Body Shapes and Culture
Friday, August 15th, 2008
I was thinking this evening, as I read the ingredients list for Orovo detox, that we as a nation were not quite a portly when we still ate the types of food that comprise this new “miracle diet”. It’s mostly plant material, you know. It contains:
1. Aloe Vera
2. Alpha Lipoic Acid
3. Apple Cider Vinegar
4. B6
5. Buchu Leaves
6. Couch Grass
7. Dandelion
8. DMAE
9. Ginger
10. Grape Seed
11. Grapefruit Seed
12. Green Tea
13. Idebenone
14. Juniper Berries
15. Lemon
16. Licorice Root
17. Magnesium Stearate
18. Mangosteen
19. Milk Thistle
20. Noni Fruit
21. Papaya Fruit
22. Parsley Leaves
23. Peppermint Leaves
24. Pomegranate
25. Pomegranate Leaves
26. Potassium Gluconate
27. Raspberry
28. Red Clover
29. Sage Leaf
30. Senna Leaf
31. Uva Ursi
Plants, most of which we used to eat regularly before twinkies and potato chips became staples.
And that thought was followed closely by this one: it is only relatively recently that rail thin has become the standard by which we judge ourselves. It’s an unhealthy fixation, IMO. Not that obesity is healthy, but there should be moderation. Did you know that in some places, even today, that having a “fat wife” is a status symbol? It means you are making enough money to feed her well, and she doesn’t have to do much work. A man with a skinny wife is thought to be less financially stable. Interesting, no?
