Because it feels great.
Granted, emotional issues may come up when you can't suppress them with comfort foods, but dealing with that residual emotional energy is ALSO good for you, despite being difficult. Joseph campbell says, in The Power of Myth, that we can live a hero's journey, battling dragons, even when sometimes those dragons are our Selves.
The fact that there exists for our bodies an optimal diet is very aspiring. Truth: Some foods are good for us, some foods are detrimental to our health. My mission is to weed out the bad foods, and replace them with good foods. The challenge is comfort, convenience, knowledge/education, and transforming daily habits and rituals.
Part of my recent daily ritual that replaced (most days) eating granola, yogurt, raisins, and nuts has been making juice. The preparation takes about the same time, but the nutritional value is much higher.
In a magic bullet i put
1 Banana
3 strawberries
3 dates
bunch of raisins
kale and/or carrot greens
A little bit of whatever liquid you have on hand. Today i juiced some oranges. Yesterday i put some Almond Milk in. The day before that i put in some Coconut water. A fact that surprised me: Cucumbers have enough liquid to become a living water source in your blended drinks.
You can add yogurt for some probiotic addition as well :) But i enjoy eating yogurt as a snack so i don't do that.
It can be chewy, but i'm not opposed to chewing my juice as long as it tastes good. If your pregnant, a Date and Tahini shake is high in iron and unconventionally delicious as well.
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