My body at the moment doesn’t get on with bread. I find cooked easier to digest and more sustaining. My moods are pretty much unaffected by what I eat – I’m a pretty slow-and-steady kind of person (pitta-kapha in the ayurveda system I think).

I was using prunes to alleviate constipation. But now I am (at the suggestion of a friend) trying figs. They feel lots better – I feel more solid and grounded and don’t need to eat as much as when I was eating prunes.

I think this is a subject of infinite fascination.