Okay, I had broccoli for dinner last night.
Can't say it's one of my favorite foods. I don't hate it though.
I guess a more interesting question for me is:
If a kind of food that I don't like is essential to my well-being, should I eat it anyway?
On one hand I believe that if you are in tuned with your body, it will tell you what you need to eat.
However, most of us are too over-worked, over-studying to listen to what our bodies really need. I don't understand why when I feel stressed or over-worked, I would have cravings for junk foods. The other day, in our OM theory class, we learned that having too much damp food is bad for the spleen, and ice-cream is probably one of the most damp foods (sweet, creamy, cold). Immediately after the discussion, I had cravings for Ben&Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie Ice Cream!
Now, shouldn't I be repulsed by overly-damped foods upon learning how bad they are for me?
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2 comments:
Thank you for your words on listening to our bodies and responding to their wantings, and ice cream is not great for us, it is dampening, and yes, sometimes it is just perfect. Maybe not good for the body, but for the sheer enjoyment of it. I believe that living in harmony with our body and spirit's feelings are a beautiful thing and a great path to pracitice following.
i second nura's coment.
sometimes the spleen is begging for your attention.
it wants something sweet. just a little bit, though.
a few bites. i think a lot of where our culture goes wrong is with how humungous our serving sizes are.
i wouldn't recommend eating a whole pint of the B&J's however a little treat sounds perfectly a.o.k.
Heidi
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