Tzara
A Disturbance in the Force
Out of all the things that I've faced in my life, hemophobia seems to be the most troublesome.
Let me begin by saying that I cannot cook, I've never been taught how to cook, and trying to learn is proving quite difficult. Especially after learning more and more about what types of foods I should be eating, and what not to eat. My opinions so far, closely match the opinions here on forums, but vary slightly to a degree.
The reason for the variance is because I have been reading Nora T. Gedgaudas' book "Primal Body, Primal Mind," which has an entire section focusing on how little sugar we actually 'need,' going as far as to say that over consumption has a cumulative toxic effect. I haven't finished the book, but the impression I get is that we can get this minimal amount of sugar from the dark, leafy greens we should eat with our fatty meats.
Fruits should be minimized, since they've been selectively bred to be sweeter than anything we would find in paleolithic times. However, I have no clue really what varieties of vegetables I should be eating to get the adequate vitamins and nutrients. Examples being vitamin C, I've never studied how many nutrients and minerals we need daily, and how to get them.
Another contradiction is that the author claims dairy is okay, when I see it circulating around here that this isn't the case. But I also wonder why we'd eat butter but not cheese? Aren't they both made from milk? Anyways, this whole confusion leads into my next point.
It's not that I do not like finding information on my own, but this in particular feels overwhelming a thought, before even approaching it. The idea of making a weekly food chart to ensure I get everything is incredibly daunting. So, I often just wind up cranky and angry with myself, and eat whatever I'm used to eating (carbs). Coupled with my lack of cooking knowledge and tools, I usually wind up with something that's barely edible.
I'm uncertain why this feels so incredibly unapproachable to me. I live with my boyfriend, and his answer is fast food. He'll happily feed on junk food with no affect, but I eat the same food and of course, have a host of health and weight issues. He convinces me he doesn't mind if I'm 'fat,' he just wants me to be 'happy,' yet will go above and beyond to pretend to not know all the things which are making me unhappy.
Well, I've made it known to him that either him or I, or both of us need to take a cooking class; and invest in cookware and healthy foods.
This circular logic mayhem has been going on for many years now, and it's taking it's toll on my sanity (what little I have left, I'm clingin').
And now, my final point, the point of my thread initially. I am severely hemophobic. This affects my health in two ways, first in that I find it impossible, unless on my death bed, to go to a doctor. The second way that this has affected me is, it takes me longer to read this book because I get woozy and have to lay down, but also when it comes to preparing meat.
Even the thought of an organ meat makes me feel lightheaded. I can barely take the meat from the package and put it on the pan, let alone cut fat off, or cutting the meat into smaller pieces. It makes me weary to read about things I know I need to know, like parts of the animal and what cuts are what.
In conclusion, I guess I'm not so much looking for a direct answer, as much as I'm looking for guidance. Or maybe someone who went through a similar situation. It also might be nice to know how others feel about the view of the book I'm reading, in particular the dairy and any thing that raises glucose levels (fruit/sweet potatoes) being just as bad as a candy bar in terms of physiological functions of the pancreas and insulin and blood sugars.
I should note also, I have watched the first installment of the EE breathing program, and wondering if this only works with stress, or if it could help me with the nearly passing out from blood/medical/organ meat?
Many thanks for your time,
Tzara
Let me begin by saying that I cannot cook, I've never been taught how to cook, and trying to learn is proving quite difficult. Especially after learning more and more about what types of foods I should be eating, and what not to eat. My opinions so far, closely match the opinions here on forums, but vary slightly to a degree.
The reason for the variance is because I have been reading Nora T. Gedgaudas' book "Primal Body, Primal Mind," which has an entire section focusing on how little sugar we actually 'need,' going as far as to say that over consumption has a cumulative toxic effect. I haven't finished the book, but the impression I get is that we can get this minimal amount of sugar from the dark, leafy greens we should eat with our fatty meats.
Fruits should be minimized, since they've been selectively bred to be sweeter than anything we would find in paleolithic times. However, I have no clue really what varieties of vegetables I should be eating to get the adequate vitamins and nutrients. Examples being vitamin C, I've never studied how many nutrients and minerals we need daily, and how to get them.
Another contradiction is that the author claims dairy is okay, when I see it circulating around here that this isn't the case. But I also wonder why we'd eat butter but not cheese? Aren't they both made from milk? Anyways, this whole confusion leads into my next point.
It's not that I do not like finding information on my own, but this in particular feels overwhelming a thought, before even approaching it. The idea of making a weekly food chart to ensure I get everything is incredibly daunting. So, I often just wind up cranky and angry with myself, and eat whatever I'm used to eating (carbs). Coupled with my lack of cooking knowledge and tools, I usually wind up with something that's barely edible.
I'm uncertain why this feels so incredibly unapproachable to me. I live with my boyfriend, and his answer is fast food. He'll happily feed on junk food with no affect, but I eat the same food and of course, have a host of health and weight issues. He convinces me he doesn't mind if I'm 'fat,' he just wants me to be 'happy,' yet will go above and beyond to pretend to not know all the things which are making me unhappy.
Well, I've made it known to him that either him or I, or both of us need to take a cooking class; and invest in cookware and healthy foods.
This circular logic mayhem has been going on for many years now, and it's taking it's toll on my sanity (what little I have left, I'm clingin').
And now, my final point, the point of my thread initially. I am severely hemophobic. This affects my health in two ways, first in that I find it impossible, unless on my death bed, to go to a doctor. The second way that this has affected me is, it takes me longer to read this book because I get woozy and have to lay down, but also when it comes to preparing meat.
Even the thought of an organ meat makes me feel lightheaded. I can barely take the meat from the package and put it on the pan, let alone cut fat off, or cutting the meat into smaller pieces. It makes me weary to read about things I know I need to know, like parts of the animal and what cuts are what.
In conclusion, I guess I'm not so much looking for a direct answer, as much as I'm looking for guidance. Or maybe someone who went through a similar situation. It also might be nice to know how others feel about the view of the book I'm reading, in particular the dairy and any thing that raises glucose levels (fruit/sweet potatoes) being just as bad as a candy bar in terms of physiological functions of the pancreas and insulin and blood sugars.
I should note also, I have watched the first installment of the EE breathing program, and wondering if this only works with stress, or if it could help me with the nearly passing out from blood/medical/organ meat?
Many thanks for your time,
Tzara
