GreenEdge
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Salt
Another thing I've noticed is I'm using less and less salt, or none at all. Last night I used no salt, but towards the end of the meal, I thought* I wanted some, so I added a little. Yuk! It took away the flavors I was experiencing.
* I guess because I'd thought about it - an example of over thinking getting in the way of healing.
I'm finding the hardest thing to learn is to not think and just do what comes naturally. When you think about it, no other animal regularly adds salt to their meals. However, many land animals will seek it out occasionally (if their diet lacks salt) and they will walk great lengths to get it.
I wonder if the push to make us consume less salt is a ploy by the food industry to make us eat more as they know (that when restricted) the drive to get it is strong. On the other had, most processed foods have added sugar, salt and vegetable oils. - the foods they want us to eat.
I think the biggest advantage of carnivore is the elimination of addictive food substances that fool your senses and control your behavior. You can't trust your senses until you eliminate them all.
Relearning to eat instinctively (like a toddler or small child) is challenging but will be worth the effort, as only then is good health sure to materialize.
Another thing I've noticed is I'm using less and less salt, or none at all. Last night I used no salt, but towards the end of the meal, I thought* I wanted some, so I added a little. Yuk! It took away the flavors I was experiencing.
* I guess because I'd thought about it - an example of over thinking getting in the way of healing.
I'm finding the hardest thing to learn is to not think and just do what comes naturally. When you think about it, no other animal regularly adds salt to their meals. However, many land animals will seek it out occasionally (if their diet lacks salt) and they will walk great lengths to get it.
HUNGER FOR SALT FOUND TO BE POWERFUL INSTINCT
The human hunger for salt, that bane of modern nutritionists, is not just a quirk of habit or upbringing, wide- ranging studies show. Instead it appears to be a deep-seated biological drive as fundamental and almost as powerful as those of thirst, sex and maternal behavior...
''It is no accident that salt is one of the four primary elements of taste,'' said Dr. Derek Denton
I wonder if the push to make us consume less salt is a ploy by the food industry to make us eat more as they know (that when restricted) the drive to get it is strong. On the other had, most processed foods have added sugar, salt and vegetable oils. - the foods they want us to eat.
I think the biggest advantage of carnivore is the elimination of addictive food substances that fool your senses and control your behavior. You can't trust your senses until you eliminate them all.
Relearning to eat instinctively (like a toddler or small child) is challenging but will be worth the effort, as only then is good health sure to materialize.