Monday, March 9, 2015
Moods and Foods
It came to my attention that foods and moods are interrelated. So when you feel certain emotions this can affect your actions and your impulses in your food choices. We have to ask ourselves why do we go for crappy foods to make us feel happier? Is it an emotional programme that has been pre-wired into our DNA?Perhaps choosing food when we are in a mood is not the best idea. When we jump for food for so many different reasons we often want to choose foods which are not the best for us, to try to lift us from the smog of our own mental mood. This seems like a bad cycle to get into as we choose foods which impact our mood negatively and then feel moody after we have had those foods!
Trying to get out of the habit of mental stimulus foods and moodiness is catch 22. The more you try to cheer up and get out of the mood you choose foods which are detrimental and subsequently end up with the mood again!
How can we remedy this situation? One of the positive aspects of raw foods is that it does not take much to see a major change in your physical wellbeing. I mean if you eat enough fruit your colon will unplug and you will start remove some of the toxic crap. This does not however, solve the mood. In this situation we have to see that food and moods are interlinked and that often we are masking the real issues in our life with a momentary mental stimulus to lift the mood. We normal folk are no different than drug addicts as food is our drug of choice. We need to see food as a healing modality rather than a quick fix or a mood enhancer. Food is for enjoyment, but really food is here to help get our bodies to respond and rebuild; heal; detox and eliminate so that our physical and mental well being is working at an optimum level. If we are continually using food as mental stimulus and a quick fix to a problem then we will never get to the issue at hand. We need to look at our issues without food and deal with those so that we are not masking the issue with our food choices.
Somewhere on the ether I can hear "but I am hungry", and my response is "hungry for what exactly?" for if you really are hungry would you eat a doughnut or a bunch of bananas? We could say that either is a matter of choice and if it fulfills the desire and the appetite then what does it matter which one we choose?
However if you truly loved yourself is it enough to just feed yourself real foods - would you actually go beyond the mental stimulus and spaced out feeling you get from a doughnut and would you choose something which would actually do your body a favour?
Its okay as long as it feels good (and tastes good too)
You might be thinking that everything is fine as long as it tastes good but that is where these foods have got everyone hooked! It may taste good but does it have nutritional content? If it does have nutritional content then what exactly? Are you eating a food which can be found in nature without any manipulation whatsoever? If you are not, then you may say "so what I have eaten sandwiches all of my life and I am still here". Yes, that is great you are still here but what do you look like? Are you happy with the zits?
Eliminating the processed crap is the first step forward to changing the moods and taking back your power. When we are consciously aware of our choices, we have more choice because the foods that once had an emotional hold over us drop away as we regain control of our impulses. It is however, a daily process. In every moment we have a choice as to what we are eating and some might say any food is good food. Those with the opportunity to pick what they want have the opportunity to choose foods which are closer to nature. Here is the evidence - for £1 I can buy a bunch of bananas or an highly processed Easter Egg. Both will make you feel good but one is closer to nature with possibly more nutrients and more chance for the body to heal and detox. Which one will it be - you decide.
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