When I had amalgam fillings still in, I had terrible sweet cravings and had a horrible diet because of it.

Although I believe the source can be a combination of physical and emotional causes ("emotional" manifestations are often physical), it's mostly physical and I found out how to get rid of them.

I believe it's caused by (among other things) insulin issues which are horribly interfered with by mercury. When my amalgams came out, I had a sudden drop in my cravings for sweets and it has continued to drop ever since.

While the fillings were still in, I took GTF Chromium and it made all the difference in the world in reducing my sweet cravings. I shared them with a friend who also had amalgams and she experienced exactly the same thing. I took 2 caps per day.

I also tried chromium picolinate which made no difference at all and is simply a patented source of chromium.

Chromium and vanadium are used by the body for sugar processing and in the absence of them, sugar is handled more as a toxin (in many respects) than a nutrient.