Studies show that cooking can save your relationship, eliminate stress, boost your immune system, get you more energy, prevent certain cancers, reduce risk of heart attack, stroke and diabetes…
As a Holistic Health and Nutrition Counselor, I am asking you: Are you a good cook? Do you like cooking? How often do you eat home made meals? Home cooking will help you be healthier, save some money, maintain your weight, feel better about yourself.
“Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.”–Harriet van Horne
To become a good cook, or at least to start cooking simple healthy meals, we need to learn how to buy the right foods first. I‘d like to share with you an abstract from “Food as Medicine” by Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D. with tips on your first steps to becoming a conscious cook. They might help you next time you are in the grocery store.
…Healing with food should begin even before the food arrives at the table. We must be alert and mindful about what we eat, and that begins with the choices made at the store. Choices begin in your mind. If you can, take a moment to do the following:
1. Meditate, or clear your mind with a few deep breaths, before entering the market. This will also help you buy the right things for you and your family while not reacting emotionally to subliminal messages that are implanted in your mind by advertising.
2. Another option is to make a list in a relaxed state before embarking on a trip to the store. Food provides vital energy for the body while creating subtle energy for your spirit. If you are frenetic when shopping, you will make the wrong choices.
3. Before shopping, you might find it useful to refer back to your food log exercises, such as shopping by color. Remember to have your shopping cart look like a rainbow of nutrition.
4. Experiment by trying new – perhaps try a more exotic food such as goat’s milk, baked tofu or miso soup.
A conscious cook is always aware that every body is a temple of God and that to maintain the health, purity, and strength that are worthy of the soul, only wholesome, cleansing, and nutritious foods should be eaten.
Let us be grocery shopping smart in order to cook nutritious meals to stay healthy during cold and flu season, shall we?
P.S. It is also the right time when you might need help with one of my Holistic Health and Wellness Programs for Women including “Balancing Act”. Contact me and let us discuss which one might be a good match for you.
Breathe, smile and be happy.
© Irina Wardas, HHC
Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition and Relationship Expert
NaturalCounselor.com
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