Intuitive eating? Is there such a thing?

[galya]

I was thinking about this in my log. I was walking home today, past the veggie stand, and I got some egg plants and garlic for a specific salad. The other day it was kiwi. 2 months ago it was pineapple. Last week it was salmon and spinach. When I open the fridge I seem to choose a different type of protein almost every time, same with veggies or fruit.
Is it possible that when you've eaten unprocessed foods for a long time, there is something your body develops to "tell" which foods you need most at the moment. Everything I read online is new age bs. What are your thoughts?

[RacerBill]

Hmmmm.... interesting question.

I'm tempted to say "new age BS" but for someone with your knowledge and experience, Galya, I suspect there may be some subconscious reasoning process going on. Maybe you're not conscientiously picking a variety of protein, fruit and veggies, but you know the importance of maintaining that variety and getting all those micronutrients instead of eating the same thing again and again. Of course, your brain is part of your body, too, so perhaps trying to distinguish between subconscious reasoning and intuition isn't possible.

[galya]

That's a good point, and maybe a valid one. We would dig into even deeper BS if we tried to connect food choices with certain past experiences. If I had pineapple with my dad as a kid, maybe those are the memories I want to bring back. Or purely physiological, I need the digestive enzymes from it?