Recently, I´ve been wondering whether our whole planet is one with Food Disorder as everywhere I look there is either too much food, or too little food. I am in the privelaged bracket of always having had enough food, or in fact,where there has been too much food around me. My birth family and my family of marriage seem to focus their day on food and in my humble opinion,far too much food.
Am visiting India, my country of origin and everywhere I have been,including the hospital where my mum was being treated, the conversation around food seems to take prominence. No,the people I am referring to, have not been through poverty or starvation at any time. And sugar is a must here as it is considered auspicious. Consequences of this excessive fatty diet mean that obesity,diabetes,bone disease and eye problems are rife amongst many others.
I have always found that food is a necessity and can be enjoyed thoroughly,but is simply one part of my life. I have had various different regimes of food throughout my life but it has never been the main focus. As I said before, I have never had it lacking,so I do understand when the poor souls who have not had enough, or been though starvation due to poverty or war, that food then becomes their focus.
I am assuming as we are in an era of consumerism and excess, that food is included in that,but the amount of illness and extremes that people have gone to with it,is rather frightening. When the intake of food is done to comfort or self negate,then the cosequences are terrible. Obesity,Anerexia,Bulemia,Heart condition, Cancer,Intestinal,Gall Bladder,Liver are but few of these. Food Disorder is a condition that can be fatal and at the least very damaging to one´s health. Have you evaluated how you eat recently? I reccomend you do so and I would love to hear back from you…
