This week we come to the last of the seven types of hunger…. Heart hunger.
We associate certain foods with particular memories and the mood or emotion that the memory evokes. Therefore the memory of special times infuses foods eaten at that time with warmth and happiness. For example, many people long for foods that they’ve [...]
Mind hunger is based upon thoughts and is influenced by information we take in from our senses – particularly our eyes and ears. Typical mind hunger thoughts include:
‘I should eat more protein’
‘I deserve some chocolate today’
‘I should drink 1.5 litres of water a day’
Mind hunger is often based upon absolutes and opposites [...]
Having a healthy relationship with food and eating mindfully, means being able to turn our awareness inwards to listen to what our body is telling us it needs. Listening to our instinctive needs is the basis of tuning into cellular hunger.
As babies, we have an instinctive awareness about what we need to eat, but as [...]
This week we’re moving down from the mouth to the stomach, for the fourth type of hunger …. Stomach hunger.
I’m sure everyone can relate to hunger pangs coming from their stomach, but what signal does your stomach really give you when it is hungry? It may be an emptiness that wants to be filled, or [...]
This week it’s time to reveal the third of the seven types of hunger… mouth hunger.
Mouth hunger is the mouth’s desire for sensations. It likes variety, particularly variety of flavours and textures. The mouth is also easily bored and if it becomes accustomed to always being stimulated then it won’t be happy being empty. You [...]
Following on from last week’s blog looking at eye hunger, this week the focus is on nose hunger – the second of the seven types of hunger.
Smells play a huge part in hunger and eating. Our ancestors would have had to depend upon their sense of smell to locate food and distinguish which foods were [...]
