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Comment by Vivi on May 10, 2013 at 2:30pm

Absolutely! I'm learning to love myself more and more each day and the more I do, the more I want to give love to everything else.  To give love is to get love, it feels like.  As you so wonderfully put it: "Be beauty to see beauty to be beauty." :) 

Comment by Ingun on May 9, 2013 at 6:24pm

Yes to everything you said Vivi, and when ethical reasons are a priority it has influence on all other aspects :-)  And the more l learned to love myself the more love I could have for all other living creatures and nature, and I'm still learning.

Comment by Vivi on May 9, 2013 at 4:41pm

Totally agree with you, Ingun! Our bodies are truly amazing, to be able to handle all of the crazy food, pollution, bad treatment, and our negative thinking! As far as dieting goes for me, I'm currently focused on minimizing animal products not just for health, but for ethical reasons.  I have a big desire to remove animal cruelty from all aspects of my life, and think this is a good focus for me, because it makes me quite happy.

Unfortunately, this focus means that I'm eating a much wider variety of foods, from other countries, in my attempt to re-design my nutrional needs and appetite also.  I hope to one day cut back on animals AND eat local; I guess I just need to take one step at a time.

Comment by Ingun on May 9, 2013 at 3:06pm

I checked the country of origin on vegetables in an ordinary grocery a few days ago when I was bying food. I found from Norway - Cucumber, Tomatoes, Potatoes, Carrots, Cabbage, Onions, Kohlrabi/Rutabaga, and here is the rest ... I'll add what I remember, but there was more.  

I want to remind that all the countries below are far away from us, so it can not be labeled 'local food'.

Scotland - Potatoes, Carrots, Rutabaga/Kohlrabi Belgium - Pears
Netherlands - Tomatoes, salad,
France - Onions Spain - Broccoli
Italy - Cauliflower, Tomatoes, Apples
Israel - Avocado
India - Greens
South-Africa - Greens
Peru - Avocado, Sugar Snap Peas,
China - Garlic

No wonder bodies can get troubled if eating like that year after year.

Comment by Ingun on May 9, 2013 at 3:01pm

It's always inspiring to hear about other student working on the same as oneself :-) I have also reduced animal products from my diet and I've been doing it slowly over a long time. Even if I would want or like to drop all animal products immediately I know it doesn't work that way for me.

I'm looking forward to all the green comes back soon and I can pick my leafy greens directly from nature in a larger amount than before. I try to eat most local food, but what we can buy in the stores in this country is not much to brag about.

Comment by Vivi on May 9, 2013 at 12:42pm

Thanks for sharing this! I've very slowing begun to cut out animal products from my diet, and I feel so great about that, on so many levels.  What Michael is saying about enjoying what you eat is very important to me.  I find that my healthier diet now is something I WANT to eat, and not something I'm forcing myself to eat. 

Comment by Hanna on March 17, 2013 at 3:46pm

I'd like Ms comments on this.....

Comment by Ingun on March 16, 2013 at 8:36pm

Others have already asked this question in other sessions, but I wanted to ask it on behalf of myself, so some of it we have heard from M's before.

I can imagine that eating food and not enjoying it, or having resistence towards it in some way, or eating it just because it's "healthy", would be an easy way of creating conflict in the body.

Comment by ViP on March 14, 2013 at 10:33pm

MEntity: First, we will always have to suggest that you consider the input of a local, trusted, competent nutritionist over any feedback from a non-physical source, because we cannot "see" you in the same way that those who share space with your body can see you.

I just had to laugh at how they nonchalantly described themselves as a non-physical source :-)

MEntity: Next, we can suggest that those who live in colder, dry climates can do well on grains more than those who might live in more humid, tropical climates where fruits are helpful for the body.

Here in Ontario, I find this is true for me too. I really feel the difference if I've had less carbs when the weather is cold - and I don't feel the urge to have as many fruits as when it's warmer (other than bananas and oranges, which seem appealing all through the year.)

MEntity: Eating what is healthy for you is always beneficial, but if you do not enjoy it, there is some impact to its usefulness in the body. The same is true for those things that might be "bad" for the body, but if enjoyed, can bring about effects that are beneficial.

And I like this dose of good sense too  :-)  Enjoy what you eat, or eat what you enjoy (in moderation, I suppose.)