Welcome to week ten of my ten week Healthy Eating Series, to Kick off 2012!
Before getting into Focus #10 I’d like to recap your first nine focuses they are:
Focus #1 – Slow down when you eat
Focus #2 – Create a relaxed environment while you eat
Focus #3 – Creat an eating rhythm with you eating time, (meal cadence)Focus #4 – Feel leasure as opposed to stress with your food choices
Focus #5 – Eating for nourishment
Focus #6 – Toxic beliefs about diet
Focus #7 – Quality of food
Focus #8 – Macronutrient Balance
Focus #9 – Awareness at meals
Now, to our final focus – Caffeine and Sugar Use
Caffeine and sugar are neither good nor bad. They are powerful substances. The question is, are we using them wisely or are we abusing them.
Caffeine and sugar are abused when: It consistently becomes substitute energy. It’s used as substitute food. We consume too much.
Ask yourself if these two substances control you, or you control them. Getting more than 3 servings of caffeine per day may be pushing that limit.
According to Marc David, “caffeine abuse leads to an experience of “false metabolism” – that is, central nervous system stimulation masquerading as true energy. True energy would be eat food, digest it, convert it to energy at the cellular level, then use that energy.”
Increased caffeine use can lead to: Mood swings Energy/fatigue issues Sleep issues Adrenal burnout Inability to lose weight
In the weeks to come, focus on the deeper issues behind too much caffeine and sugar. Can you find your true and natural enery? Can you trust your energy level and let go of pushing it? Just as importantly, can you value rest when you need it, and not try to push through the body’s need to relax and be tired?
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