Healing Food Thoughts – 1/11/25

Yesterday, I was in a serious frame of mind and posted about the devastation of my hometown and hometown areas Phoenix Rising. I am still in shock and dismay. As my dear friend Priscilla so profoundly said, “I am both sad and mad about all that is taking place in California right now”. Priscilla too is from Pasadena. We grew up together, in the same area, going to the same school, and knowing the same people. But all we can do, especially with both us now living here in Colorado, is pray for California and Californians. Thank you all so much for the kind words, thoughts and prayers. They help more than you know.

But that was yesterday. Today, let’s lighten things up a bit. I am going to share some healing food thoughts that will hopefully bring a smile or two and hopefully bring a little healing therapy as well.

1. “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” – Hippocrates

2. “Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.”
― Winston Churchill

3. “Eating crappy food isn’t a reward — it’s a punishment.”
― Drew Carey

4. “The first wealth is health.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson

5. “No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means.” ― Maimonides, Jewish philosopher, jurist, and physician, the foremost intellectual figure of medieval Judaism

6. “In my food world, there is no fear or guilt, only joy and balance. So no ingredient is ever off-limits. Rather, all of the recipes here follow my Usually-Sometimes-Rarely philosophy. Notice there is no Never.”
― Ellie Krieger, “The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life”

7. And my favorite – “If your arteries are good, eat more ice cream. If they are bad, drink more red wine. Proceed thusly.”
― Sandra Byrd, “Bon Appetit”

Have a great day and make everyday great. We all have bad days and bad things happen to all of us. It is how we deal with those things that defines who we are. I was always taught we have two choices – we can either be a victim or we can be victorious. I choose victory over victimhood all the time, everyday. And you can too. ‘Til next time.