I’ll watch Bravo and occasionally catch other reality shows that are based on cooking competitions. It is a chance to just be entertained, since most of the rest of my life I’m working or researching or both. The reality mind-mush, combined with at least a talent requirement, makes it appealing.
In my fat loss program I promote the use of a fasting cleanse as a starting point towards a diet modification and lifestyle change.
An incredible effect of a fast is that it “renews” the taste buds, and very much so.
As I watch the judges do their taste testing, I can’t help but wonder how they clean their palate, how the dishes to not clash with one another, especially considering some of the herbs that are used from dish to dish.
We are required to develop a more “bland” approach to food. Reason being, most of the middle-of-the-grocery-store foods are produced by companies with stock holders that require a profit be made in order for the company to operate. Thus, the need to ensure foods taste as appealing as possible, and that can include all sorts of flavor enhancements (usually salts or sugars of various kinds) and our taste buds have thus become far over stimulated, where by a raw food diet, for example, may taste so “bland” to someone used to the western diet that it would be nearly impossible for one to implement realistically.
A fasting cleanse can be great in this regard. After anywhere from three to ten days of not eating, that celery stick is looking pretty darn tasty.
It works.
Love, Happiness, Health and Peace…………Tim
