Guest guest Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 That is so true and helpful! Obsession is a key word, huh? Here's another question: Is it actually "bad" (oops there's THAT word again...lol) to eat, for example, fat-free cheese if it really tastes OK to me? Re: Honor your Health , to me it is very much about thinking how a food will make me feel. Once everything is allowed and I view foods simply as foods, not "good" or "bad", it becomes a question of how the food I choose satisfies my body and makes me feel. For example, while I like the taste of fried foods such as chips, it's usually only the first few bites I really enjoy - after that, the greasiness, saltiness and tongue-coating who-knows-what- that-is-ness aren't so great, if I really think about it and let myself experience it fully, so that's when I decide I've had enough (hopefully, if I'm listening to my intuition).I want to feel energetic, lively and strong. From past experience, I've found that certain foods, even though I love the taste of them, sit better with me if only eaten in small amounts or on infrequent occasions. I enjoy them more, and my body thanks me for it.And what is "being healthy" anyway? Being obsessed with ensuring everything I put in my mouth is pure and natural and nutritionist-approved isn't a healthy way of living, in my view. Thoroughly enjoying the occasional deliciously decadent dessert in an amount which makes me feel good (not overstuffed or sick), and thus having a positive and intuitive eating experience, sounds more healthy to me.CheersSig>> I would like to ask the group what you think about the idea "honor your health"? Isn't that just another way of getting in the idea that we have to eat healthy foods and STAY AWAY from that "bad" stuff? Or is it gentler than that? Is it more about thinking, "how will this food make my body feel"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 Yes! I was just raising that issue in another post, in a different way. It was about engineered, fat-free cheese. I actually don't mind it in a certain breakfast I make all the time. Is it still OK to eat it? If it's a pointless and potentially negative influence? Is ff cheese honoring my health? Has anyone else read Real Food by Nina Planck? I am in the middle of it, and this is what's raising my concerns.... Re: Honor your Health ,I was thinking this morning that I might have been a little bit hard on the "scientists" . I've tried to not get caught up in the different studies cause it can be really crazy-making. ..everything does seem to cause cancer. From the work of scientists, I have gained an "overall" perspective from reading or learning about different studies. Basically, our bodies have a more difficult time digesting and deriving nutrients as foods get more and more processed... this makes common sense to me...and yet we've seemed to need science to prove that it's easier for our bodies to digest and process a banana or any other whole food because as some point we began to believe and many still believe that humans can engineer food better than nature can. Most of us have the opportunity to select from foods provided by nature and those engineered by technology. Nature has done some marvelous things in the food department and I want to honor the health of nature along with my own health...so I believe in eating more whole foods...and I still dabble in processes foods daily. We all do the best that we can!Latoya:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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