Eat Your Greens
We’ve probably all heard some version of the following: “Come on dear, eat your greens. They’re good for you you know…” or, “You’re not leaving the table until you’ve eaten your greens…” or (gulp) the dreaded, “You’re not having any dessert until you’ve eaten your greens!” If you’re anything like the writer of this introduction (a confirmed dessertarian from the year dot), that was the one you didn’t want to hear. And it worked! Down would go another mouth full of cold Brassica oleracea and some limp Spinacia oleracea carefully wrapped in fast hardening mashed Solanum tuberosum. (Bet that lot has you reaching for the botanical dictionary!)
As hard as it was to swallow (please pardon the pun), I am sure that the millions of parents who got on the ‘eat your greens dear’ bandwagon down through the sweep of the centuries were well intentioned… (mutter mutter mutter…) Incidentally, I have a friend who’s mother would always serve him his dessert first! But that’s another story…
Sumangali Morhall is a member of the Sri Chinmoy Centre in Great Britain whose interests include spirituality, meditation and writing. As well as writing for Sumangali.org and a homepage on the Sri Chinmoy Centre web site, Sumangali also manages the web design company, Pure Web Designs.
Among the many fine and varied articles that Sumangali has published on the internet over the years, one stands out as being clearly appropriate to highlight on this website. Through Eat Your Greens, Sumangali bare her soul vis-à-vis becoming and being a vegetarian – and tells us how she eventually arrived on the doorstep of the ‘fresh juice revolution’.
A friend suggested I get a juicer. Fresh vegetable juice is popularly considered very beneficial – as a balm for many complaints and as a general aid to wellbeing. Nowadays at the supermarket checkout I no longer hang my head in shame but have to stop myself from beaming proudly at the queue behind as my abundant greens hit the conveyor belt (neatly concealing the odd slab of chocolate underneath of course).
Sumangali unravels the tangled web of arguments that rage for and against the juicing of raw fruits and vegetables, but at the end of the day, she stands by her personal experiences and tastes.
Whatever some juicing critics may say, it’s been proven in many ways that fresh raw food retains its nutrients. Juicing just means you can digest a lot of nutrients without having to deal with a massive bulk of fibre in the process. It’s more than just vitamins and minerals though. Try it for yourself and see if you agree – drinking fresh juice feels like absorbing the very life energy of the plant.
A very thoughtful and at times humorous look at an aspect of vegetarianism that is becoming a staple in many peoples diets – even among non-vegetarians. You will find the entire article here:
Eat Your Greens.
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