Wholesome Eating
Healthy eating suffers from a bad image. No wonder, we have come to depend on scientists for guidance on what and how to eat. For them, food is about nutrients and bodily health. Wholesome eating is different. It is a broader term that reveals the pleasure and wisdom in the way we used to eat for thousands of years.
Wholesome eating is a holistic approach to diet and health. It comes from a view that all aspects of life are interconnected and meaningful. Eating well is not just about the chemicals in the food, it is about how it affects your mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing. What’s good for you should also be what is good for your family, local community, as well as the planet as a whole.
Wholesome eating is about quality more than quantity. Many of the diets that are popular today are unreliable. One of the most important things to consider when deciding what to eat is not whether a food is sugar-free or low-fat, but the level of processing and refining it has taken to produce it. The way food is prepared, cooked or preserved also has a profound effect on its nutritive value.
Wholesome eating is about food that is nutritious and delicious. Much of the so-called health food available today is unnatural and flavourless. Nutritive value is important, but it should also be delicious if it is to be considered truly nourishing.
Wholesome eating is about what is right for you. No single diet is right for everyone. We can’t all eat the same foods in the same amounts and be healthy. It is up to each of us to establish the diet that best suits our own needs and circumstances by way of study, experience and intuition.
Wholesome eating is a lifestyle diet. It is not about going to extremes or quick fixes. Wholesome eating is long-term approach that involves eating in balance, choosing a variety of foods that are as natural as possible and doing the best you can to stay away from foods that are unnatural.
