GENIUS FORUMS

This is hilarious:

Nietzschean Diet

yet there may be a serious side to staring down a head of lettuce...

The only problem is that what I fear most is likely to kill or poison me.

But I think I'm getting the moderate metaphysical exercise. :)

I think you're supposed to choose a food that represents your fear, and gorge yourself on that - but I can't picture anyone losing weight if they are afraid of car accidents, and regard a meat-lover's pizza as the food that most reminds them of a car accident.

(okay, how many are hungry for pizza now, and how many can never look at a pizza again without thinking of a car accident and getting grossed out?)

On second thought, maybe that would work. I have a hard time swallowing if I can hear myself chew because I can picture the spit getting mushed up with the food in my mouth. I guess if you're scared of snakes and are clearly visualizing your bowl of spaghetti as snakes, it might be hard to eat too much of that.

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Elizabeth Isabelle wrote:I think you're supposed to choose a food that represents your fear, and gorge yourself on that - but I can't picture anyone losing weight if they are afraid of car accidents, and regard a meat-lover's pizza as the food that most reminds them of a car accident.

I think it says eat the food that is your fear, as in you're afraid to eat it because it's fattening, and is widely recognized as such and you are told not to eat it, so you became afraid of it.