Starving or Nourished?
F irst of all, many of us in North America have never known true starvation. Secondly, I have certainly never known starvation. I realize that I've really never been extremely hungry. And yes, I eat. I even sneak eat! (Where are those M&Ms?). I adore food - especially great Italian food or chocolate cake or Ray's delicious weekend meals (he cooks all weekend meals!! Yay!!)
However, this summer we've been dieting. Really. More exercise and less fat food. Needless to say, there have many nights where we lie in bed and one of us asks the other, "are you hungry? The other responds, "starving!" We laugh and go to sleep dreaming of granola with blueberries that await in the morning. Of course, we're not starving! We're only controlling our appetites.
Today I've been reading about a different type of starvation. A true, self-inflicted starvation that can and does go unnoticed. It's...