Getting To Know Mindful Eating Tips

By Toni Vang


When it comes to food how many people take the food with a thought behind it, to enjoy the aroma, the taste of the meal, the outlook of this meal and how it is presented. Many people barely concentrate on these factors, they tend to overlook these and just half heartedly eat the food. The science of mindful eating tips is one that encourages individuals to eat with an intention of enjoying the meal, eat with the purpose being the food and noticing your meal too. It basically emphasizes on being aware of all the facets of ones eating process.

Perhaps we have repeatedly done the mistake of just eating the food without even realizing it is there and when informed of the habit we tend to think it is just consuming slowly without and distractions but the process involves more than that. It involves every factor and procedure behind the eating process and contains much more than just chewing and swallowing the food.

Its a circular pattern that involves a series of question to self in order to prevent more harm to self from the food we partake without much thinking. The questions involve proactive self answering questions that trigger the mind into doing what is right not necessarily what we feel. They include; why do I eat, when to want to eat, what to eat. How do I eat, how much to eat and where to invest my energy.

A huge percentage of the people in the current population have problems with their weight, some complain that its too high thus obese while some complain that its too low thus anorexic. The main variation of food is mainly brought about by food in combination to other factors that contribute to the weight of an individual. These variations can b reduced to a minimal only if mindful thinking is practiced in the current day generation since before one eats they have to think and act on their thoughts rather than feelings.

This also helps individuals control the amount of money they have to spend on junk since junk does not form part of real diet and in most cases junk food is mostly wanted after certain trigger factors are activated in the environment. The intake of junk will be controlled after the mind asks itself the question when do I want to eat and once its answered the person has the choice to either do what is correct or still go on to act on the feeling.

In mindful eating knowledge is power, this is because the amount of energy levels required in a day also requires knowledge. For one to practice these habits they have to be able to determine what kind of food to consume when, and why should they eat it at that time.

Consuming in large amounts is not bad but eating because there is an abundance of food is wrong. Consuming mindfully prevents the wrong intake of food such as practicing overeating habits since food is there.

One of the direct privileges of this habit is the weight loss part which makes one healthier by nature and their weight reduces to the required levels due to practice of the programme.




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