{"id":778,"date":"2017-09-25T00:24:40","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T21:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/?p=778"},"modified":"2020-09-24T16:38:09","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T13:38:09","slug":"9-vimata-gia-na-trome-pio-syneidita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/en\/9-vimata-gia-na-trome-pio-syneidita\/","title":{"rendered":"9 steps to mindful eating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Contemporary way of life doesn&#8217;t allow for much&nbsp;<strong>leisure time<\/strong>. Due to stress we deprive our body from the care it needs. A part of that is what and how much to eat.<\/p>\n<p>How many times you&#8217;ve caught yourself&nbsp;<strong>eating hastily<\/strong>&nbsp;while talking on the phone or emailing? And how many, because of time constraint and stress, you&#8217;ve opted for <strong>unhealthy food?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Initial studies, on the subject, suggest that increased mindfulness may help us:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Make&nbsp;<strong>better<\/strong>&nbsp;choices about what and how much to eat.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Avoid <\/strong>unhealthy&nbsp;processed foods.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Control<\/strong>&nbsp;our <strong>body<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>weight<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Below we list <strong>9<\/strong>&nbsp;ways which could help you eat more <strong>mindfully<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/mindful-eating.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-779\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/mindful-eating.jpg\" alt=\"Salad\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/mindful-eating.jpg 3467w, https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/mindful-eating-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/mindful-eating-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/mindful-eating-680x453.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Always sit at the table.<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>tidy up the table before you do.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Make room on the table.<\/strong><em><br \/>\neven if you eat alone.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Use tableware you like.&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>so as to satisfy the eye too.&nbsp;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Adjust the room lighting.&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>turn on some relaxing music if you want to.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>When eating, just eat.&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>try to avoid distractions.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Serve food in reasonable portions.&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>enjoy quality, not quantity.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Enjoy every bite and chew well.<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>this way you aid digestion and savour taste.&nbsp;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Chew slowly to avoid binge eating.&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>but to enjoy food too.&nbsp;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t skip main courses.<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>in order to avoid dips in blood glucose.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The practice of increased awareness while eating is rooted in the Buddhist concept of&nbsp;<strong>mindfulness<\/strong>, meaning concentration\/grasp to\/of what is happening inside us and around us at every given moment.<\/p>\n<p>A distinct usefulness of this concept is to help us&nbsp;<strong>differentiate<\/strong>&nbsp;between&nbsp;<strong>physical<\/strong>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<strong>emotional<\/strong>&nbsp;<b>hunger<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/mindful-eating-III.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-781\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/mindful-eating-III.jpg\" alt=\"Mindful eating moto\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/mindful-eating-III.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/mindful-eating-III-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/mindful-eating-III-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/mindful-eating-III-680x383.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contemporary way of life doesn&#8217;t allow for much\u00a0leisure time. Due to stress we deprive our body from the care it needs. A part of that is what and how much to eat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}