And Another Serve

An Apple a day keeps the psychologist away.  It was reported on the The Age that eating a high quality diet can reduce the risk of depression.  This means extra serves of fruit and veg.  If we bump up our daily dose of fruit and vegetables up to between five and seven serves we can reduce the risk of depression.  WOW

It gives me pause though.  Fruit and Veg!  Exercise!

How come  that which, literally, makes us feel great, physically and mentally, is what we turn away from at a given moment.  We seek comfort instead of movement. We'd rather stay in than go out for a walk or a run.  And we choose rich food instead of the good stuff. It makes us feel fine, in the moment, but makes us feel sluggish and heavy afterwards.

Our caveman heritage may have something to do with our moment-to-moment choices.  Maybe we are seeking shelter in the cave again.  And maybe we are "gorging" on the bounty, in order to prepare for an upcoming famine.

Our environment - obeso-genic

We live in an environment, where not only are we surrounded by the stimulus to eat, it is practically unavoidable.  Everywhere there are billboards, commercials  on TV cooking shows have practically turned cooking into a religion.  And here is a trick, bright coloured packaging of processed foods speaks directly to that ancient hunter-gatherer brain.  It's as though we see a bright berry in the forest and we go towards it.(I'm growing cherry tomatoes and my eyes are drawn to the red jewels compulsively).
In addition,  the brightly coloured store-bought packet keeps on prompting us as it sits in our home in our pantry, and  when we use it and on the way to the bin.

I hate being manipulated by packaging.