Watch people eat and you will get some idea of how their digestion is. Whether it’s in the car, at a well set table, in a restaurant or at a desk, it should always be a conscious act. When food is simply the unconscious act of putting in food as fast as can be accomplished, it is a mix for disease. If that is what children memorize as mealtime we are setting the next generation up for indigestion and illness.
We know that the human body is energy, something like 99.999 formless and the rest is apparent form. When we choose food it should be chosen with that in mind; find foods that are alive with energy; eat them with consciousness and be grateful that our bodies can incorporate the energy of the foods we are eating. Thats why food ingested with a blessing or giving of thanks goes down so much better than foods gobbled down.
Children brought up in a home that celebrates mealtimes will have better digestion as adults. The dinner table is not the time for interrogation or reprimand. If children grow with a bad frame of reference around mealtime they may grow into adults that dread sitting down with others to eat. Their digestion will definitely not be good unless they get help later on to realize the source of the problem.
Foods easily ingested by one child cause allergic reactions in their sibling. Lack of consideration in this area has resulted in at least a few children with chronic indigestion and bad eating habits for a lifetime. Food preferences go beyond likes and dislikes, being picky or being a so called good eater. It involves blood types and what is termed in Eastern Indian Cultures dosha types. Every person is unique and varied in what they are designed to digest.
So how does all of this relate to losing weight and being healthy? Foods whose digestion do not take the natural course, beginning in the mouth, then the stomach and into the small intestine begin to putrefy. To say that causes indigestion is over-simplifying the fact. It is the cause of all disease, including allergies and over weight conditions, bad skin, bad temper, inability to focus, virtually every ailment under the sun.
Is it possible to change eating habits after years of abuse? Of course it is possible and it’s never too late. Will you have to give up everything you have a taste for? No, you will make some changes and simply eat more consciously, according to who you are and your body type. You will seek balance.
Youll never have to starve, maybe eat smaller and more consciously arranged meals, get a juicer and perhaps eat 75% raw or lightly cooked foods. There are thousands of sweetener choices but rather than choose white sugar or a toxic substitute you may learn to like Stevia or honey. Before you drink that first cup of coffee in the morning you can drink one or two full glasses of water with fresh organic lemon squeezed into it. You’ll look for and give yourself leverage.
The choices are endless and very empowering. None of them force you to give up enjoyment; they will all add to your enjoyment, boost your self esteem and give you the body and the life you long for. Every self-enhancing choice will also add to the environment and give a great example to the next generation. Conscious food choices, gratitude, relaxing meals and pure water all lend to the health and radiant look we feel good wearing, no matter what age we are.
Be Happy, Ellen Valentine, CNC
