family-related events in which food and drink
play a major role. A wedding, a special
vacation, or your family’s Christmas dinner
may involve foods that don’t make you
physically healthier but have important
emotional significance. In addition, there are
valid psychological reasons for eating less-
healthy foods. You crave a special food from
your childhood. Your brain rebels against the
rigidity of “can have” and “can’t have.” You
get the urge to “test” a food group again,
because you’re not yet totally convinced that
those foods make you feel as terrible as you
remember.
But perhaps the most compelling reason to
go off-roading with your food from time to
time is:
Because they are delicious.Sometimes, the fact that a food or drink is
so delicious is a good enough reason to