This is not just for pregnant women. You know how we all crave an afternoon cookie or some cheesy noodles every once in a while. This is largely a result of unhealthy eating to begin with, as well as lack of serotonin.
**An enormous percentage of women crave sugar, carbohydrates, or alcohol. In most cases, these food cravings are not true eating disorders, but instead are signs of hormonal imbalance caused by a lack of healthy nutrition.
Food cravings mean that the body has its signals mixed up. When we are exhausted or blue, we have low blood sugar and/or low serotonin, and the body signals the brain that it needs a pick-me-up. This signal causes a sugar craving or carbohydrate craving.**
The good news is there are three things you can do to stop this vicious cycle:
Get 8 hours of sleep nightly
Take a multivitamin daily
Get 10 mins of excercise per day (above and beyond your typical stretching/walking etc., this needs to be a "breaking the sweat" activity)
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