The Mindfulness Diet: Exploring the link between mindfulness, blood sugar and weight

The Mindfulness Diet: Exploring the link between mindfulness, blood sugar and weight

Exploring the Mindfulness Diet: Researchers have found a correlation between mindfulness and plasma glucose levels, suggesting that those who are more mindful tend to have more balanced weights. Mindfulness is an approach that can influence and improve many areas of our lives. To dig deeper into shifting your mindset and gain transforamtional tools from Mind-Body Medicine, I invite you to join the upcoming Whole Cure Lifestyle Transformation Mindset Module online group program!

 

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Recent research from the Brown School of Public Health published in the American Journal of Health Behavior found a new key to a balanced weight: the mindfulness diet, a correlation between mindfulness and plasma glucose levels. 

Mindfulness in the study is defined as “the ability to attend in a nonjudgmental way to one’s own physical and mental processes during ordinary, everyday tasks.” The awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose in a non-judgemental manner allows us to remain in the present moment.

Those who followed the Mindfulness Diet were more mindful about food and eating and were more likely to have a normal plasma glucose level and therefore not be obese.  Mindful people were also more likely to believe they can change many of the important things in their life. 

While this was a small study and show a correlation but do not prove a cause, it suggests that those practicing higher degrees of mindfulness may be better able to motivate themselves to live a healthy lifestyle and maintain  balanced physiology. 

Other studies have also investigated the impact of mindfulness on weight and other health outcomes. For example, significant weight loss has been seen among participants in mindfulness interventions, although the exact psychological, behavioral and biological mechanisms are not fully elucidated. 

We do know that the ability to slow down, pause and remain calmly in the present moment allows one to decrease stress, better recognize hunger signals and eliminate out-of-control and binge eating as well as overall anxiety.

Mindful eating–paying attention to the smell, taste, temperature and texture of the food, the dining experience and one’s hunger, fullness and other symptoms–adds to satisfaction, balanced eating and more intuitive eating.

Ready to Try the Mindfulness Diet?

If these sound like benefits you desire, you can try bringing more mindfulness to your life. Start by bringing greater mindfulness to the table each time you eat and reconnect with an intuitive way of eating.

• Before you eat, get in touch with how you feel, your hunger level and any emotions you are experiencing.

• As you enjoy your food, take time to savor it, enjoy the flavors and chew well.

• Check in at some point during the meal and notice any decreasing hunger and increasing fullness you are experiencing, what your body feels like and if you are satisfied or would like to continue eating.

• Eat how much your body needs not how much you think you should be eating. You are your best expert and only your body can tell you what and how much you need to consume.

• Consider journaling about the ways you feel with different foods and ways of eating using a tool like the Simple Pure Whole Nourishment Journal and Guide to Intuitive Eating.

• Enjoy food, without guilt or fear. 

• Commit to a renewed mindset and join us for The Whole Cure Lifestyle Transformation Mindset Module for lasting transformation and meaningful stress management that can shift your entire life! Learn more about this powerful group online program which can be done from the comfort of your home anywhere in the world! Commit to yourself now!

Mindful eating brings awareness to your relationship with food and helps you reconnect with yourself! Try these strategies to begin and see how your experience and health shift.

The original version of this article by Dr. Weinberg appeared on Chopra.com!

Mindfulness education and practice is a big part of the Simple Pure Whole Solution! Here are a few resources that can support your mindfulness practice during times of uncertainty, anxiety, fear and calm:

Mindfulness Resources for Self-Healing:
      

• Download your free chapters and wellness prescriptions now and get started incorporating a more mindful approach into your life and building resiliency. You can also get your copy of The Whole Cure in paperback or Kindle edition from Amazon.
• My Mindfulness Resources for Crisis and Self-Healing Package provides you with professionally-designed worksheets, handouts and workbooks for creating habits and practicing tools that support optimal stress management, resilience and coping with difficulty.
• Guided meditations and relaxation exercises from my Breathe CD.

Mindfulness Resources for Health Care Practitioners:

 

• If you are a health coach or other health care professional,  I heard from many of you requesting done-for-you content and tools for easy-to-incorporate mindfulness practices that you could use with your clients and patients. To address this need, I want to offer my Done-for-You Package of Mindfulness Resources for Crisis and Calm which provides professional mindfulness resources for coaching and sharing self-healing tools and practices to empower you to teach others how to disconnect from panic, fear and anxiety and build inner peace.
• My newest done-for-you workshop package Rest, Restore & Rejuvenate to Mindfully Manage Stress is the perfect way to offer support for stressful times and everyday optimal health. You can use this completely done-for-you workshop package with your clients or for a virtual teleworkshop or series of sessions. You get everything done for you, from a complete word-for-word script to handouts for your clients to a guided exercise to a complete instruction guide so you are ready to confidently share this guidance with people right away. 

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