05-29-2012, 10:14 PM
> I think the optimum diet is a myth. There can be great differences in what is optimum for each individual.
This is certainly true in my own experience. I was fortunate to come across the literature on "yogic diet" at an early age, and although I quickly realized that it had so become "faddified" as to be of little practical use, I derived a very useful insight from it.
Assume that you are contentedly healthy. What will you eat? Simple, you eat what you want to eat. In other words, the appetite of a healthy organism instinctively directs it to those foods best suited to its needs. The recommendation emerging from this is to bother less about WHAT to eat, and more about what you WANT to eat. Change that for the better, and diet is not a problem.
This is certainly true in my own experience. I was fortunate to come across the literature on "yogic diet" at an early age, and although I quickly realized that it had so become "faddified" as to be of little practical use, I derived a very useful insight from it.
Assume that you are contentedly healthy. What will you eat? Simple, you eat what you want to eat. In other words, the appetite of a healthy organism instinctively directs it to those foods best suited to its needs. The recommendation emerging from this is to bother less about WHAT to eat, and more about what you WANT to eat. Change that for the better, and diet is not a problem.
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