sarahmichigan (
sarahmichigan) wrote2007-05-18 12:33 pm
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Entry tags:
Fear of food
I refuse to fear my food.
I will not panic about conventionally grown fruits and vegetables and worry that I'm poisoning myself.
I will not believe that potatoes, carrots, or bananas are "bad" for me because they have too much sugar or simple carbs.
I will not live in fear that the fluoride in my green tea or the soy sausage and broccoli that I eat are going to depress my thyroid fuction.
I refuse to beat myself up for eating french fries or other treats because the trans fat is going to make me die young.
I refuse to live in fear that a couple servings of fish a week are going to make my brain turn to mush from mercury poisoning.
I will not assume that I eat too much wheat and gluten and that I'm making myself sick by eating a whole wheat tortilla or a piece of 12-grain bread.
I understand that some people do have life-threatening food allergies or sensitivities that make them ill when they eat certain foods. I understand people wanting to limit their intake of pesticides and herbicides from their produce. I understand that a lot of whole foods are very unlike the aboriginal seed stock they originally came from and they might be very different nutritionally than their ancient ancestors.
Caution and keeping up-to-date on nutrition and food science is a virtue, but I refuse to obsess about these issues to the point that it makes me live in fear. Food is to be used as fuel and is there to be enjoyed.
I will not fear my food.
I will not panic about conventionally grown fruits and vegetables and worry that I'm poisoning myself.
I will not believe that potatoes, carrots, or bananas are "bad" for me because they have too much sugar or simple carbs.
I will not live in fear that the fluoride in my green tea or the soy sausage and broccoli that I eat are going to depress my thyroid fuction.
I refuse to beat myself up for eating french fries or other treats because the trans fat is going to make me die young.
I refuse to live in fear that a couple servings of fish a week are going to make my brain turn to mush from mercury poisoning.
I will not assume that I eat too much wheat and gluten and that I'm making myself sick by eating a whole wheat tortilla or a piece of 12-grain bread.
I understand that some people do have life-threatening food allergies or sensitivities that make them ill when they eat certain foods. I understand people wanting to limit their intake of pesticides and herbicides from their produce. I understand that a lot of whole foods are very unlike the aboriginal seed stock they originally came from and they might be very different nutritionally than their ancient ancestors.
Caution and keeping up-to-date on nutrition and food science is a virtue, but I refuse to obsess about these issues to the point that it makes me live in fear. Food is to be used as fuel and is there to be enjoyed.
I will not fear my food.
no subject
no subject
I envy your ability to do so.
(no subject)
no subject
no subject
I try to eat healthy. I think buying local and organic is generally good for me in a variety of ways. I try to watch things like artificial ingredients, sugar levels, hormones, pesticides and mercury levels (esp with my kids).
...and then every now and then, i exercise my right to gleefully wolf down two Sausage Egg McMuffins or a sack of White Castles.
Life's for livin'.
:)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
no subject
no subject
no subject
(no subject)