Food Cravings

What Food Cravings Really Mean

Have you ever felt that you just can't seem to resist sweets and desserts. How about say potato chips? Are you easily tempted and succumb almost immediately to your food cravings?  People tell me that if not for these cravings, they would be able to lose weight. I sympathize with them because I, too, have my own cravings. First, let's discover why we have food cravings.


What exactly is a food craving?
A food craving as "a very intense desire to eat a particular food, strong enough that you may go out of your way to get it".  There is a difference between hunger and a craving. Hunger can be satisfied by eating any kind of food while a craving can usually only be satisfied with a specific type of food. For example, a craving for pizza cannot be satisfied with spaghetti in tomato sauce. Oftentimes, not just any pizza will do. People will go out of their way to buy a particular brand or type of pizza. 

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