Of course we are not addicted to food in the same way as cocaine addict is addicted to their drug, however there are some very big similarities. You may think this doesn’t apply to you but it probably does.

Statistically it is thought that a large amount of people eat compulsively. Food cravings develop and for some people these cravings can be for them as strong as an addiction to alcohol for an alcoholic, or a nicotine addiction. Otherwise everyone would eat sensibly all the time.

The body can fight back against deprivation of nutrients by escalating food cravings until they are strong enough to overwhelm the will, and for some these cravings don’t go away after they have stopped dieting and regained their weight. Most often than not because they still are not getting the nutrients they need.

Foods that will elevate your levels naturally

The B vitamins and zinc are important as they help the brain to manufacture neuro-chemicals out of amino acids. B3 is very important found in a  B complex supplement. Do not take B3 on its own however you can take a B complex and add a B3 supplement. If you are short of B3 your body will have to make it from tryptophan. You want to reserve your store of tryptophan for the production serotonin and not for making B3.

Eating foods that contain a good amount of tryptophan will ensure better levels of serotonin.

The general rule is ‘palm size’. The piece of meat should be the size of your palm only. A chicken breast or leg would be a perfect size.

Please do not get hung up on exact grams of protein I have put down the figures only as examples to give you an idea. Do not weigh or measure anything, be relaxed about it, you know what a palm size is or what ½ a cup looks like approximately is fine.