According to a Naturopathic Doctor called JL Wilson, a craving for chocolate can sometimes be your body’s craving for magnesium, since chocolate contains a significant amount of this vital mineral.

He says that magnesium can reduce the symptoms of PMS, but other components of chocolate are detrimental to our health, so it’s better to use chocolate cravings as a reminder to get magnesium from another source.

The physical cravings for chocolate should decrease within about two weeks of taking a magnesium supplement, or you could start cooking romantic dinners with foods that are high in magnesium instead. Use nuts such as almonds or cashews, green leafy vegetables and peas and beans.