Summarizing…
- being aware of how you are connected to your body when eating, sense of fullness, sense of what’s good to eat
- how does one teach such awareness to children and people who feel disconnected
- the importance of creating an atmosphere for digestion – slowing down, taking the time to eat, not eating under stress
- being conscious of food intake in terms of amount and frequency
- delving deeper into the concept of food as medicine, and which foods are medically useful in a given culture
- bearing in mind the importance of seasonality – what grows when, feeling that connection to the cycles of foods, paying attention to it, being aware that food in such a context can be an intermediary to higher consciousness
- realizing that food has historically been used as a weapon of oppression and how that can affect our food choices
- seeing the commonalities of foods and food practices between different cultures
- knowing that our food choices have a political, economic, and environmental impact, and using this awareness to try to inspire others to make changes in their lives
- understanding that thin line between food and pharmacology – how companies patent foods and their ingredients as “medicines”, no matter what their historical usage
- knowing that if your relationship with food is healthy, it is easier to live within your means, your health is better, and your overall state of mind is more grounded
- the ever-present conflict between the scientific/medical model of what one “should” eat versus a culturally/environmentally-aware way of “knowing” what to eat – analyzing this dichotomy can be a trigger for self-study
- the importance of not dwelling on the negative aspects of how our food is produced, sold, and consumed, but rather being constructive in what we say, how we act, etc.
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