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      Create a relaxed and happy eating environment—

      practice intuitive eating!

      This section is particularly near and dear to my heart.

       Learning how to have a truly healthy relationship

       with food can be a lifelong journey, and it’s one that

       I’m still on! But I have figured out something crucial

       in the last few years, which is that our behavior

       around food isn’t about the food. It’s about the way

       we approach the eating experience, and it’s about

       our perspectives in relation to food. Once I digested

       this (pun intended!), I realized the importance of

       becoming an intuitive eater, which allows me to focus

       on what my body really needs, instead of what my

       brain thinks it should or wants it to need. Below you

       will find my top tips and tricks for intuitive eating.

      It is very difficult to become an intuitive eater

       when you’re purchasing most of your food through

       Postmates or grabbing it already packaged up in

       shiny plastic. On the other hand, when you cook

       your food from scratch, you can constantly tweak

       and adjust and try new things, which is the best way

       to know what works for you and your body. And if

       you’ve struggled with your mindset around food, you

       might also struggle with your mindset about cooking.

       So I’ve included a list here of the top “Cooking

       Mindset Myths” I’ve heard throughout my career,

       as well as the truths that debunk them.

      Intuitive Eating

      A lot of us have heard of it, and pretty much all of

       us like the sound of it . . . I mean, it’s a good thing,

       right? Right. But the real question is, what does it

       mean? What the gosh-darn-heck does it mean to

       “eat intuitively”?

      “Intuitive eating” is the reliance on physiologic

       hunger and satiety cues to guide eating. Studies

       have shown that the practice of intuitive eating

       is correlated with improved mental health and

       appropriate BMI (Body Mass Index).

      Our culture has become increasingly distant from

       real food and its origin. We grab our produce cleaned,

       packaged, and presented on glossy supermarket

       shelves; that is, when we even reach for produce at

       all. Packaged “convenience” foods have become so

       popular since the 1960s that now we have a tough time

       determining what real food even is. I’d wager than many

       people consider most packaged foods to be “real” food.

      But most are not. Most packaged foods are full of

       additives, chemicals, and synthetic ingredients. In

       addition, most are completely devoid of nutrition.

       Quite the double whammy, huh?

      Even with the blessed rise of health-consciousness

       in the US, which has led to a prevalence of health-

       supportive packaged foods, there’s still a catch. I’m

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