Food Choices and Mental Clarity

Our fed and nurtured selves are almost always more agreeable than their under-satiated counterparts. When we lack the things that we ‘need’, we begin to suffer minor distortions in our perceptions. The longer those needs spend without ‘attention’, the larger those distortions can become. As toddlers, we have immediate responses to unwelcome or unexpected stimuli, and our caregivers begin the process of quickly eliminating the offense or redirecting our attention in another direction. If what we need is food, water or sleep, however…good luck! We might be swayed by shiny objects for a short period of time, but the mental consequences of ‘lacking’ what we ‘need’ can produce the effect that is commonly known as ‘a tantrum’.

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