YOUR BODY KNOWS WHAT’S MISSING

YOUR BODY KNOWS WHAT’S MISSING

Food Travel USA with Elizabeth Dougherty
Album: The TRUTH About Food and Travel 060826
Original Broadcast Date: 06/08/26

Twenty-five years ago, in the weeks after September 11th, two pieces of legislation changed the way Americans Your food cravings are not a character flaw. They are a communication system. This week Elizabeth breaks down the top ten things your body is actually asking for when you reach for the chips, the chocolate, the red meat, or the ice, and what the science says is really going on underneath those urges. Constant sugar cravings often signal chromium deficiency, which disrupts insulin regulation and creates a relentless cycle of craving, spiking, and crashing. Chocolate cravings point to magnesium, a mineral nearly half of Americans are low on, and one that burns fastest under stress. Salt cravings indicate dehydration or adrenal fatigue. Red meat cravings are your body flagging iron or zinc deficiency. Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency on earth. Carb cravings are frequently about serotonin, not hunger. Dairy cravings signal calcium. Coffee cravings can indicate low phosphorus levels affecting cellular energy metabolism. And compulsive ice chewing is a documented symptom of iron deficiency anemia serious enough that doctors have a clinical name for it. Before you blame willpower, Elizabeth says, consider that your body may be trying to tell you something specific in the only language it knows you’ll respond to. This Top 10 is part consumer science, part nutrition education, and entirely the kind of practical information that never shows up on a food label but probably should. Listen to what you’re craving. Your body has been trying to talk to you.


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About the Show

Using the chassis of a food and travel show, Elizabeth Dougherty has carved out her own lane in Talk Radio, covering the contamination of the food supply and the travel restrictions placed upon us by an overreaching government. The show also covers data protection, self-sufficiency, and homesteading-related topics to help protect us from this evil, corrupt system. With Elizabeth as the host, the show has a very different sound from the typical male-oriented talk radio. In combination with terrestrial stations that carry the show, we reach people who don’t normally listen to politically-driven talk radio. In addition to the LIVE FEED of the show on Saturday afternoons from 5pm–7pm (Eastern) / 2pm–4pm (Pacific), we produce and distribute a dozen podcast segments each week.

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The latest food & travel insights—every week
Homemade videos of healthy, easy-to-make recipes
No-holds-barred interviews on a LIVE, fast-paced, nationwide call-in show
Elizabeth Dougherty: Writer, trained chef, world traveler, and award-winning talk show host
First to bring expert insights on GMOs
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Hard-hitting topics & interviews—no recycled political spin
Engaged social media presence—200,000+ followers

About Elizabeth Dougherty

Elizabeth Dougherty has been cooking and writing about food intensively for more than ten years. She is the fourth generation of chefs and gourmet grocers in her family with her mother, Francesca Esposito and grandmother, Carmella being major influences in her early cooking years. As a teenager, her family sent her to Europe where she became focused on French and Italian cuisine. She survived a year and half of culinary tutelage under a maniacal Swiss-German chef and is a graduate of NYIT, Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality, Business and Labor Relations. Food Travel USA has won two news awards for content. Broadcasting LIVE each week, nationwide, on FoodNationRadio.com and on stations around the country.

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