Vitamins and weight loss…is there a connection? Yes.
Weight loss is more than just counting calories and forcing the body to exist within a certain pre-measured amount of food. We need to get back to basics. Why does the body require food?
It requires food for the building blocks of all the systems of the body, it requires certain vitamins for certain parts of the body, it requires minerals for certain parts of the body to function. The same holds true for essential fatty acids, proteins, enzymes, and all the various nutrients that can be taken in and assimilated from food.
Eating is not just about calories. It is not about just getting a certain number of calories and that is all. It is about getting the full spectrum of what is needed for the body to function.
It stands to reason that the body, being a living organism, will crave what it needs. If it needs proteins, it will crave proteins. If it needs vitamins, it will crave vitamins.
Now if what it needs is not being provided, it will crave the next closest thing it can find. For example, if it can’t get Vitamin C from real orange juice, it might accept a sugary orange flavored drink as the next best thing, but when it doesn’t get what it needs, the craving starts again.
What is the answer? Learn about vitamins. Learn about minerals. Learn what the body needs and give it the basics. When you do, the cravings begin to diminish. The body is happier. And it is happier with less food. And healthy, long term, weight loss begins.
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