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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Winter detox, day 10
First, apologies for the missing days of posting. Life got a little in the way, and I had to process. However, the detox did have some implications there, too. Bad news, stress - for me (and most of us I would venture to guess) are intimately tied with our food choices. Despite knowing good and bad choices - it's amazing to me how much emotions can overtake our knowledge and very possibly change our decisions.
While I desperately wanted a glass of wine, and some comfort food (something sweet and high fat - afterall, it boosts serotonin temporarily), I tried to find alternatives. I did not succumb to these emotional food desires - but tea and vegetables certainly did not satisfy the emotional want for something else.
My background in neuroscience has me wonder about this. My studies were in memory systems, so I'll have to do some research - but I wonder what benefit connecting something so essential to survival as food to something as variable as emotions - what purpose does this complex connection serve?
I'll have to get back to you on that last one. In the meantime... 4 days to go, and feeling good!
While I desperately wanted a glass of wine, and some comfort food (something sweet and high fat - afterall, it boosts serotonin temporarily), I tried to find alternatives. I did not succumb to these emotional food desires - but tea and vegetables certainly did not satisfy the emotional want for something else.
My background in neuroscience has me wonder about this. My studies were in memory systems, so I'll have to do some research - but I wonder what benefit connecting something so essential to survival as food to something as variable as emotions - what purpose does this complex connection serve?
I'll have to get back to you on that last one. In the meantime... 4 days to go, and feeling good!
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