| We hear that you are "what you eat." True. And you | | | | through elimination, requires proper gastrointestinal |
| are also "how you eat," and "when you eat." How | | | | functioning. And as we know, this body system is |
| you eat and when you eat determines how we | | | | regulated by the limbic-hypothalamic-pituitary |
| assimilate what we eat. This, of course, is how | | | | response, wherein resides the emotional brain. |
| nourishing the food we eat will be for us. | | | | The bottom line for anyone living in an abusive |
| Mealtime in an abusive home | | | | relationship |
| Living in an abusive relationship can influence how you | | | | Be mindful of the following 5 eating tips and employ |
| eat. You can come to the dinner table and sit down | | | | them into your daily routine. |
| to criticism, nitpicking, outright belittlement that can | | | | 1) Eat in a quiet and comfortable setting. |
| go from "let me count the ways I hate you" to a | | | | 2) Keep dinner conversation to thoughts and |
| major family feud. Over time, mealtime can be met | | | | experiences that are neutral or uplifting. |
| with apprehension and caution--feeling states that | | | | 3) Have a small cup of warm to hot water with your |
| interfere with proper digestion. So you come to the | | | | food and avoid cold beverages with main meals. |
| table and awhile at the table you could be preventing | | | | 4) Sit at the table for a couple of minutes quietly |
| proper digestion and thus undermining the potential | | | | after you eat before leaving the table. |
| nourishing value of your food-even healthy | | | | 5) Eat your main meal between 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM |
| wholesome food. | | | | While these tips are given to you as though they are |
| We know from ayurvedic medicine and ancient | | | | eating tips for domestic violence survivors, they are |
| teachings for centuries, as well as from | | | | actually eating tips for anyone wanting to obtain |
| contemporary scientific research, that the digestion | | | | maximum nourishment from their food. Thus as you |
| of food is possible as a result of the activation of the | | | | adopt these into your life and notice how you feel, |
| parasympathetic nervous system--relaxation. | | | | you may choose to keep these healthy eating habits |
| The gastrointestinal functioning from the moment | | | | as your lifetime routine. |
| you salivate until you're finished eating, and then | | | | |