Mindful Eating

By Jan Chozen Bays,

Book cover of Mindful Eating: A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food

Book description

Turn food from foe to friend with this bestselling guide to developing healthy eating habits through mindfulness practices—from a beloved Zen teacher

Food. It should be one of life’s great pleasures, yet many of us have such a conflicted relationship with it that we miss out on that most basic…

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1 author picked Mindful Eating as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Our survival and health depends on the food we eat, yet so many have a conflicted relationship with food. In Mindful Eating, the author helps the reader regain joy in eating through eating mindfully. She discusses the nine types of hunger as well as six guidelines for mindful eating. A Zen teacher, her writing is clear and easy to understand. 

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