What does this title mean to you, eating naturally? What does this mean to your good friend? What does this mean to me? Inevitably the answer will be different for each of us because the answer comes from our own level of exposure and experience around eating. Our eating habits are deeply personal, very much a part and a reflection of ourself.

For mothering Mother™, “eating naturally” would be defined as eating food as close as possible to the way that Nature delivered it. When we are reading the nutrition label on a food, we are eating a food that has been altered in some way. In the grocery store, ask the question, ”What could I eat without packaging?”

Ideas for Awareness Eating

• Use mothering Mother™ bags regularly. Buying fresh vegetables, fresh fruit, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds (from bulk bins if possible), are all earth purchases, free of plastic and processing.
• Become aware of the volume of garbage that you are adding to the landfill or incinerator each week. Be honest with yourself and see what comes to your attention, and what is possible to change.
• Look at the recycling bin, and see what types of items are in the bin! What can you do without, or source differently?
• Choose foods that make you feel good before, during and after the eating experience. Take the time to consider what the impact is of what you eat on yourself as well as the enivronment.

Be good to yourself and realistic with yourself. It took years to come to develop the habits that you have now. It will take practice and time to replace them with healthier alternatives.

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