Mindful eating is quickly gaining publicity and is becoming quite popular with those people concerned with nutrition, healthier eating and weight loss. By turning off the TV, parking your smartphone and creating an environment with no distractions, your attention can be focused on enjoying the meal at hand.

Plus, while you are contemplating each bite you take and savoring the magnificent flavors, you’ll be thrilled to know there are many more benefits in eating mindfully than just experiencing tasty morsels.

Helps Reduce Emotional Eating

Throughout our lives we condition ourselves to relate emotions with food. Not a single person is exempt. Maybe your grandmother fixed eggs in a basket (on toast) with a big ole’ side of bacon upon your arrival every Saturday. The smell of bacon undoubtedly will still make you smile. And the desire to wolf down a handful of bacon whenever it’s available brings back the good feeling – Saturday breakfast with grandma. Continue reading →

Mindful eating helps you develop an improved relationship between yourself and what you allow into your body. You develop better responses on when you are hungry, what your body wants, and how much.

When you start really paying attention and eating mindfully, the whole process of eating gradually becomes more about foods as nutrients and fuel for your body, instead of eating for convenience or as an emotional response. But what happens if you don’t eat mindfully? What are the risks?

Who Cares? It’s Just a Burger

A burger with cheese, and mayo and a few pieces of bacon. Or, it’s just a double scoop sundae. It’s just a half of a pizza loaded with 5 different meats (highly processed). When you aren’t eating mindfully it doesn’t matter what you put into your body because you simply aren’t paying attention.

You aren’t completely oblivious of the repercussions of improper diet and unbalanced meals, but it’s just not a priority for you. Continue reading →