Wednesday, January 23, 2008

You Are What You Eat

Check this out. It's talking about the "Doctrine of Signatures," or the idea that foods resemble the part(s) of the body which they serve. I'd heard about some of this before (and was sceptical), but this site has pictures and explanations about a dozen foods, and it's really quite fascinating. I'm not sure that I'm entirely sold on it yet, but the notion is growing on me...
I have always believed that food cravings were how my body tells me what I need (like how I wanted nothing but tomatoes and peaches when I was pregnant with S). In considering the Doctrine of Signatures, I'm inclined to think that paying attention to those cravings may also give us clues about which parts of our bodies are in particular need of nourishment or attention...don't you think? For example, I went through a period of craving avocado, (which I have never even liked). Avocado promotes female reproductive health, and wouldn't you know, those cravings were just before conceiving S...I'm willing to believe that it's related.

Now for the real question--which part of my body looks like an oreo?!

2 comments:

Mae said...

And which parts of my body looks like Nutrageous bars, cookie dough icecream, and potatoe chips (sour cream and onion, please)???

Anonymous said...

Your gut and thighs can form to almost any shape...

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