Every one connects differently with food ! Here’s a secret ! In the particular way that you connect with food lies your health or ill-health ! For health, happiness and youthfulness, the right connect with food is essential !!
Yes! Food is meant to be enjoyed, savored and relished. Primarily, food provides that essential, nourishing, life-giving, life-sustaining source of energy and nourishment to all living creatures. All creatures need food to survive !
People associate food with many memories. Food and drink play an important role in celebrations all over the world ! Food is also strongly associated with culture, regions, history, traditions and festivals.
Food means different things to different people. For some, food is a source of happiness, a source of comfort, a binding factor that keeps families together. For some it is a reason to live for, they love to eat, and will travel distances to get the kind of food and drink that appeases their taste buds and appetites !
For some, eating food is something they just do to survive. They are not really interested in it. Some are aware of what nutrients their food contains while some are blissfully ignorant of what nutrition is all about. They simply enjoy their food !
Think about how YOU connect with food ! What relationship do you have with it? Do you eat for your health or to satisfy your taste buds? Perhaps you manage to do both!
What are your thoughts when you eat ? What you eat, how you eat, with what attitude, and how much you eat – all these make a difference to the way your body and mind respond to the food.
Food is meant to be consumed and must not consume you !!
Food is Divinity incarnate !
Ancient Indian texts prescribe the best ways to connect with food. They state that food is a form incarnate of the Supreme Divine ! In Samskrit, the ancient language of the sacred texts of India, this is stated as “Annam Parabrahma Swaroopam.”
Food is composed of all the components of Earth. The 5 natural elements – space, air, light (fire), water, and earth – are incorporated in it. Every aspect, every bit of nature is a part of your food.
There’s divinity in food – it is what your body is made up of !
A right attitude towards food goes a long way in keeping you healthy, energetic, active and peaceful in mind and body !!
Here’re 4 simple things to keep in mind whenever you eat! Ensure that you eat :
- The RIGHT QUALITY /kind of food – Every inch of you is made up of the food you eat. Would you put into your body the best of food to keep it in top condition OR would you compromise on the quality and settle for a poor quality body ?! Be choosy and pick the best kinds of food to eat !!
Eat fresh, local, balanced, nutritious, vegetarian or vegan food that includes fruits, millets, cereals, lentils, vegetables, greens and nuts.
2.The RIGHT QUANTITY – Greed, over-eating, excessive eating, or too much interest and obsession with food is very harmful, and is the root cause of obesity. Moderation in quantity is the rule…. always better to eat a bit less rather than have a full stomach, is a good mantra !
3. At the RIGHT TIME – Eat when hungry, wait for a good appetite, which by itself is a sign of good health. Learn to say NO to food when you are not hungry (as long as you are a non-diabetic, reasonably healthy person).
4. With the RIGHT CONNECTION/Attitude – Consume/enjoy food with love, devotion, gratitude, respect, reverence, mindfulness and a conscious sense of satisfaction.
When you respect and love your body, then your attitude towards food should be, or rather will be, one of love, respect, gratitude, mindfulness, purpose and contentment.
Nutrients in food = Health, energy, vitality, peace, contentment.
Food for appeasement of taste buds only = Ill-health, obesity, diseases, lethargy, unease.
Food comes to your plate because of the effort of many people and should never be wasted. The most noble and essential work is that of the farmer.
7 steps to reconnect in the best way to food !! :
- Be conscious, mindful and aware of what you are eating. Enjoy eating good, nutritious food.
- Take a really hard look at what is on your plate and ask if your body needs that food or is it on your plate because you just want it?
- Learn to choose the right kind of foods every time.
- Check – would you feed what you are eating to a small child that is growing up?
- Learn to enjoy the feeling of lightness of a partially-filled stomach.
- Learn to enjoy some hunger pangs – smile when your mind demands food. Your body will adapt soon enough.
- Be conscious of ‘contentment’ while eating. Stop eating when you feel content. Always take small portions and refill with small portions if you feel you need more. You will eat the right quantity this way and not waste any food.
Remember ! In the particular way that you connect to food lies your health or ill-health!
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