The social and emotional aspects of eating (video)

[secrets0stolen]

Rozalind Gruben: social and emotional aspects of eating : OrganicAthlete : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

Her approach is raw-vegan focused, but what shes says can apply generally too.

[RomanHD]

Might you consider summing this up for us lazy bastards who don't want to watch the video but still want to debate the validity of the points?

[secrets0stolen]

Originally Posted by RomanHD

Might you consider summing this up for us lazy bastards who don't want to watch the video but still want to debate the validity of the points?

Sure, a side from various scientific points about the raw vegan diet, her points are:

1) Digestion and the processing of complex emotions are the two most energy consuming (*nerve* energy, not fuel) consuming processes the body preforms regurally, and it's quite literally possible to emotionally numb yourself by eating hard to digest foods.

2)Many people will do just that, so if you're changing your diet to a healthier one, keep up with you emotional processing.

3)Socially, if you eat differently from most people, it's only as awkward as you make it. Don't dwell on it, or be defensive or act negatively about it, just act as if you weren't doing anything different. The only thing different is the food on your plate, and if that bothers someone, it's their problem, not yours.

[RomanHD]

Originally Posted by secrets0stolen

Sure, a side from various scientific points about the raw vegan diet, her points are:

1) Digestion and the processing of complex emotions are the two most energy consuming (*nerve* energy, not fuel) consuming processes the body preforms regurally, and it's quite literally possible to emotionally numb yourself by eating hard to digest foods.

What exactly do you mean by nerve energy? Neurotransmitters? Electrical activity of neurons? Or something else entirely?

Originally Posted by secrets0stolen

2)Many people will do just that, so if you're changing your diet to a healthier one, keep up with you emotional processing.

What?

Originally Posted by secrets0stolen

3)Socially, if you eat differently from most people, it's only as awkward as you make it. Don't dwell on it, or be defensive or act negatively about it, just act as if you weren't doing anything different. The only thing different is the food on your plate, and if that bothers someone, it's their problem, not yours.

Everything is only as awkward as you make it, and my plate is my business only, so sure, that point is valid.

[Angela]

Originally Posted by RomanHD

What exactly do you mean by nerve energy? Neurotransmitters? Electrical activity of neurons? Or something else entirely?

"Low voltage electrical current."


Secrets0Stolen, thank you so much for posting this -- I've just watched the first 20 minutes and am looking forward to watching the rest later. I'm really enjoying what she has to say, and also her very engaging speaking style.

I think this would be very interesting for many of the people here in the forums.

[secrets0stolen]

Originally Posted by Angela

"Low voltage electrical current."


Secrets0Stolen, thank you so much for posting this -- I've just watched the first 20 minutes and am looking forward to watching the rest later. I'm really enjoying what she has to say, and also her very engaging speaking style.

I think this would be very interesting for many of the people here in the forums.

I thought you might like it!

(I also tbh liked the first half to two thirds better than the last, but it's all worth watching imo)

[secrets0stolen]

Originally Posted by RomanHD

What?

I'm not sure I get your question...or were you just expressing shock?

[RomanHD]

Originally Posted by secrets0stolen

I'm not sure I get your question...or were you just expressing shock?

I didn't get what you were saying, that's all.

[secrets0stolen]

Originally Posted by RomanHD

I didn't get what you were saying, that's all.

Oh, ok. The point was that if you are changing your diet to a healthier/lighter way of eating, than it is best to keep up with/mature the way one is processing emotions. Because otherwise, one is likely to go back to hard to digest foods--for the numbing effect.