Sublime

But more than the new body size, it was the lightness of being that enthralled me; although I didn’t quite understand the connection between trusting myself around food and trusting less tangible hungers (for rest, contact, meaning), the relationship with food became the lens through which I began to see almost everything.

Carb cravings/binging

It wasn’t until I began to realize how harmful these fears were that I was able to finally own and honor these desires—because I knew deep down that honoring my desire, giving my body what it was craving and calling out for, would actually make me more trustworthy, more truthful, more authentic, and much more reliable to everyone around me.

food that’s fresh, healthy, fibrous, low carb, high protein, and unprocessed.

The Swedish heavyweight bodybuilder Andreas Cahling, winner of the highly coveted Mr. Europe and Mr. Universe titles, is an exclusive frugivore. He eats neither meat nor dairy products, and not even grains or vegetables! Yet his body is every bit as strong and his health as robust as his carnivorous competitors, who consume many pounds of meat, doz

If we experience healthy food as a coercion—as something requiring willpower—it can never taste delicious.

The curious case of the so-called “flash diet” is a prime example of the difference. Dr. Lydia Zepeda and David Deal of the University of Wisconsin–Madison enlisted 43 subjects to photograph all of their meals or snacks prior to eating. Unlike food diaries, which require time- consuming entries often written long after eating, the photographs acted