- Relax, breathe and make sure you get enough oxygen. Especially before during and after meals. It is the quickest way to relax the body, improve digestion and metabolism.
- Eat the highest quality food ie local, organic, fresh, prepared mindfully with full attention, received with gratitude and eaten with attention.
- Avoid eating foods that are anti-nutrients, such as refined carbohydrates, partially hydrogenated fats, artificial colors/flavours/sweeteners and toxins such as solvents, pesticides, hormones and antibiotics.
- Cultivate Awareness. Digestion begins in our mind. Slow down to access our gut wisdom and learn to eat to the “Point of Energy” ie walking away from the table with more energy than when you sat down to eat. Eating more food past this point, actually drains your energy.
- Develop a rhythm of daily life that includes regular meals, snacks, rest, movement, play, solitude and intimacy.
- Pleasure has great healing potential. Pleasure loves slow. Health loves slow. Healing only happens when the body is in the relaxation response.
- Thinking is a nutritional choice. Become aware of what we are thinking about food, nutrition and our body.
- Story: Develop awareness of your nutritional history, who is eating now and rewrite your nutritional story.
- Practice appreciation for each and every meal, beverage and snack, and for every step of production from the farm to the table.
May we all have access to good food
May we all choose nourishing foods
May we eat and live with mindfulness
May we choose nourishing thoughts