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5 Guidelines on How to Eat
According to a Chinese proverb, ‘Taking medicine but neglecting diet wastes the skills of the doctor’.
This ancient saying reminds us how important what we eat is to our health and wellbeing.
But although millions of words have been written and spoken about what we should or should not be eating, much less attention is given to how we eat – our daily eating habits.
This is a shame because the how of eating is just as important as the what.
So here are five guidelines to make sure that how we eat contributes to our health, wellbeing and recovery from disease.
Looking after our digestion
We may be eating all the “right” foods but as well as considering the foods we put into our bodies any holistic approach to nutrition must also consider the body’s ability to digest and assimilate all the goodness that passes through our mouths. Our digestive system tends to be overlooked as we fixate on the quest for health through nutrition. The positive impact of our food choices can be enhanced if we also give some attention to supporting our digestion. This article looks at how we can do this.