YOU, not your body, should decide what you will eat. I don't believe for one minute that the body indicates with any reliability what it needs. Cravings are often preferences or lusts that have nothing to do with a need for a particular nutrient or type of food. If I were to be fooled into believeing that my desires were true revelations of my body's nutritional needs, then cake, chocolate, ice cream, and pizza must be some of the most nutritious foods around. In fact, although I like vegetables (especially when my tastebuds haven't been corrupted by refined, processed, over-sweet, over-salty foods), there are so many junky foods I would rather eat that days might go by without me eating a single vegetable. Fruits are also appealing to me, but if I were able to truly choose between a banana and a maple bar any time I wanted without any unwanted ramifications, the maple bar would nearly always win.

God gave us brains for a reason, folks!

Desires can be somewhat determined by choices. The more I consistenly choose to eat natural, whole foods, the more I like these foods, look forward to eating these foods, think about these foods, and enjoy eating them. Similarly, if I allow myself to eat the SAD with all its refined, processed junk food, then my preferences, thoughts, desires--well, they all decidedly shift toward that mess.

Choose for yourself this day whom you will serve, whether it will be the "stomach god" or wisdom.