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Feb
17

Doctor is to Horseradish as Bridget is to Alcohol

I swear I have a point, and that my title is not gibberish.

When I went to the doctor for my follow-up after my hives, he asked me how it was going giving up the foods to which I was allergic.  I said it was going so-so.  Sure, I had more energy, and I was not bloated all the time, had stopped having hives, and felt healthier, but I was having trouble finding enough foods to eat, and very little substitutions to enjoy.  He asked me to give him an example.  I said that I had purchased some sunflower seed butter as a peanut butter replacement, but after tasting it for half a second, I just hated it.  He then said he wanted to tell me a little story.  I love little stories, so I was game.  He said that his family was Jewish and that all the men ate and loved horseradish, which is, evidently, an integral condiment in their culture.  He said that when he was a child, he spit it out the first time he tried it.  He could not stand it.  But, he wanted to be like all the men in his family, so he kept having it until he, too, liked it.  He said, “I’m sure the same can be said for you and alcohol”.  Nicely played, doctor.  Nice.  Ly.  Played.  My name reads like the main character in an Irish joke, so he felt comfortable honing in on the integral staple in our culture.  I really could not argue with that logic because it was dead-on.  It was important for me to like alcohol, and so I gave it the old college try, and then some!  I was not, nor had I ever done the same thing with nourishment.

I left there and really thought about our discussion.  I began trying and retrying new and old foods.  I filled my cart with all sorts of different produce and nuts and seeds. My diet today bears little to no resemblance to the diet of the first thirty odd years of my life.  My mom still cannot get over that her “picky” child will eat an entire roasted eggplant on her own.  Not only will I eat it on my own, but I’m actually quite selfish with it!  They also can’t believe that I have created children who will request more raw onion with their avocado salad.  Honestly – neither can I.  All of this did not happen overnight, but it has been 100% worth it.

Oh, and do I like sunflower seed butter now?  Not the store-bought kind, but I LOVE the one I make in my Vita-mix at home on a near-constant basis. Roasted sunflower seed kernels and coconut oil – sooooo good and no added ingredients that I don’t want or need!

Dave just interjected with one of his favorite factoids – it takes 17 days to change a habit.  I just googled it, though, and apparently it’s 21 days.  Maybe that’s why he can’t seem to break a habit.  Anyway, is there any food that you’d be willing to try 21 times to see if you could add it to your repertoire?


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3 Comments

  1. Mike
    Posted February 17, 2012 at 10:23 am | Permalink

    You had me at “Alcohol”……

    • admin
      Posted February 17, 2012 at 10:34 am | Permalink

      Dave said the same thing!

      • Mike
        Posted February 17, 2012 at 11:34 am | Permalink

        Great Minds….

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