What Your Sugar Cravings Really Mean

by Ellen Vora, MD on Aug 12, 2019 / Share

We have a national eating disorder. Perhaps this is because we’re inundated with mixed messages about nutrition, and we’ve lost all connection to traditional food culture. Here’s the only compass you need:

1. Eat Real Food
2. Avoid Fake Food
3. Listen to what your body is telling you it needs. If it says it needs pizza or candy, that’s a drug craving. If it’s telling you it needs fruit/mashed potatoes/red meat/salad/chicken skin/egg yolk/etc., then that is probably a genuine need; full speed ahead.

About the Author Ellen Vora, MD

Ellen Vora, M.D., is a holistic psychiatrist practicing with Frank Lipman, M.D., at the Eleven Eleven Wellness Center in NYC. "I take a functional medicine approach to mental health, which is a root-cause approach to understanding and treating illness."