I had the most interesting conversation tonight with a fellow healer friend, interweaving ideas from nutrition, 5 element acupuncture and relationships.
We were talking about someone she was dating..and how the experience was giving her a rush, similar to a sugar buzz..but after he left, her whole body went into a very depleted state. Then we were talking about the whole concept of romance in our culture..it's all about the initial "high" or the sugar buzz..and in that way of thinking, when the buzz wears off you just go find someone new. No real relationship or foundation for a relationship ever happens, it's just one romance after another (and all the crash and burn in between).
It's very artificial and highly addicting, but leaves you empty. We compared that to the experience of olestra, the fat-like stuff with no calories, that tastes good (I hear) but messes your digestion up. There is so much in America like that, both in the world of food and in popular culture..all appearance and nothing of real substance or nutrition. In fact, the nutritional wisdom my friend is learning in acupuncture school is that it is best to eat the real thing: real sugar, real (healthy) fat, in moderation (and apparently eating fat with your sugar helps slow down the sugar metabolism..guess Hagen Dazs is back on the okay list!). Of course all in moderation...but I'd rather eat two or three spoonfuls of real ice cream than a gallon of the artificial stuff. My mother ruined me for artificial sweeteners (thanks, Mom, really!) because she lived on Sweet n'Low, artificially flavored Weight Watcher candies and sodas for years...it tasted so bad I decided water was much better tasting..maybe they've improved the taste since the 70's (I hope so) but they aren't really any better for you.
In short, where are the empty (and/or toxic) calories in YOUR life?
Bring on the fat...(no one ever convinced me margarine was better than butter)!
We were talking about someone she was dating..and how the experience was giving her a rush, similar to a sugar buzz..but after he left, her whole body went into a very depleted state. Then we were talking about the whole concept of romance in our culture..it's all about the initial "high" or the sugar buzz..and in that way of thinking, when the buzz wears off you just go find someone new. No real relationship or foundation for a relationship ever happens, it's just one romance after another (and all the crash and burn in between).
It's very artificial and highly addicting, but leaves you empty. We compared that to the experience of olestra, the fat-like stuff with no calories, that tastes good (I hear) but messes your digestion up. There is so much in America like that, both in the world of food and in popular culture..all appearance and nothing of real substance or nutrition. In fact, the nutritional wisdom my friend is learning in acupuncture school is that it is best to eat the real thing: real sugar, real (healthy) fat, in moderation (and apparently eating fat with your sugar helps slow down the sugar metabolism..guess Hagen Dazs is back on the okay list!). Of course all in moderation...but I'd rather eat two or three spoonfuls of real ice cream than a gallon of the artificial stuff. My mother ruined me for artificial sweeteners (thanks, Mom, really!) because she lived on Sweet n'Low, artificially flavored Weight Watcher candies and sodas for years...it tasted so bad I decided water was much better tasting..maybe they've improved the taste since the 70's (I hope so) but they aren't really any better for you.
In short, where are the empty (and/or toxic) calories in YOUR life?
Bring on the fat...(no one ever convinced me margarine was better than butter)!
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