I often have the experience that the food which provides the nutrient you are deprived of badly tastes so good.

i think thats y its called a craving lol

I found this site about what it means when you crave certain food...
http://www.naturopathyworks.com/pages/cravings.php

it makes sense and probably in your childhood you craved for sweets because you were healthy and not lack of vitamins. Now you are and the sweets won't makes you lack of vitamins go away..

hmm all very interesting theories....

1) when u stop eating foods for a long period of time, such as fried foods etc. u stop wanting them...and instead want the food uve been eating

2) ur body is craving these foods because these foods contain something its lacking

3) when ur body was healthy, u werent deficit in certain vitamins so u didnt crave those foods enriched with vitamins and such but instead could crave junk food ...now that ur unhealthy and are lacking in vitamins, ur body isnt gonna waste its time craving foods that wont do it any good

hmmmm....i wonder what the answer is

not craving fried foods is SOOOOO true !! I lived on fried foods and now I never crave them at all.... its great bc its healthier obviously not to have them, and now it is easy to avoid them...

now chocolate on the other hand I still love !

Actually that is so awesome about your cravings! Give yourself a pat on the back!

Your body is telling you what it needs (protein, carbs etc) instead of telling you what you think you want (sugar, fries) It is so amazing for you to actually hear your body. Most people with ED sometimes will never get that opportunity, so keep listening and when you want eggs, have them!

I don't know about the pregnant ladies cravings although some think it's what the babies want...Salt (pickles) and Sugar/calcium etc (ice cream)...I never drink milk bur once and awhile all I want is a big glass of cold milk, I figure it's my body needing calcium...processed foods do contain addictive ingredients and chemicals...so not craving them after going cold turkey (mmmm cold turkey :o) ) make sense. I think the key is when you are craving foods that are good for you is to eat them!

my coworker said that she doesnt drink milk but some days she needs to have a big glass of milk...the colder the better

me i hate milk....so i dont know about this one...lol never have liked it never will

I didn't read all of the replies so forgive me if I am redundant ;)

My speculation (maybe I heard this somewhere, I don't remember :P ) is that after starving yourself for awhile, your body begins to crave foods that contain nutrients it needs- ie, when it needs potassium you crave bananas.

I'm not totally sure about that but it sorta makes sense ;)

yep u had the same idea as everyone else who replied...although there were a few more ideas thrown into the mix but that is the most popular one it seems