mercredi 29 mai 2013

Eliminate Cravings For Greater Longevity

By Frances Keith


A person may feel that he or she is spending too much time wanting a certain thing. Or he or she may simply want a thing too much for his or her own good. If so, this person may want to eliminate cravings.

The definition of a craving: a formidable urge or inner hunger that comes at unexpected times. A craving can be for something unusual that a man or woman does not normally want. It can also be for something that other people would not normally want.

A craving can cause difficulty in day to day life. It can come in the middle of the night or in the middle of a workday. It can present itself at even more awkward moments such as during emergencies or moments of high stress.

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 desires are unwanted by those who experience them. For example, a woman may become addicted to lying inside a tanning booth because her body is hooked on the feeling that is created by the powerful UV radiation. Ordinary sunlight produces chemicals, hormones, and nutrients she may crave. Or she may crave the effect of ultraviolet rays on her internal sleep clock and body rhythm. A man may crave alcohol perhaps because he is becoming an alcoholic. At a social get-together he may drink in order to mask nervousness or due to stress. The same man may drink alcohol while he is alone because he longs for personal escape or because he is lonely. Regardless, someone may decide to eliminate his or her unhealthy impulses if the cost of indulging them becomes too great. If an urge or impulse produces problems with health or even financial difficulties, one may properly decide to eliminate the craving.

A craving can be based on circumstances either physical or psychological. Physical issues can involve sickness, stress, or nutrition. Psychological issues can come out of anxiety, depression, and other problems. Eliminating a harmful craving will depend on whether the craving in question is rooted in psychological or physical circumstances.

Physical cravings can be eliminated by addressing the physical causes. If a person has a poor diet, improving that diet can eliminate the urge or desire. If a person suffers from a disease or disorder, treating that disease or disorder can result in elimination of the urge or desire. If a person suffers from stress, eliminating the stress or at least managing it can result in the disappearance of the craving.

A craving that has a psychological cause is best addressed in terms of that cause. If a food is craved, perhaps because it provides comfort, then finding another way to get the same comfort can eliminate the hunger. If someone is suffering from clinical depression, and as result craves a certain food or activity, then getting the proper treatment for this depression whether through counseling or getting medicated can eliminate cravings.




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