What we eat and drink can have a powerful effect on our ability to focus, mental clarity, mood, and stress levels. ๐ง๐ถโ๐ซ๏ธ๐ง
Most of us differentiate our food as good ๐๐ป or bad ๐๐ป and we start to build a good or a bad relationships with these food respectively.
An article in Healthline (a newsletter which offers health and wellness advice thatโs inclusive and rooted in medical expertise) suggests that having a good relationship with food has nothing to do with the quality of your diet plan.
A good relationship with food involves welcoming all foods in moderation, eating foods that you enjoy, not allowing food to control your life, showing patience and total kindness toward yourself. ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐๐๐ปโโ๏ธ
Having a bad relationship with food on the other hand means restricting or overeating foods, regular dieting, and feeling shame or guilt, even punishing yourself upon eating certain foods. ๐ ๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ค๐ ๐ปโโ๏ธ
According to research (PubMed Central - Epub 2012 Jun 28), non-dieters (good relationship with food) were much better at regulating their intake and stopped when they felt satisfied, while the dieters (Bad relationship with food) ate significantly more cookies. ๐ช๐คฉโจ
This was attributed to a process known as โcounter-regulationโ. Also, When you allow all foods into your diet, youโll notice that your cravings for certain foods start to diminish. This process is called 'habituation'.
So start viewing all foods as equal, with no food being better or worse than another.
When you stop viewing foods as โgoodโ or โbad,โ you remove the foodโs power. Over time, you wonโt feel the need to overeat it when itโs around. ๐๐๐ป๐ฅค
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