Use this guide to assist you in planning your meal preparations with your trainer.
Eat Consciously-Your tongue is your receptor for nutrients. The Six Tastes of Life - Use these 6 flavors in your diet everyday preferably in every meal.
- Sweet
- Sour
- Salty
- Pungent
- Bitter
- Astringent
Taste Sources - Use these foods as examples to help you find the six tastes.
- Sweet-Grains, pasta, breads, nuts, dairy, oils, sweet fruits, starchy vegetables, fish, poultry, meat, sugar
- Sour-Citrus fruits, berries, tomatoes, tart fruits, vinegar, chutneys, salad dressings, pickles, condiments
- Salty-Table salt, fish, seaweed, soy sauce
- Pungent-Spices (Pepper, cayenne, ginger, garlic, onions, leeks, chilies, radish, horseradish, salsa, basil, thyme)
- Bitter-Green and yellow vegetables, green leafy vegetables
- Astringent-Beans, legumes, peas, tea, cranberries, pomegranate, apples, green leafy vegetables
Actions of Tastes - These are the physical actions that these tastes will aid in.
- Sweet-Nutritive, Soothing, Softening
- Sour-Increases appetite, Promotes digestion, Carminative (relieves gas)
- Salty-Promotes digestion, Laxative, Mildly sedative
- Pungent-Promotes digestion, Diaphoretic (sweat inducing), Expectorant (releases phlegm)
- Bitter- Depleting, Anti-inflammatory, Detoxifying
- Astringent-Reduces sweating, Drying, Vulnerary (helps to heal wounds faster)
Eating Awareness Techniques - Use these steps to enhance your nutrient absorption and improve digestion. - Sip water with your meals
- Eat freshly cooked meals
- Reduce raw foods
- Reduce ice-cold food and drink
- Eat at a moderate pace
- Drink milk separately from meals, either alone or with other sweet foods
- Sit quietly for a few minutes after your meal, then take a short walk to aid digestion
Don’t FLUNC!!! - Minimize these “FLUNC” foods
- Frozen
- Leftovers
- Unnatural
- Nuked
- Canned
The longer the food sits the less life force it contains. If you’re micro waving all of the time, you’re probably moving too fast. BITS-Body Intelligence Techniques - Follow these BITS to expand the satisfaction your body derives from eating. You will be surprised at how much more enjoyment every meal can give you.
- Eat in a settled atmosphere
- Never eat when you’re upset
- Always sit down to eat
- Eat only when you feel hungry
- Reduce ice-cold food and drink
- Don’t talk while chewing your food
- Eat at a moderate pace, neither too fast nor too slow
- Wait until one meal is digested before eating the next (i.e., intervals of two to four hours for light meals, four to six for full meals)
- Sip room temperature water with your meal
- Eat freshly cooked meals whenever possible
- Minimize raw foods-cooked food is much easier to digest
- Drink milk separately from meals, either alone or with other sweet foods
- Experience all six tastes at every meal
- Leave one-third to one-quarter of your stomach empty to aid digestion
- Sit quietly for a few minutes after your meal
Major Quick Tip Eat your six tastes using the seven colors of the rainbow to create a natural variety of nutrients with your meals. Create a scale for yourself from one through ten, so you can gauge your hunger. A “one” is starving and a “ten” is “Thanksgiving full.” Begin eating at no more than a “two” and stop eating at a “five” or “six.” This will help you to more easily balance your weight, as well as your energy levels. By leaving room in your stomach and eating a range of tastes and colors, you will find that your “diet” has never been more efficient and life-changing. |