Food is a source of energy, and the right kind of food(mindful eating) is what fuels every cell of our body in the right way. Food by nature is a warehouse of unique components for the body, such as body healing chemicals, antioxidants, Dietary fiber, probiotics, etc.
But food alone isn’t enough unless accompanied by a proper lifestyle. Having the right nutrition with the right lifestyle is one of the most important things we can do for our health. For our well-being, what we can do, each passing day is to eat wisely. Wisdom is not found just in what we eat but also in how and when to eat and how to prepare our food.
Start any one of these today and then add one each week to improve your mental, physical, emotional, health over time results will be astronomical:
Ways of Mindful Eating
1. Show reverence, respect, and appreciation when you cook and sit down to eat
Cooking and eating in a harmonious atmosphere turns food into nectar. Having quiet, peaceful surroundings will help. Eat-in silence or with light, easy conversation. Do not eat or cook if you are angry or upset. Calm down first. Whenever you cook food in a happy and cheerful mood, the food automatically turns out to be delicious while it isn’t as tasty when you cook in stress or anger. Cooking food in a joyful state of mind will radiate positivity and turn each meal more nourishing.
2. Eat Fresh
The body absorbs nutrients from freshly prepared, hot meals. Reheated or precooked food should not be acceptable. The level and quality of food are reduced when food cools down and is destroyed by reheating. The individual nutrients become challenging to digest and cannot be utilized optimally. That is the reason diet plans include mainly light, easily digestible, naturally left foods that are spiced in a well-balanced manner. Not too cold nor too hot.
3. Chew your food and stop eating at first burp
Digestion begins in the mouth. If you don’t chew the food to liquid, then the digestive enzymes don’t get to do their job, and the food will not be digested. The result is indigestion and uncomfortable physical symptoms. If this persists over time, it creates an environment for disease. And also, Stop eating after your first burp. Because When you stop eating before or at the first burp, you give your body the right amount of food it can digest, it’s a natural alarm given by your body that your stomach is full and no more food is required.
4. Keep a regular schedule of eating and sleeping
According to the natural rhythm, We should eat breakfast before 10 am, lunch between 1 to 2 pm, and dinner at the latest at 6:00 p.m. or 7:00 p.m. To avoid unnecessary strain on your digestive system during the night, the meal should be very light. Vegetable soup or khichari (rice with yellow, green split lentils) are good options. (kichari; it’s an all in one-pot cure)
5. Evening walk and time for rest
If you like, you can take a 10 to 15-minute walk after dinner. Then turn to pleasant, relaxing activities. Now is the right time for rest and relaxation. stay away from exciting thrillers, computer work, or (too much) television
6. Go to bed early
You should go to sleep not later than 10:00 p.m. If you are still awake after 10:00 p.m., your mind and body become active again, so that you may have trouble falling asleep. Then sleep occurs often very late. And remember, sleep is also a diet for a healthy mind and body.
7. Set an alarm for taking 3 pauses daily
Stop what you are doing, take twelve slow, deep, conscious breaths. In the end, smile sweetly to yourself and then go about your day.
These and many more such traditions were followed by our ancestors for many particular reasons. Almost every civilization has a specific set of customs they lived by, which, if you study closely, speaks volumes about how powerful those practices were. They carried so much wisdom. Advancement and technology are well and required, but we shouldn’t be defined by them.
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