It’s Saturday, folks!
In honour of Earth Hour where we unite to protect the planet, how about adopting a Veggie Saturday today as well? Since we are going green today, might as well go green all the way!
Here’s an informative yet very simple-to-understand and to-follow video to share:
Here are the points:
1. Honor the food.
2. Engage all your senses.
3. Be mindful of portion sizes.
4. Chew.
5. Eat slowly.
6. Do not skip meals.
7. Eat a plant-based diet.
For lunch at work every day, I’d go to the “economy rice” stall near my college, pick out three veggie dishes, choose an empty seat and eat alone. I always eat alone, because I only want to eat and do nothing else. My students often ask me, “Why teacher, why do you always eat alone?” I answer: Don’t you think I’ve talked enough in class? When I eat, I only want to eat. I don’t want to do anything else.
On eating a plant-based diet
Looking for a possible World’s Perfect Food?
Source: http://www.chiquitabananas.com/Worlds-Favorite-Fruit/index-banana-nutrition-facts.aspx
- There are about 110 calories in a banana
- Safe and pure enough for baby’s first solid food
- Bananas are a terrific, heart-healthy food
- A nutrient dense food that’s ideal for any diet or weight-loss program
- Fat-, cholesterol- and sodium-free
- Provides an excellent source of vitamin B6
Full of vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber and phytonutrients, bananas are the perfect power food, providing a long-lasting burst of energy to fuel your busy, active life. Pack a banana wherever you go and you’ll always have a quick, convenient source of nutrition to pick you up and keep you going.The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010 recommend several goals to help consumers make better food choices. Some of them include balancing calories by avoiding oversized portions, making half your plate fruits and vegetables, making at least half your grains whole grains, drink water instead of sugary drinks and compare sodium in foods like soup, bread, and frozen meals – and choose the foods with lower numbers.
Keep it colorful – try to eat a range of fruit and vegetables that have different colors to get a broad range of nutrients. From white or tan/brown bananas to yellow/orange pineapples and green avocados, you can create a rainbow on your plate.
Good for Your Health
- A low-fat diet rich in fruits and vegetables may reduce your risk of some types of cancer.
- Bananas contain 15% of the recommended daily allowance of vitamin C, which helps your body heal, absorb iron and synthesize connective tissue and blood formation.
- Bananas supply 20% of the recommended daily allowance for vitamin B6, which supports your immune system, plays a significant role in the synthesis of antibodies, helps with protein metabolism, red blood cell formation and central nervous system function.
The Banana DietIn 2008, the Morning Banana Diet was created in Osaka, Japan by a pharmacist for her husband who wanted to lose weight. After he wrote about the diet on one of Japan’s largest social networking sites, Mixi, the media grabbed hold of it and it quickly gained popularity. In fact, it was so popular that it led to a shortage of bananas in food stores! The general concept of the Morning Banana Diet is to eat bananas for breakfast, drink water, eat a normal lunch and dinner, sip water any time you are thirsty and finish dinner before 8pm. As with any diet like the banana diet, it should be evaluated for your specific dietary and caloric needs. Always consult your doctor or a nutrition expert to find the best food and lifestyle plan for you.
So, grab a banana and have a banana-ful day!
Happy Green Day!!
For the longterm: Look up “The Mindful Diet: A Healthy Eating Course”: http://zenhabits.net/the-mindful-diet/
Disclaimer: The above is just a sharing and does not serve as nutritional advice. Kindly consult your doctor or nutritionist before embarking on any diet change.
Comments
6 responses to “Savour: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life”
Same here. I enjoy having personal time when eating alone. I just need to chill and be away from people. Yes to no talking and just eat and enjoy that peaceful moment. I can never understand those breakfast/lunch/dinner meetings. When is meal time, I want to chew my food and not talk!
I enjoy eating alone too…Been doing that for the past 10 years of work life…I go to the cafeteria, and take 3 veg with a little rice. Peaceful LUNCH! 🙂 And me and Don have taken off meat (except fish) from our diet for the past 1 year, and this year, we’re doing 3 days a week of total NO Meat. It’s so hard to think about eating meat nowadays, i cannot not think about the suffering that the poor animal endured for humans to take a bite at his meat.
There is no excuse actually for eating animals…If people say that they don’t have enough strength without eating meat, then talk to us. I work out 6 days a week, we run marathons, cycle up to 200KM a day..All without having to eat any meat.
We define meat as anything that has eyes, and we totally ban anything that derives from animal as well. That includes kwai ling ko…Even if a lot of places say they don’t use the shavings from tortoise shell to make the ‘ko’ anymore, and that Chinese sweet dessert “syweet ye”..The white jelly substance which is supposed to be cooling, comes from snow frog’s skin.
So no meat please.
Yikes! Didn’t know that Kwai ling ko is made from tortoise shell!
During my class reunion last year, a very dear friend remarked: you eat too little and he put more food on my bowl … but how can I eat and talk at the same time?
Noting more satisfying for me than to peel a banana, and eat alone. Thinking and watching and listening.
Dear Sis,a very nice vegetarian burger resepi to share.this resepi was fr Sis Cheng of Mahindarama Temple.its simple n delicious.its just like coleslaw.cabbage n carrot cut into stripes n mix with mayonnis n 2 tablespoon of lemon juice.happy trying.
meat for energy was so yesterday. I used to eat red meat once a month. Now, I take chinese herbs (bat chan) for my low-BP and blood count. Is all good too.