Why do we eat what we eat? It’s simple and complicated. We eat what we eat because we have acquired the taste. An acquired taste for the food we eat keeps us desiring the food that we routinely eat.
Over time, we have acquired a taste for the food that we eat and the drinks that we drink. Therefore, over time, we can get a taste for something new.
The video below defines an acquired taste.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjpy1fdwGjA
The unfairness of it all makes a plant-based diet difficult to adhere to while at work or when we get hungry, or both. So, the BIG challenge is to acquire a taste for plant-based food to effectively lower blood pressure.
We can take it one day at a time and work on the dirty dozen checklist that is in the video below. Use this checklist or make your own as I did.
My Checklist
1) Beans (including red beans, black beans, navy beans, black eye peas or lima beans)
2) Berries (any berries such as blueberries, and strawberries)
3) Other fruit (any fruit such as apples, melons, plums, oranges, and bananas)
4) Veggies (any frozen mixed veggies, peas, limas, & green beans)
5) Other vegetables (any vegetables such as asparagus, squash, greens, or spinach)
6) Coconut oil, olive oil, or avocado oil
7) Herbs & Spices (any type of onion, cumin, garlic, and turmeric)
8) Lettuce (any lettuce such as romaine or butter)
9) Beverages (8 glasses of water)
10) Exercise (walk 30-40 minutes a day and 10 minutes of any type of upper body and lower body stretches)
I strongly encourage you to read Dr. Greger’s book “How Not To Die” for hope, inspiration, and additional plant-based diet instructions.
