I have been hearing a LOT of judgment lately about different kinds of foods. Everyone is getting geared up for the holiday season and talking about what they "can" eat, "should" eat, and "healthier" options. We've talked about this before but I just want to throw it out there that the issue I have with judging food as good or bad, is that we extend that judgment to ourselves as we eat that food.
If a person eats a big, healthy salad and a bowl of (non-cream) soup and they see that as "good" choices, then they are "good" by extension. And you know what? I bet most of us out there making this choice are good people -- but not because we ate the soup.
On the other hand, if that same person eats 2 pieces of cheesecake (and cheesecake is "bad"...everyone knows that, right???), then they are "bad" by extension. And that is just not true -- because the soup already proved they were "good" right?
Food is food is food. There are no good foods and there are no bad foods. If you eat too much of anything, soup, salad, cheesecake, you are going to gain weight -- that is just a fact -- not judgment.
Give it some thought. Enjoy your food. And when it doesn't taste fantastic, put the fork down.
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