Rebecca Wood says in her essay on optimum preventive healing diet (http://www.benourished.com/Questions/q_dec_01_2001.htm):
"Intention: We all wish to enjoy health and happiness. Therefore, it's prudent to take good care of ourselves. The Buddha said, "You may search the ten-fold universe and not find a single being more worthy of loving kindness than yourself." Deeply intend and resolve to nourish yourself. From this ground, I personally find that I can better extend nourishment and my basic humanity to others." Thanks to my favorite healing-power-of-food writer, Rebecca Wood (http://www.rebeccawood.com/) for this. Just stumbled upon it rereading some things and found myself wanting to remind those of you producing food (through such profound efforts on your parts), would do well to also remember themselves, especially at this time of year. Blessings Love & Light Jane