Comments on: In defense of balance http://blog.thegreenplate.org/2010/06/in-the-name-of-balance/ How we can transform our lives and heal our world, one bite at a time. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:52:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Damon http://blog.thegreenplate.org/2010/06/in-the-name-of-balance/#comment-4 Damon Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:12:03 +0000 http://blog.thegreenplate.org/?p=35#comment-4 I like your summary, "pay attention to how food makes YOU feel and choose what’s right for YOU." I've seen many a vegan/raw foodist override what their body is telling them to keep their ideals and mental constructions intact, which I would consider to be the condition inside the warning of orthorexia. I'm starting to think it's the attachment to labeling and adhering to a specific diet for an extended period of time can turn into an addiction, an ego attachment to claim that "I am vegan/85% raw/a meat-eater/on the Atkins Diet/lacto-ovo-pesco vegetarian/ect" and doesn't allow room to listen and choose which healthy choices may be appropriate for one's body in the state of health/cleansing/build-repair cycle it may be in at the moment. I like your summary, “pay attention to how food makes YOU feel and choose what’s right for YOU.”

I’ve seen many a vegan/raw foodist override what their body is telling them to keep their ideals and mental constructions intact, which I would consider to be the condition inside the warning of orthorexia. I’m starting to think it’s the attachment to labeling and adhering to a specific diet for an extended period of time can turn into an addiction, an ego attachment to claim that “I am vegan/85% raw/a meat-eater/on the Atkins Diet/lacto-ovo-pesco vegetarian/ect” and doesn’t allow room to listen and choose which healthy choices may be appropriate for one’s body in the state of health/cleansing/build-repair cycle it may be in at the moment.

]]> By: Steven Bratman http://blog.thegreenplate.org/2010/06/in-the-name-of-balance/#comment-3 Steven Bratman Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:58:53 +0000 http://blog.thegreenplate.org/?p=35#comment-3 Nice! Nice!

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