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The Pleasure of FoodI have read this rather intresting article in the magazine I subscribe to Utne, which I have mentnioned here a few times and which has inspisered some of my other writings here on this blog. The article I want to talk about today was title The Pleasure Principle and it was about the unhealty reltationship we in society have with food. It seems for the most part people view food either as something they have to do battle with, or something they over indulge in and exhibit little control, both these attitudes are unhealty for mind and body. The Pleasure Principle offers a middle ground, in which you can enjoy food without fear or guilt and you dod not have to surpress yourself from eating foods that are charaterized as bad for you as long as you exhibit moderation. The idea behind the Pleasure Principle is that you should enjoy and savor your food and you should allow your body experince the pleasure of food without feeling guilty about it, though this does not mean eat as much as you want, part of the pleasure principle is showing some modernration, but it is doing so in a way that does not prohibit those foods that we are so often told are bad, though it is still important to incooperate healty items into the diet as well. The pleasure principle offers a balance a way we do not have to opress ourselves and yet at the same time not overdue things as well. Another part of the pleasure principle is that if you really take the time to savor what you eat and experince the joys of the food and its pleasures it will be more fullfilling, often when the full enjoyment of food is not experinced we are left feeling the hunt to hunt out more food to eat to try and find that missing fullfillment we denyed ourselves which induces us to eat more.The Pleasure Principle offers a healther state of mind when it comes to food and this in turn effects the body and helps the body feel healither, and this acutally helps the matablism to work better. I perosnally found the article to be very enlightening and it had changed the way I look at things though I have never been one to get into the whole dieting thing and such and I freely admit to enjoying food, it still changed my view and I think that it is a concept that everyone could learn from and benefit from.11:15 AM - 6/22/2006 - post comment
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