Day 6: What should I eat?

THINK ABOUT IT!! Food was created for a specific purpose in YOUR body.

Proper food is meant to enhance our health, bring enjoyment, and provide us with benefits.

Food serves as a source of sustenance and a reminder of provision. It gives us life. It's no surprise that what we consume impacts us physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.

When looking at what to eat, society has given different measures of what to eat ie counting calories, measuring portions, or eliminating food groups. 

I’d like to suggest that your first foundational measure of what to eat should be, “is this giving life to my body or is this not?”  “Does my brain recognise this as food or rather a product?” 

Food and product are two different things and they serve different results in you. A food product - let’s just say rice crackers - might have a food ingredient in it, but the overall process means to the brain you are eating cardboard or any other product you use like a cream or perfume and so that’s how the body will break it down - as processed. It’s NOT FOOD. 

The honest to goodness truth is that there is no life in processed, factory made food products. It might have a formulated calorie count but it’s not a source the body can use to create and maintain your life. We should grab less of what has not been given for food. 

We need to DIRECT our appetite. Yes we can’t get away from process, but we can direct our hunger towards proper food. Calorie counting becomes pointless if you're heading in the wrong direction.

Direction 1:

“Go, eat your FOOD with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart.” Ecclesiastes 9:7

Or

Direction 2:

“…it turns to poison in his stomach; (Job 20:14). Even when the food is in your stomach, it will be of no use to you if it makes you sick.

God created us to eat, to eat food that is good for us and to eat together. No wonder He thought it good for us to remember Him over a meal.

It's sad that society has spread the notion that what is good for us is mundane and restrictive, while associating fun and enjoyment with indulgence and "naughty" pleasures. It really isn’t. There is next level freedom in choosing better rather than counting good and bad.

Application:

• Limit processed foods (check labels for fewer ingredients, less sugar, and fewer carbohydrates).
• Incorporate herbs, spices, and whole foods. 
• Practice gratitude for the food you're about to eat.
• Make mealtime an occasion to be celebrated, rather than quickly stuffing food without thought.
• Embrace the process as a journey towards our well-being.