Food as therapy

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Food as Therapy

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At the moment, food is highly prestigious. A vast amount of attention is paid to celebrity chefs, dietary advice, new restaurants and cooking shows. We have, it seems, become collectively obsessed with what we eat.

But the question of what we need from food, other than just physical sustenance, is rarely taken up. The issue sounds a bit weird. And yet food is evidently not just ‘fuel’. It offers help with certain of our psychological needs. It has, if you like, therapeutic potential.

That’s because every kind of food not only has nutritional value (the sort you’ll see on the label), it also carries with it what one might term a psychological value. The value emerges from its character. Every food hints at a personality, an orientation, a way of apprehending the world, who it would be if it was magically turned into a person. You could ascribe to it a gender, an outlook, a spirit, even a political dimension.

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http://thephilosophersmail.com/perspective/food-as-therapy/
 
Lemons are kind.

<I>we want to take on the avocado’s confident serenity, the figs’ ease with sensuality, the scallops dignified privacy, the asparagus’s resolute commitment to individuality. We invest in a steak out of a new commitment to vigour and courage </I>

Fecking eck, who writes these things.

We should respect what we eat, really think about what we put in our bodies, enjoy the flavours etc etc but this sort of stuff is, I'm afraid, beyond my logical comprehension !
 
"beyond my logical comprehension!" You surprise me Fear, you can normally spot a steaming pile of shit when it lands in front of you.

What a complete and utter load of bo**ocks! So now we are giving food human traits and meanings, well I suppose if you can get paid to write such guff, then those above you shouldn't have their jobs.

Food is more than just food, food is a catch all word for the nutrients our bodies need, certain foods do effect people in different ways, some foods are linked to happy memories and it's the need to relive those that can keep someone eating something that they don't particularly like or need.

We need a diet that is rich in nutrients and varied, a wide range of foodstuffs is much better than the very limited diets that most people stick to.

Food as therapy, sounds like an excuse to be fat to me.



 
Yup, but then I had a jazz apple earlier and I just admit, when I assessed it, it was a little cheeky,had some funk about it, I liked it's time.

I'm a convert.

Then again, tried to buy some sprouts earlier but just couldn't, they were nasty little bastards!!!!!
 
Juan Mourep - 8/8/2014 20:02


"beyond my logical comprehension!" You surprise me Fear, you can normally spot a steaming pile of shit when it lands in front of you.
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Once again, Juan, you are being a little too obscure. Why don't you just say what you mean?
This sort of guff has been with us for a long time so far as wine is concerned.
"An impertinent claret with a restless bouquet".....
 
BBJ - 8/8/2014 21:34

Once again, Juan, you are being a little too obscure. Why don't you jist say what you mean?
This sort of guff has been with us for a long time so far as wine is concerned.
"An impertinent claret with a restless bouquet".....
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I am much too subtle on occasion I admit, I try not to offend BBJ :17: And yes, you are right regarding wine "aficionados" as the advert states, "Overbearing aromas of pretentious rubbish"





 
I shan't tell you what my banana just told me then.

:73:

And yes, the wine... The feint aroma of bullshit.... But people seem to lap up what they are told.
 
In 1 way I can see what they are getting at. They are just writing it in a way that has swallowed the professional psychology dictionary.

Yes we need the correct nutrients for our body. From a psychology view point, it's another way of saying, if you eat crap you will feel like crap. Eat good foods and it will help the way you feel, from the mental health side.

It is not the only answer to the psychological side with what you eat, however it is just therapeutic way of saying what other services say about 'we are what we eat'

Ah well I guess you lot are looking at your food differently now. I hope you sleep O.K tonight JF and the banana doesn't give you nightmares :15:
 
In my long gone drinking days, I never had wine with quite that sort of aroma, Fear. Mind you, when you were spending seven and six on Spanish Sauternes, it was with the end in mind of getting locked as quickly as possible.
 
Today I combined some condescending green beans and sensitive courgette salad,.....what was I thinking putting them together. Thank god I had some relationship counselling dressing to act as peacemaker as I dread to think of the emotional turmoil I could have created.
 
Two glasses of Red wine a day has been proved medically to be good for you.

Mind you, they don't say what size the glass is............
 
Pride of Lions - 9/8/2014 07:38

Two glasses of Red wine a day has been proved medically to be good for you.

Mind you, they don't say what size the glass is............
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Ah but does that come under the new, breaking news that you shouldn't drink 2 days running according to The Daily Express

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In a change to previous claims, Public Health England will warn that ­people should have a rest day after consuming alcohol.

It cites daily drinking as a major factor in increased health risks and urges people to live by the “one day on, one day off” rule.

But the advice has been slammed as “completely unreasonable”.

We live in a free society and it’s up to people to decide if to drink, when and how often
Andrew Rosindell, Tory MP
Experts have cast doubt on whether there was any proof that it would benefit health.

GP Dr Martin Scurr said: “Giving up alcohol on alternate days is not something most doctors would recognise as a helpful strategy to curb excessive drinking.”

He explained that drinking regularly in moderation was better and safer for health than 'abstinence'

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Another complete loads of bollocks, especially the last sentence above: Abstinence is the only way to be healthy for a lot of us.

Jeus this Dr needs to get into the real world, look at his medical information and NICE guidelines and realise that abstinence is the only way that the government and NHS have realised that works long term for a person who is addicted.

They all just contradict themselves all the time

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/497340/Public-Health-England-Alcohol-Drink-Two-Days-Advice-NHS
 
The Fear - 9/8/2014 16:24

He's not talking about alcoholics though kefkat.
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He may not be JF. It isn't made clear though. IMHO that isn't good, that he hasn't made it clear..
 
They should also have made it clear that those on meds that you can't drink alcohol on, shouldn't follow that advice, also they should have made it clear that those who will be driving later shouldn't be following that advice, also those who are prohibited from alcohol consumption by their religion shouldn't follow that advice, along with children, just to make it clear, because some obviously need the nanny state.


 
We've just enjoyed a dinner comprising a couple of mannerly spuds, a generous helping of well-behaved green beans and a courtly chunk of lamb, all washed down by a gregarious glass or two of Vimto.
 
kefkat - 9/8/2014 19:38

The Fear - 9/8/2014 16:24

He's not talking about alcoholics though kefkat.
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He may not be JF. It isn't made clear though. IMHO that isn't good, that he hasn't made it clear..
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Hate to disagree, ahem, as you cough cough know.

However, it is both obvious and implied.

Everyone would know that alcoholics shouldn't stop abstaining but articles can't cater for every 'minority' or situation, free thought and self determination is there for that.
 
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