“To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.” -La Rochefoucauld
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| Nutrition on Purpose |
We all know that good nutrition helps us achieve good health and well being, with the ultimate purpose of good nutrition being to stay alive and to avoid disease. However, food is not just about physical
nutrition, it also has an emotional, mental, and spiritual component. Some may call it holistic nutrition, whereas all aspects of your needs, including psychological, physical and social should be taken into account and therefore seen as a whole. Holistic nutrition views food, eating, wellness,
and exercise not just in terms of calories or weight loss, but in
physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual terms.
Just think about how hard it would be to experience clarity, subtle insight, or even a calm state of mind
when there's heaviness, sluggishness and fogginess in our bodies, or when turned around... being too hyper or too wired with excess energy in our bodies. A poor diet
creates sluggishness in our digestion, in our energy level, and in
mental activity. To be alert, aware and clear is what we should want from our
food.
“Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.” – Hippocrates
So therein lies the motivation to be purposeful to choose to eat nutrient-dense and appropriate food. The benefits of healthy skin, good energy, strong bodies, good sleep, etc are derived from a healthy diet, but the
deeper purpose is much greater. Ask yourself these three questions when you approach your next meal to see where you stand on being intentional and purposeful when choosing foods for your next meal and your whole health.
We all deal with stress in our daily, hectic lives... at work, in marriage, kids, financial concerns and other daily routines and habits. And we know that in these situations peace can be difficult to find, but is so important and needed if we're to maintain our health,
well-being and sanity. A harmonious balance needs to be found between what we have control over and that which we have no control...our inner peace and that which is outside of us, in order to help us find our
happiness.
But how do you find it when you feel as though you're in a violent storm out in the middle of the
sea. Well, peace is not very difficult to find.
