police or chasing him out with a golf club.
And if you happened to see him in your
kitchen again the next day (persistent, isn’t
he?), you’d immediately remember that he
was a bad guy, and would launch an even
more aggressive response to get him out of
your house.
Your immune system operates in a similar
fashion. Anything that doesn’t belong in your
body is assumed to be a threat, so it’s trapped
and assessed—questioned, if you will. If it’s
determined that the substance may cause you
harm, it’s immediately dealt with and
“logged” as a troublemaker. Your immune
system will then respond to future encounters
with this same substance in a more specific,
targeted fashion—with antibodies and a
SWAT-team level of aggression.
So, identity matters. Being able to tell
“you” from “not you” matters. Keeping things
in their rightful places matters. This is where
the third and fourth Good Food standards