Eating according to your body needs
Food today is one of the world’s major
concerns. Today more and more people are
turning health conscious and joining up
all sorts of courses and classes. But the
truth is most of these classes and
courses are not necessary for a person if
he or she knows what they are doing in
their daily life in concern with their
food habits. Food habits are the most
important aspect in a person’s health. A
person with proper and healthy food
habits will avoid about 80% of the
diseases in the world. It is not only
necessary to eat nutritious food that is
good for the body but it is also
necessary to eat according to the needs
of your body. To eat according to the
needs of your body obviously means not
over eating and eating or eating too
less. It is to eat to a quantity that is
enough to satisfy the needs of your body
and keep you content at the same time. To
eat to this quantity is often difficult
as food is one of the things in this
world that people like to indulge
themselves in. Also it is one of the most
neglected aspects to some people in this
world.
To known what your body wants is very
essential. It is obvious that your body
can’t talk in a verbal language but this
does not mean that it does not
communicate at all. At all times, all
yearnings and longings of the body are
felt by you. When you are in pain you can
feel the discomfort, when you are sleepy,
your body will be cuing you in with nods,
yawns and sleepiness. This way whatever
the needs of your body are they are
communicated to you through the signs of
your body. Similarly when you are hungry,
your body communicates the same. But here
hunger is a tricky subject. You should be
able to differentiate between the hunger
of the body and the hunger of the mind.
It is not as simple as noticing your
stomach growling. If your stomach is
growling after seeing a strawberry short
cake just after you have finished a heavy
lunch, then it is probably not your
stomach that is growling. Your body will
be full but your mind will develop the
craving towards the cake. Giving in to
these cravings is how people tend to over
eat and spoil any and all eating habits
that they have.
Hunger is a discomfort and it is felt in
the stomach. This signal is well known to
the infants. When they are hungry they
cry to signal it out. For them it is a
signal that is directly from the body.
Their mind in no part plays towards these
cravings. This is the same in care of the
animals that live in the wild. They are
well in tune with the signals of their
body. It is said that most activities of
these animals in the wild are dominated
by the signals that is given out by their
bodies. The case with infants is also the
same. When they feel that everything is
good and fine they do not do anything but
just sleep. But when they feel that
certain discomfort in their little
stomachs, they cry and let their mama
known immediately what is wrong. This is
an instinctive mechanism in the infants
that let them in the best words fend for
themselves. Infant are highly attuned to
their body. They act directly according
to their body needs without any
interference from their minds.
Since the infants are highly in tune with
their bodies they know instinctively when
they should eat and when they should not.
Apart from this they also instinctively
seem to know when to stop eating. They
don’t care how much milk is left in the
bottle, they stop drinking it when they
feel like they are done. This is
something that we should try to attune
ourselves to. Eating till we are done
does not mean eating till we are full. If
we are full then that would meant that we
have eaten too much. Mostly people who
are overweight have the habit of eating
till they are full. This results in an
uncomfortable feeling in the stomach.
People mostly eat till they are full not
because of the urges of the body but
mostly due to peer pressure. One should
eat till their hunger is satisfied and
the stomach is comfortable. That is the
proper definition of eating healthy. But
finding the mark where the hunger is
satisfied is another big problem. Most
people decide to satisfy their hunger in
accordance of their mind. This should
actually be in accordance with their body
or more significantly in accordance with
their stomach.
To learn how to get closer to the
instincts of the body in relation to
hunger is one of the best ways to control
your food habits. To eat according to
your body’s needs is to eat healthily and
also the best way to keep your health in
control. Hunger is not bad but hunger of
the mind is. Hunger should come from the
body and so should satisfaction. The
easiest way you can get in tune with your
body is stop eating your regular meals.
Eat only when your body feels the need to
eat. You will be surprised at how you
will be eating the same three meals a day
but your body will be more satisfied than
ever when you eat in accordance with the
urges that come from your body. Identify
the reactions of the body to hunger. See
what changes happen, the feelings or the
sounds. This will help you differentiate
between real hunger of the body and
temptation of the mind. Learning your own
body signals is a remarkably powerful
tool that will assist you in getting rid
of the unnecessary urges that you have
towards food. This will help you live
happy healthy life content and satisfied
with the food that you eat every day.
Imran
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