Diet Supplement Blog

I was talking with one of my health and wellness mastermind group last week, George Shears, who is a psychologist and an expert on the subject of “mindful eating.”  George has done research and led group sessions in a hospital setting on this topic.

George has used the process of mindful living to help people work through many types of issues– stress management and weight control being just a couple of the problem areas that can be analyzed based on this concept.

I hope shortly to interview George on a teleconference to go into greater detail on his tips.  Keep checking this blog for details.

Thoughtful, or mindful eating is the process of taking the time to savor and enjoy what we eat.  It’s also important to examine what is in our foods and supplements so that we know exactly what is going into our bodies.

We are dominated today by the fast food mentality.  Whether we’re physically kind of mindlessly going to the local Burgie fast food joint every day or we’re making quick microwaved meals that come out of the processed food sections of the grocery store, we eat according to a fast food mentality.  Very few people look at the nutrition charts in the fast food restaurant and make intentional choices based on nutritional value and calorie intake.  Likewise, few people look at the nutrition box on the cartons of the frozen and processed foods we buy at the grocery store.

Our food is prepared fast with little thought to nutrition, and it is eaten fast while we ‘re distracted with TV or conversation with friends, or the IPod or a good book or magazine.  We never think about what we are doing whether we’re buying, preparing or eating our food.

No wonder we’re fat! No wonder something like 60% of our adult population is overweight!

George Spears points out that it takes several minutes for the brain to register what we have eaten and to signal fullness to the stomach.  If we gulp everything down fast, we’ll almost automatically eat more than we need to satisfy our need for food.  Slow down!  Enjoy and savor every flavor. Understand how each element of the food we eat fits into our nutritional balance.

If we are mindful about what we eat each day, and our goal is to lose weight, we will lose weight simply by the act of being more mindful.

Liz Nichols

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