MINDFUL EATING

Are you a "Grab and Go" eater? One who reaches for anything handy and begins to eat? Most of us are- we have become detached from our food. Ideally we should be able to recall the taste, texture and smell of what we have eaten but too often we cannot even recall what we ate.

Research has shown that mindless eating is a contributing factor to obesity, heart and cancer in our society.

Here are 6 ways to Practise Mindful Eating:

MINDLESS EATING MINDFUL EATING

1. Eating past full and ignoring your Listening to your body and stopping

body signals. when full.

2. Eating when emotions tell us to Eating when our bodies tell us to eat

(i.e. sad, bored, lonely) ( i.e. stomach growling, energy low).

3. Eating alone, at random times & Eating with others, at set times &

places. places.

4. Eating foods that are emotionally Eating foods that are nutritionally

comforting. healthy.

5. Eating and mutltasking. When eating, just eating.

6. Considering a meal an end product. Considering where your food comes

from.