Human brains suck. I love bananas, but my brain just goes “mmm but nacho cheese is more delicious” and is a constant fucking battle. Which I fail too often.
I think this might be something you can reprogram. It wasn’t my intention, but I’ve been hitting the weekly market a lot more and as a result my tastes have veered naturally to fresh and vegan stuff.
I’ll still accept food with animal products on em if that’s all there is, but I recently discovered that I find meat and cheese kind of… gross? I used to eat like that every week, but now I look forward to my daily apple and like 3 o’clock chia seed pudding. It’s fucked.
I don’t know if I somehow caused this or if it’s just age, but I have been feeling pretty good.
E: sorry I just reread my comment in the context of yours and I apologise for being shitty. I think the point I was trying to make was that it’s like quitting smoking or something - at first feels like something real is missing, then later feels like a no brainer
I wish I had easy access to fresh food like this… actually I’m a lot closer to having that now, since we actually have a real grocery store again where the one from 10 years ago closed down… for the past 10 years it was 30 min by highway to the closest, now it’s 20 min by bike (assuming being in shape for it) or 10 by car, which still isn’t super close but it’s a lot better. (The closest farmers market that isn’t just people selling junk they made is still half an hour in either direction)
My friend lives like 10 min walk from a grocery store and goes daily as a result. Gets good discounted foods and fresh produce regularly.
But I’m working on some indoor gardening systems that… might… assuming they work nearly as well as I hope… might make a difference to my tastes. (Tho I do strongly prefer veg already, and don’t eat a lot of meat. It doesn’t agree with my stomach. Tummy likes fiber.) I just got a batch of oyster mushrooms started on cardboard (because why the fuck not compost my trash into food???), and 50 radishes are sprouted for a weird attempt that probably won’t work. worth a try.
interestingly and nerdily, it’s actually the “human” brain that allows us to differentiate between “healthy” and “not healthy”-- the evolutionarily more ancient mammalian and reptile parts of our brains are what crave all the sugar, fat, and salt that we eat way too much of
I think, the fact that people have fruit at home, bananas even, and don’t eat them. Is a sign that mammalian brain is working. A banana is basically sugar, and your body’s like… I’m good on sugar thanks.
Human brains suck. I love bananas, but my brain just goes “mmm but nacho cheese is more delicious” and is a constant fucking battle. Which I fail too often.
I think this might be something you can reprogram. It wasn’t my intention, but I’ve been hitting the weekly market a lot more and as a result my tastes have veered naturally to fresh and vegan stuff.
I’ll still accept food with animal products on em if that’s all there is, but I recently discovered that I find meat and cheese kind of… gross? I used to eat like that every week, but now I look forward to my daily apple and like 3 o’clock chia seed pudding. It’s fucked.
I don’t know if I somehow caused this or if it’s just age, but I have been feeling pretty good.
E: sorry I just reread my comment in the context of yours and I apologise for being shitty. I think the point I was trying to make was that it’s like quitting smoking or something - at first feels like something real is missing, then later feels like a no brainer
I wish I had easy access to fresh food like this… actually I’m a lot closer to having that now, since we actually have a real grocery store again where the one from 10 years ago closed down… for the past 10 years it was 30 min by highway to the closest, now it’s 20 min by bike (assuming being in shape for it) or 10 by car, which still isn’t super close but it’s a lot better. (The closest farmers market that isn’t just people selling junk they made is still half an hour in either direction)
My friend lives like 10 min walk from a grocery store and goes daily as a result. Gets good discounted foods and fresh produce regularly.
But I’m working on some indoor gardening systems that… might… assuming they work nearly as well as I hope… might make a difference to my tastes. (Tho I do strongly prefer veg already, and don’t eat a lot of meat. It doesn’t agree with my stomach. Tummy likes fiber.) I just got a batch of oyster mushrooms started on cardboard (because why the fuck not compost my trash into food???), and 50 radishes are sprouted for a weird attempt that probably won’t work. worth a try.
A banana is the perfect shape for dipping. Just combine the two you don’t have to limit yourself
interestingly and nerdily, it’s actually the “human” brain that allows us to differentiate between “healthy” and “not healthy”-- the evolutionarily more ancient mammalian and reptile parts of our brains are what crave all the sugar, fat, and salt that we eat way too much of
I think, the fact that people have fruit at home, bananas even, and don’t eat them. Is a sign that mammalian brain is working. A banana is basically sugar, and your body’s like… I’m good on sugar thanks.