Mindfulness meditation is an uncritical attitude, completely accepting the present perception. Many studies have found that meditation can not only improve brain function, delay physical and mental aging and reduce inflammatory reaction, but also play a significant role in alleviating eating problems such as overeating, picky eaters and anorexia.
1. Strengthen control and eat less. Gluttony refers to a person's uncontrolled eating behavior with negative emotions such as anxiety and depression in a short time, including: 1. Dysfunctional overeating, it is difficult to control eating under physical pain and negative emotions; 2. Leisure gluttony refers to the lack of control in the face of high-calorie food.
Emotional problems are the reasons behind most overeating, and many people relieve stress by eating. Meditation can significantly reduce people's anger, emotional instability, depression and anxiety, and block the relationship between negative thoughts, emotions and overeating. Meditation can also improve a person's ability to control and choose food and drink, and can "brake" urgently before impulsive eating. In addition, by cultivating the perception of specific objects and information, people can get peace, happiness and satisfaction, eat carefully and intently, increase satiety and reduce food intake.
2. Reduce prejudice and not be picky about food. Meditation can increase people's positive feelings about healthy food and make things they don't like taste better. Mindfulness training can also significantly improve people's "new food phobia" (fear of eating unfamiliar food), reduce prejudice against unfamiliar food, and promote dietary diversification, especially for children.
3. Eliminate fear and avoid anorexia. Some people are very afraid of obesity. In order to keep their weight low, they force themselves not to eat, and over time they become "anorexia nervosa". Meditation can also correct this situation. Some mindfulness training can reconstruct a person's internal language, help them have a healthier understanding of "slimming", reduce unrealistic pursuit of figure, and reduce patients' aversion to food and obesity from the dimensions of language and cognitive description. Some anorexia nervosa patients will lose weight by dieting, vomiting and venting. Meditation can relieve their compulsive thinking and reduce this kind of self-injury behavior.
For people with serious dietary problems, if mindfulness intervention is needed, they should go to professional institutions to ask clinical therapists for targeted treatment. If ordinary people have mild and short-term dietary problems, you can try the following methods: 1 Close your eyes before eating, relax and take a deep breath for about 5 minutes to calm your mind and empty your brain; 2. After opening your eyes, take a good look at the color and appearance of food, observe their smell, chew slowly, and feel the taste and taste changes of food; 3. Focus on food and the act of eating itself; 4. After eating, silently thank the nutrition and health of the food, and also thank the people who made the food for their efforts, and feel the satisfaction and pleasure brought by the fullness of the stomach at this time. ▲