If you find yourself craving pickles, olives, potato chips, or other similar food your body may actually be craving the salt not the actual food.  Salt cravings are sometimes caused by serious underlying problems like diabetes or anemia, if you discover that you have salt cravings it’s a good idea to schedule an appointment with your doctor to rule these out. Another less serious factor that can cause you to have salt cravings is adrenal stress. Many things can contribute to adrenal stress. One factor that is very common is consuming too much caffeine. Caffeine is found in many things like coffee, soda, and even chocolate which you may want to cut back on to see if this helps to eliminate you cravings.

There are also some supplements which you can take which can help to support your adrenal glands and may eliminate your craving for salt.

Try taking :

Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5)
Vitamin C
Potassium
Vitamin B6
Magnesium
Zink

Here are some fruit and vegetables that are high in the vitamins listed above that  may help with your cravings.

Garlic, spinach, celery, parsley, and bananas  – Potassium
Kale, Parsley, oranges, grapefruits, green pepper, parsley – Vitamin C
Ginger, garlic, parsley potatoes – Zink
Beets, greens, parsley, spinach, garlic – Magnesium
Kale, spinach, sweet peppers, turnip greens – Vitamin B6

And finally today’s juice recipe is a delicious way to help support your adrenals and possibly eliminate your cravings for salt.  

Adrenal Support Elixir:

 2 Organic stalks of celery
2 Organic Kale leaves
1/2 Organic beet
1 Small fist full of spinach
1 Small hand full of Parsley

In order to make this recipe at home you will need a good masticating juicer like the L’ Equip Visor Masticating Juicer.

Happy Juicing!