Enlightened Eating: The Eightfold Path to Health - Paperback

by Cassandra Ohlsen (Author)

We give little thought to the connection between what we eat and our health and weight; instead, we overeat high-calorie, fat-laden, processed, and unnatural foods. The quick, sure way to reverse the results of such unhealthy choices is to eat nutrient-rich, calorie-sparse natural foods: vegetables, fruits, beans, and whole grains. Dr. Ohlsen explores the health benefits, food-enjoyment issues, psychological considerations, and earthly impact of a plant-based diet. She takes us on her own journey from overweight meat eater suffering many health challenges to slim, healthy person whose diet is entirely plant-based whole foods, and offers a variety of vegan recipes to boost our health and delight our taste buds. Her practical advice includes how to change our eating habits using Buddhist psychology and a master plan called the Eightfold Path to establish and support healthy decision-making. She interweaves nutrition, inspirational stories, and mindful eating to help us do better.

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Few Americans need to worry about having enough to eat; instead, we worry about how to lose weight. We ve settled on eating animals as the way to control weight and satisfy hunger, yet over 70 percent of us remain overweight. We need to learn a new hunger a hunger for a way to eat that benefits us, other people, and the Earth. We can ask ourselves How should I think about my food? How does it affect the world around me? What s my relationship to where my food comes from and how it's produced? The answers lead us to eat nutrient-rich, calorie-sparse food--and that food is plants!