So I know that there's an understanding that if your body is really craving something, it may actually really need it. Obviously when I really crave things like Jelly Beans, I try to calm the sugar cravings with some frozen strawberries or an apple, but when I crave things like milk, I try to listen to those cravings.
In addition to the 1-2 glasses of milk I drink per day, I've also been taking a multi-vitamin. Milk cravings = gone.
Apparently I needed more calcium? I eat plenty of green leafy veggies, and I buy OJ fortified with calcium, but cravings exist for a reason. So more milk I will drink.
Side note - I would ideally like to drink raw organic milk. But the state of MA does not allow for the sale in stores. You can buy direct from family farms - but they are 200+ miles away. There are community groups that you can buy into and get gallons out of their fridges, because they send someone twice a week to buy directly from the farms. But I looked into it, and it would be around 100 dollars a month for a gallon of milk a week. Yeah, I don't have that kind of milk budget right now. Perhaps - one day! For now, I drink organic milk from Trader Joe's.
Just had a conversation with my newer roommate today about why I was eating a steak for breakfast. (My breakfast this morning was steak, a hard-boiled egg, a banana and a cup of milk. He was eating Lucky Charms.) He kept claiming over and over that you absolutely needed carbs for energy - and I kept telling him that I've never had more energy than I do now (on a mostly paleo diet).
Ahh, to baffle yet another person. :-)
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don't know if you're interested in more supplements, but when i was pregnant with stephen my midwife put me on bone-up since i don't drink a lot of milk (somewhat lactose intolerant)
ReplyDeletebut she also said she thinks that milk problems are because of homogenization