins, fats, and carbohydrates that we ingest in the form of food and contain calories.  Micros, on the other hand, are the minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants in the food we eat and do not contain any calories.  When you eat too many carbs and not enough protein or healthy fats for example, your macros are said to be out of proportion.  This imbalance leads to a lack of micros.  This lack of micros causes your body to live in a state of malnutrition thereby, causing food cravings.  Makes sense, right?

BEWARE:  You don’t always crave what you need!  That would just make too much sense, wouldn’t it?  Here’s how to decipher the messages that those food cravings are sending you.

By no means is the list above comprehensive, but it does give you a good general starting point to help decode your own cravings and conquer them.  Your best bet is to #FUELUPforaFITLIFE to avoid nutritional imbalances and the cravings that ensue from them.