Mindful Eating

Bays, Jan Chozen, MD.  Mindful Eating: A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food.  2009.  Shambhala.  Boston and London.

Softcover, $18.95.  ISBN: 978-1-59030-531-7.

My Review:

Mindful Eating takes a very close look at the tendency of Americans to follow the three G's when it comes to food: gobble, gulp, and go.  We eat our food without tasting it, and we eat more of our food than we intend to because of the mindless practices we have attached to the consumption of food.

Through the course of this book, Dr. Bays takes the reader through a series of exercises, mediations, and conversations that will challenge the reader to look closely at their relationship with food.  From challenging the way we approach food now, to challenging us to change the way we approach our food, the reader will find thought provoking exercises that will cause them to change the way they approach meals and eating.

How do you approach your food?  Is it stuff to be consumed quickly so that you can get on to the next item on your list?  Is it a meal for the senses, from the delightful, thoughtful presentation of food on a beautiful plate, eaten slowly and savored for the tastes and textures that were prepared just for you, the eater, to enjoy?

The guided meditations on the CD will help the reader focus more squarely on food, and the issues surrounding food, and help you to become a more mindful eater.

Dr. Bays does not promise that you will lose weight by reading this book!  However, you will gain some wisdom about what your body is asking you for, and how much it really needs.

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