Eating: The Essentials

General considerations

• Eat right for your metabolic type (check the primal pattern diet typing guides on the resources section below)
• Rotate your meals[1] (i.e. eat a different meal each day)
• Avoid foodstuff that you are intolerant to (e.g gluten or lactose containing foods)
• Use unrefined sea salt[2] (Sodium Chloride or table salt is to be avoided)
• Avoid processed foodstuff like sugars, flour and packaged food
• Prefer locally sourced food (if you can trust the quality of the source) or buy organic when possible
• Include raw vegetables as well as fermented foods with your meals (like yogurt, kefir or sauerkraut

 

Healthy habits

1. Drink 2 glasses of water half an hour before each meal
2. Start by taking a few deep diaphragmatic breaths[3] (this is a good time to say a prayer if you are religious or spiritual)
3. Eat slowly and chew your food well so it becomes almost liquid
4. Eat until you are almost full, avoid over-eating

 

Resources