energy et harmony, naturally

People in good health have appetite. They are hungry when they get up in the morning. They are hungry when they break for lunch. They are hungry at the end of the day. However, they’re not always hungry.

Hunger is satisfied by food, even better when we like what we eat. It is therefore important to eat food that we like, to eat good food.

An “objective goodness” comes from a nutritional approach that identifies what is useful and what is harmful to our particular condition. A “subjective goodness” comes from all our personal history and experiences, often intimate and deeply anchored in our psyche. The “subjective goodness” has as much influence on our behaviour as the “objective goodness”. We must take this into account when we try to change our eating habits. Indeed, it is very hard to start eating things we don’t like.

Most eating habits, like many of our tastes and preferences, are acquired between birth and around the age of two. During this period, we also learn to shape our self-image and our self-confidence, we learn to build relationships, we experience love and affection (or the lack of it), we build up our resilience to disease, strengths and weaknesses of our organism.

Preparing food plays a major role in appetite and satisfaction. Preparing our own food with understanding, love and passion stimulates our appetite and our pleasure in eating. In a sense, preparing a meal means preparing an offering for the respect and worshipping of our body.

It is important to take time to prepare and to eat our food in a calm unstressed environment. It is important to provide the environment for the greatest enjoyment. A meal is a kind of sacred ritual for body worship.

It always helps, after a meal, to take a little time off (15 – 20 minutes) before going back to other activities (professional, housework, or other) : it will make digestion easier. It could be a quiet stroll, a short siesta, reading a book, etc.

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