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That's like me too! I can hit out with "Do you know what I fancy? A tin of tuna" -- ha! But cravings are supposed to tell us what nutrients out body is deprived of. For example, craving something spicy is usually a lack of zinc. It's the same for things like chocolate. Proper cravings for chocolate come when the body is withdrawing from sugar (and caffeine) and because the blood/sugar levels are all over the place, it wants more chocolate and hence the chocolate cravings. That's why people say that their chocolate cravings go away after a few months of not eating chocolate and sweet things - because their blood sugar levels have stabilized and the body doesn't crave this additional sugar. That's obviously a bad craving. But the example I used above about a spicy craving meaning a zinc deficiency, is a useful craving. Since you're craving cheese there's a good chance that your real hunger is for calcium and phosphorus. ( If it's processed cheese that you've been craving, you've been getting aluminum,too, without knowing it.) For one thing, you might try eating more broccoli.That's high in calcium and phosphorus, and a lot lower in calories than cheese. So have some broccoli and your cravings for cheese should soon wander off
