why is there always one

[dhampyresa]

I'm currently spending regular amounts of time browsing articles about nutrition. Why the fuck is there always at least one person going on and on about how nobody needs to control what they eat and everyone should just ~listen to their body~ because ~the body is wise~ and ~knows what it needs~ and how if we just ate what our bodies told us to eat we'd be perfectly healthy and blablablablabla.

Yeah, no. Fuck you. Here's a incomplete list of things I ate when I was a kid, up to the age of about 9, when I finally gained enough control over my impulse to not:

• My own hair
• Hair from my favourite plush toy
• Dirt
• Small rocks
• Paper
• Bits of eraser I'd cut from my eraser with a ruler during class

SUCH HEALTH VERY WISE WOW

The irony is: I'm looking at nutrition stuff and recipes and things because (1) I'm curious to see if I can spend less on food, (2) I want to eat more protein to get bigger muscles and, most importantly, (3) I would like to not be anemic again.

Ok, I'm going to go eat some loose sheets of paper, apparently that's how one stops having a mineral deficiency.

Comments

[corvidology]

They always say 'listen to your body' - well, the problem with that is maybe it worked for our ancient ancestors who weren't surrounded by food available every minute of every day but we are... and even then studies of our nearest biological relatives suggests they eat til they're full when food is available to cover them for the times that it's not. They don't think 'well really, one banana will do.'

Rambling I know, but FFS!