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What do I eat?
Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride's article called "One Man's Meat is Another Man's Poison" explains how we are all different in what foods will be best for our optimal wellbeing. She also shares how to get in touch with our innate ability, our senses, to learn what foods to choose for our particular needs.
2019 List of The Dirty Dozen and the Fifteen Clean Foods
Unfortunately, organic food is not always accessible for some people. Here is the 2019 list of conventionally grown fruits and vegetables after being washed considered by the Environmental Working Group to be high risk food for ingesting toxic pesticides. Also, listed is the clean fifteen that do not have as high of a risk. The suggestion is to buy the dirty dozen fruits and vegetables from organic farmers to lower ingesting pesticides that can be harmful to the body.
how Do I Eat?
Here are some eating tips for supporting digestion:
- Schedule regular daily meal times.
- For each meal set aside time that you won’t be rushed to eat – thirty minutes to one hour.
- Find a comfortable place to sit down to eat your meal without any distractions, work, or stress. Some suggestions are to silence your phone and put it in another room, light a candle, eat with friends and family, find a serene place outside to sit and eat, play some calming music, or enjoy the silence.
- Cut your food into small bite size pieces including lettuce, fruit, veggies, meat, etc.
- Take small bites.
- Chew each bite slowly until the food has a liquid texture before swallowing. This helps helps activate the saliva enzymes which begin the process of the breaking down the carbohydrates and helps take some of the stress off of the pancreas later on in the digestive process. Even chewing your soup, smoothie and beverage, or holding it in your mouth a little longer helps the digestive enzymes in your saliva work more effectively. Don't worry if this takes some time to get used to doing. Every step in this direction will positively support your digestion. Eating slowly also helps create a calm mind/body state which supports digestion, and eating slowly can help you become in tune with how much food your body needs to ingest. You can try Robyn Youkilis' 21 day Chewing Challenge here.
- Put your fork and spoon down between bites to take time to breathe and relax.
- Enjoy the smell, texture, and taste of your food in each bite.
- Stop eating when you feel satiated. Then you can save any leftovers for another meal.