FOOD & TEMPERAMENT
The idea of the human temperament is of Hippocrates – a Greek physician who laid the foundations of classical medicine. The temperament of an individual is associated primarily with the type of higher nervous activity in him. It is about how this activity manifests itself, what behavior determines and what dynamics. According to these characteristics, we can speak of four types – labile type, easily excitable, with reduced excitability or inert type. The temperament has an inherited basis, but it is dependent on the environment surrounding the person.
For example, if we think of pizzas, spaghetti, high carbohydrate foods, lots of salt and hot, and fast food – that means talking about cholerics; passionate and aggressive, marked with sharp mood changes.
Mixing tastes, calm, slow, comparatively long and plenty of food, with a full focus on food – this person is a phlegmatic: monotonus, patient, but can get sluggish.
Hence, as in all things, it is interesting to see how a balanced diet can also potentially imply a balance of various emotions to deal with various walks of life.