Intuitive eating is, in essence, the antithesis of the diet culture, and can help you to break down the cycle of dieting by reconnecting you with your body cues and hunger and fullness signals. Based on ten principles originally developed by two American nutritionists, Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch, intuitive eating is a calm, mindful, and happy approach to food.
“Intuitive Eating is an evidence-based, non-diet approach to healthy eating that encourages a positive relationship with food and physical activity. It focuses on nurturing your body and allowing it to settle at a weight you can manage without food restriction or excessive exercise."
Let’s talk about the benefits..
1. It lets you enjoy the food you eat
This might just be the best benefit of Intuitive Eating if you are a foodie like me! With this Non-Diet approach to healthy eating, no foods are off the table. You will be encouraged to enjoy and savour the taste of the food you eat. Restrictions can create cravings and mental hunger, potentially leading to binges or emotional eating.
2. It helps break the cycle of dieting
Have you ever been in a cycle of dieting and weight gain?
Too much dieting can create havoc in your metabolism, leading you to more weight gain. Diets can confuse your hunger and fullness sensations and the “set-point” centre in your brain. Diets can also create food obsessions like orthorexia and lead to a disordered and stressed relationship with food.
With an intuitive eating approach, you will connect with your hunger and fullness cues and create a mindful approach to food so that you will not need to “be on a diet”.
3. It is sustainable in the long run
Calorie counting and dieting are short-lived and not sustainable in the long run. With a Non-Diet approach to healthy eating, you can create habits that last a long time.
4. It teaches you to respect your bio-individuality
Everybody is unique. Each of us has our own lifestyle, genetic makeup, food preferences, family commitments, food history, and mindset. Intuitive eating lets you reconnect with your bio-individuality.
5. It fosters body positivity and food neutrality
It focuses on body positivity, food neutrality, and a true mind-body approach to eating habits that is the antithesis of diet culture and the food obsession of modern-day life.
6. It is more than just a food philosophy
Intuitive eating is a holistic approach to food and well-being. It includes an approach to lifestyle habits that are sustainable and easy to fit into your busy life.
Would you like to eat healthily without much food restriction and enjoy the food you eat?
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