our national eating disorder

interesting article with the hypothesis that americans worry to much about food, which makes us unhealthy.

he compared americans, who are always obsessed with calories and carbs, etc. and yet are still mostly overweight and unhealthy, with the french, who are healthier but also don't obsess over food and instead enjoy food. it also mentions a study that was done about food attitudes amongst the french, american, belgian and japanese. in the study, when shown a picture of chocolate cake, americans were more likely to say that "guilt" was the word that came to mind. for the french, it was "celebration."

hmm. i've always been for enjoying food, but i must say that since my horrible dressing room accident, i've noticed that i've started to fall into the american food guilt trap ... i just need to relax, and realize that it's ok to enjoy food. only then will i not be tempted to gorge on any food, which is what is really the culprit.